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vCAC 6.1 Standard license

December 10, 2014, 4:52 pm
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Disclaimer:  I have been heads down in an IPv6 project so I haven't been keeping up.  I have searched (admittedly limited) but haven't found any clear answers.  I apologize if I am hashing up old subjects.

 

After a long struggle to get a fair value of our vCD license we finally got our vCloud Suite standard licenses.  I have spend the better part of the last day and a half upgrading vCenter/ESXi/vCD and implementing vCAC 6.1.  I then stumbled upon the 6.1.1 release because of shellshock vulnerablity, and just saw the 6.2 of vRAC (apparently the rebranding of vCAC).  I then noticed that there aren't any "Standard" license of both versions.  Am I able to upgrade the license, or am I the proud owner of a dead end product?

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Operation can not continue MDAC not installed

December 10, 2014, 5:47 pm
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Running into an issue installing AppVolumes Manager 2.5 on a Server 2008 R2 VM with a remote SQL server 2012. Whenever I get to the screen to fill in the SQL server information it just gives me an error about MDAC not being installed. I tried searching, but where this product is so new I didn't see anything. Most of the other info out there suggests that I download MDAC 2.8 from Microsoft and install, but that didn't work either.

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VSAN folder is not removed on migration or by "Delete from Disk"

December 10, 2014, 5:49 pm
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We recently deployed vSphere 5.5 Essentials with Virtual SAN on a modest 3 host cluster.  The Virtual SAN contains two root level folders for each VM or template I have created: one named for the VM and one named with a GUID or similar designation that appears to be a mirror of the first.  I would guess this second folder is a manifestation of some redundancy scheme but this is not important to my issue.

 

My problem is a matter of cleanup.  If I migrate a VM off of the VSAN to another datastore or delete it using "Delete from Disk" from vCenter Server, these folders remain behind and vCenter issues no error.  The folders cannot be deleted subsequently via Manage\Files.  I noticed similar behavior on local datastores as well but was able to remove the folders by putting the datastore host into Maintenance Mode first, rebooting it, and then deleting from the old vSphere client application.

 

I am going to assume this is not normal behavior and that I have some configuration or permissions issue.  But I have been unable to find any help in the documentation or the various on-line knowledge bases thus far.

 

So two questions:

  • What do I need to tweak in vCenter Server to ensure these folders are actually deleted when I "Delete from Disk" or migrate to another datastore?
  • Can someone point me to the official procedure for purging orphaned folders from VSAN?
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AppVolumes 2.5 second appstack doesn't show in OS

December 10, 2014, 5:54 pm
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I have appvolumes deployed, and I have successfully created one appstack that has 3 applications in it (chrome, adobe reader, and Notepad++) for testing. I attach this to a non-persistent desktop with the AppVolumes agent installed and it works good. I went back to my capture VM and reverted the snapshot, created a new appstack and installed firefox. After completing the capture process I attached the new appstack to the same VM/user as the original appstack. The new appstack does not show firefox in the VM. It appears that the new appstack VMDK is attached to the VM, but I don't see a firefox shortcut on the desktop, it doesn't show up in program files either. I was originally thinking that maybe it had something to do with having mulitple disks attached to the windows 7x 64 VM. I was thinking maybe it was a storage controller issue, but it appears the default LSI logic SAS controller should take up to 15 HDD's. That's where my day ended I'll be back tomorrow to take a look more, but suggestions are welcome.

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Migrate MS SQL database to vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL

December 10, 2014, 5:41 pm
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Is it possible to migrate from vCenter 5.5u1 using the external Microsoft SQL database to to vCenter Appliance using the embedded PostgreSQL database? Thanks for your responses.

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vSphere Web Client

November 25, 2014, 8:36 am
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Hi All

I am very new with virtualization so a little help to get me going will be appreciated.

I am having difficulty using vSphere Web Client. I can use the vSphere Client successfully but when I try to connect to my target machine by typing the IP address, I  get the following message. I expected to see the login page instead. I also trying going to https://169.254.200.253:9443/

but this time I get a message saying explorer cannot find the page.

Has anyone got any idea why this is the case and what I can do to get to the log in page. I am using EXsi 5.5 on a dell power R520 , but haven't yet activated my ESXi.

