Upgrading VMware vSphere 5 to the Essentials edition
Please bare with me as I am new to VMware stuff. I started at this company recently and noticed they have Veeam Backup and replication to but after some digging it is not compatible with the Free...
View ArticleUpgrading from vCenter 5.5 Full SQL to 6.0 on new server
Hello, We are planning our upgrade to vCenter 6.0 and have some questions before we like to start.At this moment we have 15 hosts and +/- 200 vm's orchestrated by vCenter 5.5 on a Windows 2008 Server...
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unable to connect to web services to execute query
getting this error on vsphere6. when running a search query any idea?
View ArticleInstall ESX 5 in lab enviroment
I wanted to get some hands on experience on how ESX in configured, so here is what i plan to do: i) Use two physical desktops as my two ESX hosts.ii) Use a switchiii) Some sort of NAS My thought i...
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be2net or elxnet driver to install after firmware upgrade for ESXi 5.5U3 ?
Hi People All of my servers are HP Blades with the Virtual Connect v4.01 Flex-10 and Onboard Admin v4.40, the current HP Blades are all using the be2net driver as the following tables:During the...
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ESXi 5.5 U3c No Host Data in ViClient
Unfortunately I patched my ESXi5.5 with the DEc8 patches. I noted that vCenter Server 5.5U3c is needed, but with only 1 host, I use the VI thick client. (5.5) . Now since the patching I have no Gust...
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Do OS do I need on a computer to run ESXi?
Sorry, I know nothing about this. I have a software vendor who will only install their software on a machine running VMWare ESXi, and I have to provide the computer!!! I do not have a server in my...
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VMware ESXi host 4.1 not able to see the VMFS5 datastore configured on ESXi...
Hi, Could anyone please assist on the below Our customer has 3 standalone ESXi4.1 hosts(standard) without vCenter server and about 15 VMs are currently residing on HP MSA storage(configured as...
View ArticleCloning an ESX system boot from san LUN
Is there any option to provision new ESXi by cloning existing ESXi boot from san LUN ? ( shutdown existing ESXi and clone the LUN (via storage array) and present the LUN to another host)Is there a...
View ArticleBest practice on using VNX & VMAX Datastore
Hi guys What is best use cases on using VNX & VMAX datastore? Is it okay to have consolidated VNX LUNs for Virtualmachine OS harddisk and VMAX for Data harddisk either consolidated or isolated? Any...
View ArticleUpgrade using customised image
Hi there, I'm currently in the process of upgrading from ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 6.0. Normally I would do a fresh install, however on this occasion I've opted to select the upgrade option. To do the upgrade I...
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VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware
Hi, We are currently running ESXi 5.1 Update1 and are planning to upgrade to ESXi 6.0 update 1. On our existing ESXi 5.1 environment, we have several machines that we have never upgraded the VMware...
View Article(J9748A) HP Adv Srvs zl Mod w/vSphere Platform upgrade
Hi All, recently we brought hp module ( (J9748A) HP Adv Srvs zl Mod w/vSphere Platform) which is having embedded esxi 5.0 we planned to upgrade that to 5.1 or 5.5 it is successful but at last while we...
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Password error when Changing certificates with SSL Automation Tools
Hello, When I try to change SSL Certicates with SSL Automation Tools on the vCenter Server it faild when changing certificate for vCentere Single Sign-On. Here is the ssl-environment.bat file : rem...
View ArticleQuestion about prep for migrating to VCenter appliance using migration tool
I want to use the VCS to VCVA converter to migrate my vCenter 5.5 U3 off windows to the linux appliance. I have checked all of the requirements and my environment is ok except for SSO. I am running 2...
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Cant launch VM console from vSphere Web client i get a grey console screen...
WMRC works as well as the thick client any ideas
View ArticleVMware vSphere HA cluster settings query on vCenter server 5.5
Hi Guys, One small clarification The VMware cluster has been configured with 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts Actually in the VMware vSphere HA the Host Isolation response has been configured as" Leave Powered on",...
View Articlevsphere 5.0 to 5.5 upgrade date.
Hi, Is it possible to get the vsphere 5.0 to 5.5 upgrade date? How could achieve that task? Thank you.
View ArticleInterrupt Received on invalid vector
Hi, I've just upgraded an HP DL580 G7 using the customised HP image from ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 6.0 update 1a. Everything appears to be fine, however when I check the events tab of the ESX host the following...
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Error 29700 reinstalling vsphere web client server
Hi, I'm trying to reinstall the vsphere web client server, the uninstall was sucessfully, but when I try to run the installer again, the error 29700 occurs and the installation fails. "Error...
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