vCenter Server 5.0, 5.5, and SSO deployment Modes

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• When I installed the web client vsphere using vcenter server iso, encounted an error that the vcenter server signon administrateu use name and password is invalid

  VCenter server is version 5.1 and this server is a member of the working group.

  It comes to my administrator:

  

  So, I used ISO server vcenter and installed web client pulg-in vsphere, it prompted:

  I've used many ways, but failed.

  usernme:admin@system-domain,

  so, I do not know how to solve, and I only know this administrator password.

  I'm not vCenter sign the only to have another admin, please help.

  

  and another question: how install and configure the data via the vsphere 5.1 customer protection, vsphere isn't vsphere web client.

  You must provide credentials for the user admin@system-domain.

• vCenter Server - rename the config files and moving datastore

  Our vCenter VMware Server (4.1.0) is a virtual machine. The vCenter Server database is stored on a SQL Server that is also a virtual machine. The configuration files for the server vCenter and file a vmdk are located on a data store and the other vmdk file is located on another data store. This isn't a problem, but the parent folders that store these files have different names and do not reflect the name of the vCenter Server VM. Also the names of configuration files are different for the vmdk file names. I would like to move and rename files vmdk my vCenter Server to another data store and all the configuration files so that the parent folder that stores all the files has the same name as my vCenter Server VM and all of the files in the folder are on behalf of my vCenter Server VM.

  What would be the best way to do this? Can I install the stand-alone converter on the vcenter Server and migrate the server? I have a vCenter Server Standard license. Thank you.

  as above, use storage vmotion if possible else, you can use vmware converter...

• VCenter server by using domain ID and password to login

  Hello

  I wanted to connect to Vcenter server via powercli but its always takes my default windows credentials when I connect using Connect-VIServer-vcenter01 Server rather than my domain ID and the password. My credentials for vcenter server is different from the Windows credentials. Please let me know the command for the VI login server, by using the credentials of domain.

  Thank you

  vmk2014

  Cannot connect you with:

  to connect-viserver Vcenter01.domain.bla - user domain\user - pass the password

• vDS and vCenter Server on SAN

  I have a very specific question about it as possible.

  I have 3 guests with no local VMFS (ESXi installed on a Flash cards) and all data warehouses are on the SAN.

  VCenter Server is a virtual machine residing on the SAN.

  SAN access is configured with iSCSI connected through a vDS.

  What would happen if there is a power failure?

  Say that I turn on the SAN first, then try to power on the hosts, the hosts would have access to the San while vCenter Server is still off powerd (and because it's aVM)?

  Thanks for your understanding!

  On VMware ESXi ESX, the vDS configuration is saved on /etc/vmware/dvsdata.db. The file .dvsdata of data warehouses are used by HA and stores some information as the State of the port and its stats.

• on AD and DNS requirement in vCenter server installation

  Hello, I am facing installation stuffs now. It's about installation vCenter server 5.5 under windows.

  I'm just in my lab. He went well when I installed vCenter server device and I can do the remaining animals vSphere.

  But this time I must try to use vCenter in windows. I'm stuck in the 'server URL search"in installing vCenter.

  Is it OK to install the vCenter without AD and DNS server as I do now. If this isn't the case, pls guide me.

  You must at least COMPLETE your vCenter server field cannot be resolved and if you do not have DNS server in your lab, try to configure the host files... and on the announcement, if you do not have Active Directory domain or the vCenter Server belongs to a workgroup, not all features are available.

  To see a list of the software requirements and best practices for installing vCenter Server, check this KB: article: installation vCenter Server 5.5 recommended (2052334)

• VUM and vCenter Server database

  Does anyone know if 2 vCenter servers can use the same database VUM?  I'm building a new vCenter server dedicated to View 4, and I wonder if I need to have a separate database.

  You will need a separate VUM server, which requires its own database, unfortunately it cannot be shared

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• vCenter Server 5.5 silent installation problem

  Our requirement is, vCenter Server 5.5 must be installed in silent mode with its default SQL express database.

  To do this, I am referring http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vcenter_server_cmdline_install.pdf documentation.

  I am able to do a silent install of SSO and the inventory of service components, but stuck to a vCenter Server silent installation. On the command line, I performed following command to install the vCenter Server. This command should install vCenter Server in silent mode, but it is prompting you to press the next button to continue.

  < snip >

  echo 'Get hostname of the system '.

  host Set = % ComputerName %

  echo% % host

  echo "Installing vCenter Server."

  start/wait D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe/s/w/L1033 /v ^.

  ' / Quiet/QR ^ ".