 

 

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vCSA user creation

March 4, 2014, 10:49 am
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1) I would like to find out how to create a local user on vCSA appliance. 2) We don't have inter grated AD user accounts for each admin  and cannot make AD integrated user on vCSA web client, no option to configure network part How can there is no network , system tabs when login web client? (running vsphere 5.1 web client, mixed hosts with esxi 4.1 and 5.1 different update versions.) see the screenshot attached.

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Application Manager - Error retrieving component status

December 3, 2014, 11:40 pm
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Hello!

 

I have succesfully installed Portal 2.1 with loadbalancing and accessing from outside and inside, everything work as expected. In my environment exist two nodes in full mode and one with "connector only" mode. In system health, on connector only node i have message: Application Manager - Integrated Components: Error retrieving component status. I think, this is right. Connector don't work as application manager, why this message is displayed?

 

Regards,

Piotr

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Orchestrator and infoblox clone VM from template and add dhcp reservation for it,

July 3, 2014, 12:26 pm
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Hi All, I am a bit stuck with how to create a workflow for our users to create a vm from template and push it to infoblox.

the first part is simple but I cant find a way to "give the infoblox workflow the information"

what I  am trying to do :

1. clone Linux VM from temple -> user will need to type the fqdn of the VM,

2, I need somehow to get the VM  mac address and fqdn of the new vm and pass it to infoblox

3. power on the VM,

 

didn't find the way yet.

Thanks

Roni

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Windows 7 VERY SLOW on Yosemite/Fusion 7.1

December 8, 2014, 11:53 am
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I have had this issue a while and had hoped the 7.1 update would address these issues but they have not...

 

Originally I had Windows 8.1 on there and back in Mavericks and VMFusion 6 it worked flawlessly.  After the upgrade to Yosemite (I had beta) I've had issues but understandably.  Then after 7 came out and Yosemite I thought all would be well... but no.   I decided to go back to Windows 7 (for other reasons as well) fresh to see if the issues were maybe around Windows 8.1 but they were not (Side note... this is my Boot Camp partition).

 

I know there are known issues with iMac 2011's but I have a brand new MBP 2014 that's just a few months old.  I tried the workaround using the terminal debug command but it didn't seem to really help.   I just took it off and maybe it's slower... I dunno. 

 

I run my VM with 2 cores and 4GB of ram but any programs (IE, Word, Excel, Etc) just run like molasses.  Especially if I try to minimize or maximize a window.  If I right click on my desktop it takes about 30 seconds for the menu to come up.  If I am in an explore window and navigating thru folders looking for files it seems to move just fine.  

 

All in all I need this to work.  Is it a VMWare issue? Apple Issue? or what?   Can I go to Parallels and it work?  (on that note... if I do can I run Parallels using the same boot camp?)

 

Thanks for any help!

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Belly flop in the IP Pool

April 9, 2014, 5:44 pm
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Hey Folks,

I'm looking for a little help in implementing a way to make IP management a little easier for a fairly large VM deployment.

 

I will be deploying approximately 750 VM's over the next few months (hopefully).  Up until know I have been managing the relatively small deployment with static IP's, but with the mass deployment that is being planned, this isn't really practical.

 

At first look, I thought this would be a good problem for IP pools, or Network Protocol Profiles as I believe it is now called.  I have implemented a profile as directed in the documentation vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center  and have verified the settings against various other mostly outdated blog posts on the topic.  I even have a case open with vmware support on the topic, but after nearly 5 days, I haven't heard anything positive back from them yet.

 

So far I have tried with both Windows 2008 R2, and Windows 2012.  The VM's have been in a vApp, with the necessary settings configured, and outside a vApp, but still with the vApp settings configure.  No matter how I configure things, I can't get the guest to get an IP through a dynamic method.

 

Some of the documents I've read have stated that the IP that is assigned should be defined in an environment variable inside the guest using vmtoolsd –cmd “info-get guestinfo.ovfenv”.  This returns some information, like the VM mac address, but no information about an IP address.

 

If IP Pools/NPP aren't the right way to handle this kind of deployment, I can't help but think there is something better than just standard DHCP servers.

