Re: Upgrade vSphere 4 essentials plus and vcenter server to 5.1
If your subscription was in force when 5 was released you ought to be able to upgrade to v5 keys at no cost. Once you get yourself logged into my VMware all should become clear.
View ArticleRe: Will this Upgrade Plan work? ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1 upgrade + one Datastore...
You don't need to bring down the VMware platform to upgrade the hard drives as you have them running on the second 2Tb array. You can swap out the drives and then rescan the adapters in vCenter to see...
View ArticleRe: Trying to install ESXi 5.1 to test and learn
Consider using VMware Workstation of Fusion for the MAC, saves playing with old hardware.
View ArticleRe: SSO Command Line install Query.
For 5.1.x this parameter should work.. COMPUTER_FQDN=<your fqdn> RegardsGirish
View ArticleRe: New Server and Install
Numerous experiences in these scenarios always ends up with, no matter how well you think you planned, one datastore hitting capacity limits, and one almost empty. There's certainly no best practice...
View ArticleUsing vSphere Client to connect ESXi host through Internet?
I have a ESXi Server, I hire a place at DataCenter and put it there. I knew VMWare vSphere Client can connect to ESXi server through LAN, but in my case DataCenter is too far. Can I use VMware vSphere...
View ArticleRe: Using vSphere Client to connect ESXi host through Internet?
Welcome to the Community - Yes you can as long as the machine running the vSphee client can connect to the ESXi host but remember Internet connection usually route through a firewall and the necessat...
View ArticleRe: SSO Command Line install Query.
Hi Girish, I have that set in my original script. But no Luck.
View ArticleRe: SSO Command Line install Query.
hmm.. how did you verify that it defaulted to IP address? Post install/do you get a visual output of your script? Also, does nslookup work for both ip and fqdn? RegardsGirish
View ArticleRe: SSO Command Line install Query.
Hi Girish, My command line install failed to install the Web-Client and the Inventory Service when i used the FDQN as variable in the script. Similarly i tried a manual install fail to connect to the...
View ArticleRe: SSO Command Line install Query.
Registry value should be located under->HKLM->Software->Vmware Inc->SSOServer->FQDNIP RegardsGirish
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Re: vSphere Client won't connect to any vCenter :...
Just ran into this same problem this week and have yet to resolve it. I'm using vSphere client 5.1 [1064113] on a windows 2012 x64 VM. Please note that on my windows 7 x64 VM, the same version client...
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Is the client the only piece that's installed on that win2012 box or does it contain any other VC components?RegardsGirish
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Re: SSO Command Line install Query.
Well there is a known issue during upgrade that causes fqdn to be replaced by IP inside the registry.. but this is the first that i have heard of this happening in a fresh install..however the...
View ArticleAcer AR585
Is Acer AR585 F1 with AMD OPTERON 6376 fully compatible with VMware ESXi™ 5.0/5.1 ? Is it possible to use a standard installer or is it needed a specific version from Acer with drivers, ecc.?
View ArticleProblem with "power on" any virtual machine on ESXi host
Please a help. I have Esxi 5.0 with 4 VMs. Usually worked well.Once I switched off 1 VM. I tried to power on it, but process "power On" stop at 95% and gives out after a while an error "A general...
View ArticleSSO woes with SRM - any way to migrate SSO to another machine
Ok, I have shot myself in the foot. I missed SSO in the detailed design of a (would be simple) upgrade of vSphere 4.1 to 5.1. Installed two vCenters 5.1, witht the requirement for linked mode, so...
View ArticleBest way to move from vcenter 5.0 to vcenter appliance 5.5
I would like to move to the vcenter appliance when I upgrade. What is the best method?I assume 5.5 will mange the 5.0 servers while I am in the process of upgrading them to 5.5.
View ArticleRe: Problem with "power on" any virtual machine on ESXi host
Have a look at the vmware log file(s): The vmware.log (and vmware-xx.log) in the same directory as your VM.Most probably it will give you a good hint where to look.You can download the file using the...
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