I get a lot of questions from customers if the could use the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) in there production environments as replacement for the standard vCenter Server. With the standard vCenter Server is based on Microsoft Windows. you know for sure that all the other vSphere products …
Continue ReadingBefore starting the upgrading to version 5.1 of the vCenter Server, the following steps can be taken to be able to successfully upgrade. The first step is reading the upgrade guides. After the RTFM stuff check the following: Make sure the SQL Server authentication checkbox is set to SQL Server and …
Continue ReadingToday vSphere 5.1 is released. I did an upgrade of my existing vSphere 5 vCenter server. During the installation of the vCenter Single Sign On (SSO) software the following warning occurred: Error 29115: Cannot authenticate to DB. After this error the installation stops and the rollback begins. To …
Continue ReadingAfter upgrading to vCenter 5, the vCenter Service Status page displays the following error: com.VMware.converter alert unable to retrieve health data from https:///converter/health.xml This error occurs because the integrated vCenter Converter plug-in is no longer available in vSphere 5! To solve …
Continue ReadingAt a customer I was unable to join a domain when deploying a template from vCenter using a guest customization specification. This only happened with Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 templates. To solve this problem, you need the do the following in the guest customization specification: Enter the FQDN …
Continue ReadingWhen looking for performance data in vCenter 4.1 from the past week, month or year, I got the message “Performance data is currently not available for this entry”. Only real time data is visible in vSphere client. In the vCenter Service Status the warning “Performance statistics rollup from Past Day …
Continue ReadingWhen installing VMware vCenter 5 with the default database engine (Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 R2) the SQL Management Studio is not installed by default. It can be confusing to add SQL Management studio at a later time. Here are the steps explained: Download Microsoft SQL Express 2008 R2 or …
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