 

We are currently using vSphere with Operations Management 5 Enterprise Plus running the latest patch level of esxi 5.5 and using VCSA at the latest patch level.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Dustin

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Run a Virtual Appliance on a vCloud Director 5.5 VDC/vApp

December 8, 2014, 4:04 pm
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I want to deploy a Sonicwall Email Security Virtual Appliance (VA) in a vCloud Director 5.5 VDC/vApp.  The VA is in OVA format.  How do you do this in vCloud Director?  I tried to import the VA using the Import from vSphere, but is doesn't appear as a selection.

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Hello Experts, SRM VMs is not Reachable after Planned Migration

December 10, 2014, 7:49 pm
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I have SRM 5.1 Installed and configured for EMC VNX Array Based Replication. The Tests were successful and when we tried for a Planned Recovery - the VMs are UP on the SR Site and can communicate (Ping) each other internally; but when we try to ping from any other computer or try to remote into the VMs - it's not reachable "Destination Host Unreachable"

 

Any inputs would greatly help.

 

Thanks in advance.

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HOL-PRT-1304 - Automating Your Cloud with vCloud Automation Center and the Infoblox vCO IPAM Plug-in

May 28, 2014, 1:17 pm
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Direct Link to Lab: http://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/#lab/605

Direct Link to HTML / PDF Lab Manual: http://docs.hol.vmware.com/HOL-2013/hol-prt-1304_html_en/

In this lab, we will demonstrate the technologies and the steps required to dynamically provision IP addresses for virtual machines running in ESXi/vCenter by using the Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management) virtual appliance and the Infoblox vCenter Orchestrator Plug-in in conjunction with VMware vCloud Automation Center (vCAC).

This lab will take you through the process of preparing the infrastructure, and shows you all the steps needed to configure vCAC and the Infoblox appliance to achieve IP automated address provisioning of virtual machines.

Time estimates to complete this lab: 60 Minutes.

Please pace yourself. You will need the full time to complete this lab!

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Upgrading of NSX 6.0.1

December 10, 2014, 7:55 pm
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After upgrading NSX 6.0.1 to 6.0.4, my vcenter is able to show my nsx in networking and security tab in vsphere web client.

Is there any help on this? I have yet to have any error saying that vcenter is unable to detect my nsx 6.0.1 as it is still able to show the changes in vcenter server extension(under administration tab in vsphere web client).

What's worse now is it cannot show my NSX 6.1.1 on my networking and security tab also!

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"The login request has expired due to a clock synchronization issue between vSphere Web Client and vCenter Single Sign-On server"

October 1, 2014, 2:48 am
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initially i can't login  into vsphere web client ,after i reset root password as per the following article, i run across the issue that   mentioned above .

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2069041#preventlockout

after hours of researching and surfing ,i can't resolve it .

info on esxi and vcenter

vcenter applicance 5.5. esxi 5.1

date info:

esi host :

~ # date

Wed Oct  1 14:14:42 UTC 2014

vcenter applicance :

localhost:~ # date

Wed Oct  1 14:14:59 UTC 2014

 

thank in advance .


i click the mask the Assumed Answered by mistake ,how to unmask it

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VMPlayer 7, screen position

December 10, 2014, 8:19 pm
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I updated VMware Player to version 7 (from version 6.xxx latest)

Now every time I start VMware Player 7 on my computer (Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit), it starts on a different position of my screen (screen resolution is 1920x1080).

The VMware guests also do so.

This is annoying, since I always have to reposition guest windows in order to get the complete guest screen visible.

I did not have this strange behaviour with VMware player 6.

Does anyone know a solution to avoid this?

More information needed?

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VMware Player 7 closes on suspending guest

December 10, 2014, 8:31 pm
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Whenever I suspend a guest in VMware Player 7, VMwarePlayer exits on the host operating system.

Is there a way to change this behaviour? I want to keep VMware Player 7 still running on host after suspending a guest.

I remember a setting menu in VMware player 6 affecting this behaviour, but I can´t find an appropriate capabilty in VMware Player 7 Player> File> Preferences menu.

Is there a different way to change this?

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VMware host and server reboots after restart of VM (Windows 2008)

December 10, 2014, 8:38 pm
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Hello folks,

 

I have a quick question. When I restart virtual machine running Windows 2008 server my server and VMware are restarting as well.

Can you please give me a direction for further search or suggest any possible solution?

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Updates VM and lost 2 months of Quickbooks data!

December 10, 2014, 3:04 pm
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I just updated VM and lost 2 months of my business Quickbooks data - is there a way to recover this?

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