VM with "Unknown" status
After an sudden power outage we were able to recover our vcloud director cell, but all VMs show the "unknown" status and all operations are disabled from the GUI. I'm able to poweron vms with the...
View ArticleRe: error 29114 cannot connect to db during VCenter 5.1 SSO install
Yes, I did that and I still get the above error when using the 'simple' installer to do it all for me.
View ArticleRe: Vcenter server installation
SSO is not expecting the local administrator credentials, but the credentials you created for the SSO admin@System-Domain. These credentials will be required to register any application that can be...
View ArticleRe: V center - linked mode or new datacenter
If you haven't reached the threshold for vm and host capacity, I see no reason to create additional vcenter servers unless you are doing SRM or vSphere Replication. Don't make it too complex.
View ArticleRe: Deploy OVF - Cannot choose disk size?
I agree with weinstein5. Allowing to resize the virtual disk would require the import function to also resize the guest OS partition(s), i.e. being fully aware of the guest's file system and rewrite...
View ArticleRe: help with vco db connection on new install
What you are describing, I think is mentioned here: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vcenter-orchestrator-51-install-config-guide.pdfpage 48 & 49 you establish a...
View ArticleRe: Disks need consolidation and active snapshot?
Consolidate first, then delete the snapshot.
View ArticleRe: Disks need consolidation and active snapshot?
I' ve done it that way and failed too
View ArticleRe: Using 5.x license on 4.1
Maybe I am worried for nothing and the upgrade from 4.1 to 5 will go smootly but I dont trust easy solution anymore.Although the upgrade will usually go smooth, it's always a good idea to have...
View ArticleRe: VM with "Unknown" status
So the VMs shown as Unknown from vCloud or from vCenter? I'm curious to know what the current state of the VMs are in vCenter itself, in comparison to vCloud Director. It's also possible that, due to...
View ArticleHP DL server compatibility check.
Currently we have two clusterCluster1HP DL580 G5, X7460,processor Cluster2HP DL580 G7, X7550 processor We are planning to add two servers with HP DL380 G7. Let us know in which cluster will it be...
View ArticleRe: Deploy OVF - Cannot choose disk size?
Thanks for the replies - my main concern is that it is asking me for the full disk size... but that doesn't allow me to deploy my other OVF file on the disk. If I deploy as thin provisioned, can I then...
View ArticleRe: download link for vCenter Server Appliance (Linux)
The Linux version of vCenter Server is only available as the Virtual Appliance you downloaded and not as a separate installation package like the Windows version. André
View ArticleRe: How to set a syslog for vCenter Chargeback?
all of the applications use logging 4 java (log4j for short). Seach for the log4j.properties files on the system ... there should be one for each instance (CBM, and each data collector). Ideally, you...
View ArticleRe: help with vco db connection on new install
I was reading pages 48-49 in the docs. If I understand correctly then, the vDB is only valid when running vCO on the same machine as vcenter? I've been messing around with vCO on a test machine...
View ArticleRe: VM with "Unknown" status
The unknown status is in vCloud. Everything is working great at the vSphere cluster level. Everything loads without issues at the GUI level, but the VMs are marked at unknow. I'm able to manipulate the...
View ArticleRe: VM with "Unknown" status
I guess is a database related issue. Our DBA did a recover for one table with issues: VM_INV.
View ArticleRe: could not connect internet from vmplayer ubuntu
Welcome to the Community, pinging the Windows 7 may be blocked by the Windows firewall. Anyway, you should be able to reach the Internet with either Bridged or NAT networking. How did you configure the...
View ArticleRe: vApp Network - licensing question
if you configured vCloud Director to use a VXLAN based Network Pool, and then downgradd your License and VXLAN was removed ... yes, you will not be able to create an Isolated Networks because you don't...
View ArticleMirage and VSS
Hello everyone, Continuing my final tests of Mirage, I could see warning logs that tell me the following: "VSS internal error code: 0x80042308: The specified object was not found. Suggested resolution:...
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