vSphere Update Manager 5.1 fails to start after fresh install
vSphere 5.1trying to install VUM on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 with vCenter 5.1 and SQL 2008 R2 Express. First installation finished but the process crashes instantly. The VMware vSphere Update Manager...
View ArticleUpgrading to ESXi 6.0 U1 using Dell provided images, need help.
Hello, I want to upgrade my vSphere from 5.1 to 6.0, I am at the point where I need to upgrade my ESXi hosts to 6.0. I have the option to use Dell released ESXi images or the official images from...
View ArticleRemove previously created vSphere 6 PSC SSO site name
Version 6 u1 Single Sign On (PSC) Hello. I initially tried to install and join an external PSC to our main PSC and the msi installer crashed during the install some where. I was able to remove the...
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vCenter 5.1 U1 to 6.0 U1 upgrade database problem
Hello guys, I'm facing little bit strange problem while upgrading vCenter 5.1 U1 to 6.0 U1. Pre-check says that my database is not compatible: But currently I'm running it on SQL 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1...
View Article5.5 Distributed Install - Moving components
We currently have a 5.5 vCenter environment with SSO / vCenter on one VM, Inventory Service on a separate VM, and WebClient on a third. All are running Windows 2008R2. Ideally we'd like to spin up...
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esxi 6.0 to 6.0 U1a
Hello All I am using VUM to install some R630s from esxi 6.0 to esxi 6.0 U1a. We did this in the QA environment and basically just selected all patches for 6.0 and dell hardware. We pushed the...
View ArticleESX/ESXi Version and Image Profile do not match after using depot.zip to...
I used the CLI method to upgrade my hosts from 5.5 to 6.0 because it was actually easier than using Update Manager, even though I administer a medium sized environment.After the upgrade (which was...
View ArticleESXi 5,5 U3 boot from iSCSI LUN
Hi Guys, We are in the process of upgrading the ESXi host(IBM x3650M3) from 5.0 Essential to 5.5 U3 Essentail Plus kit Currently the ESXi host resides in the local datastore (hard disk), later it has...
View Articleupgrade query from esxi5.5 to esxi5.5patch4
Dear Team, We r planning to upgrade our esxi from esxi5.5 to esxi patch5.5 patch4. Our L3 Team already created the baseline. Now just want to know how to proceed with the next course of action. I'm...
View ArticleMS SQL query error after vCenter 6 Upgrade
2015-11-14T22:11:45.001-05:00 error vpxd[05056] [Originator@6876 sub=StatsAggregator opID=29966d1e] [VpxdStatsAggregator::QueryCounterMetric] "ODBC error: (42000) - [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client...
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vSphere 5.5U2 to 6.0U1 Migration- 3 vCenters and 2 SSO logical Domains -> 1...
Hey all, I've been through most of the official vsphere 6 docs and KBs, plus some blogs here and there. and I still did not find a definite answer to what I'm trying to achieve. Basically, I have the...
View ArticleMigrate vCenter server VM to another host
Hi Guys, Could any of you assist on the below. We want to upgrade the ESXi host from 5.0(Essential) to 5.5 U2 (Essential plus) , the vCenter server VM resides in the ESXi host 5.0 (Essential) Before...
View ArticlePrepare ESXi USB on a different server
To upgrade existing customers to new versions of esxi, it would be handy to prepare USB bootables from our office, and afterwards go switch them at the costomers site, Simply re-add the existing VM's...
View ArticlevSphere 6 Web Client issues
Hello. I forced myself to move from the desktop client to the Web Client over a year ago. I have grown to like it for the most part...until this recent upgrade to vsphere 6. Issues before vSphere...
View Article"issues information is not available in web client " error in vSphere 6 u1...
Hello , every time when i login to webclient i am getting below message "issues information is not available in web client " . Does any one facing same issue ? Regards,Surya
View ArticlevCenter Upgrade from 5.1 to 6.0 with external SQL 2008 fails during schema...
We have:- vCenter 5.1 on Windows 2008 server- external SQL2008R2 SP2 We are trying to upgrade to vCenter 6.0 on the Windows server, but during the validation we get this error: "Source vCenter Server...
View ArticlevSphere Essentials Plus 6 kit and SnS
I have been told that to purchase Vsphere Essentials Plus kit for my church that I also need to purchase SnS. Is this true? I have worked with vSphere for several years and have a VCP6 certification...
View ArticleUpdating VMware Vcenter server 5.1 U1 to 5.5 U3a steps and caveats ?
People, I'm currently running Windows VMware VCenter Server 5.1U1 as VM, the SQL Server 2008 Std SP2 is also in this VmM as well so it is all in one. Is there any caveats or special steps that I need...
View ArticleUpgradting ESXi 5.1 to the latest Update3
Hello, I am using ESXi 5.1.0 1065491 (i upgraded yesterday to esxi5.1-5.1_update01), which was successfully but I noticed there are two remaining updates 02 and 03. My question is, do these updates...
View ArticleDSN configuration
When I configure the DSN for both vCenter and VUM, I'm unsure what I place in the second screen - How should SQL Server verify the authenticity of the login ID?. At first I created local database...
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