  VCS_GROUP_TYPE = Single ^.

  VPX_ACCOUNT_TYPE = system ^.

  DB_SERVER_TYPE delivered = ^.

  FORMAT_DB = 1 ^

  [email protected] ^

  SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password@123 ^

  [email protected] ^

  VC_ADMIN_IS_GROUP_VPXD_TXT = false.

  ' IS_URL = ' https://%host%:10443 ^

  LS_URL = https://%host%:7444/lookupservice/SDK " ^

  VCS_HTTPS_PORT = 443.

  VCS_HTTP_PORT = 80. ^

  VCS_HEARTBEAT_PORT = 902 ^.

  TC_HTTP_PORT = 8080 ^.

  TC_HTTPS_PORT = 8443 ^.

  VCS_ADAM_LDAP_PORT = 389 ^.

  VCS_ADAM_SSL_PORT = 902 ^.

  "/ L * V"% temp%\vCenterServerInstall.log"/ QR".

  < / snip >

  On the command line, it is yet to complete the entire order with all the arguments. On the command line after order is printed with 2 rest arguments are ignored.

  < snip >

  C:\Install > start/wait D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe/s/w/L1033 /v "/ QR/quiet VCS_GROUP_TYPE = single VPX_ACCOUNT_TYPE = System.

  < / snip >

  Need to know,

  1. How can I perform this installation in silent mode?

  2. is there a any error in my command arguments?

  The 'start' command expects the first agument in quotes for the title. Try

  Start "vCenter Server Installation" / wait "D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe" / s...

  André

• vCenter Server

  In case the server vCenter Server has encountered a problem and needs to re-setup of vCenter, what happens to what follows? They will always work?

  1. high availability

  2 DRS (automatic)

  3. distributed switch connectivity

  4 vSphere replication

  5. Advanced vSphere of data protection

  6 site Recovery Manager

  7 cluster VSAN

  During the time where the vCenter server is unavailable.

  1. high availability - Yes, but the management of Cluster HA is possible only when your vCenter gets online

  2 DRS (automatic) - No.

  3. distributed communication switch connectivity - Yes, the VMs will not face questions, data flow is managed completely by ESXi hosts, but your DVS control plan is not available to change the Setup in it.

  4 vSphere replication - work should, don't know if.

  5 vSphere Data Protection advanced - should work, not too sure.

  6 site Recovery Manager - no.

  7 cluster VSAN - Yes, but the handling of the VSAN that we are using vSphere Web Client is going to be affected.

  and if you need to re - install server vCenter completely. so in this case, you need to take action based on how you re - install your vCenter. For example, if you have fresh installation complete you vCenter server then you need to start building your vCenter Server inventory and take steps to add your ESXi hosts in this new inventory.

  many different references

  Distributed failure vSwitches and vCenter, what's the problem?

  VMware KB: Spend an ESX/ESXi host with vDS to a vCenter Server to another

  VMware KB: Move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter

• SQL Server edition full for vCenter Server 6.0

  Hello

  Just learn that vCenter 6.0 does not support SQL Server Express.

  We intend to use SQL Server 2008R2 as the database of vCenter Server 6.

  We would like to ask for your opinion if we should use the full 32-bit or 64-bit SQL Server Edition?  For SQL Server Express, 64 - Bit is used, I think that we need to use 64 bits one, is this correct?

  Your opinion is requested.

  Just learn that vCenter 6.0 does not support SQL Server Express.

  The Windows 6.0 vCenter dropped the integrated SQL Express, BUT instead, it comes with a SQL database vPostgres shipped to replace it with similar restrictions. You don't need to install your own SQL server if you're ok with these limits. See the following article:

  vSphere 6 - clarify misinformation. VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

  Databases are supported for installing windows SQL 2008 R2, 2012 and 2014, Oracle 11g and 12 c as well as the possibility of using an embedded database vPostgres on windows vPostgres is limited to 20 guests and 200 VMs. Upgrades where SQL express is installed will be converted to vPostgres. The vCenter Server Appliance supports the vPostgres shipped to full scale, the host of 1000 and 10,000 virtual computers and is the database recommended for vCenter server unit. Oracle 11g and c 12 external databases are also supported for this version, look for these to drop in the future releases.

  It is also possible to keep an existing SQL Express DB when you perform an upgrade:

  VMware KB: Upgrade vCenter Server 6.0 without migration of the SQL database to vPostgres

  If you use your own SQL server to go with a 64-bit version and stick them on products VMware interoperability Matrices.

• Locking ESXi 4.1 mode access confirmation no access to the vCenter Server

  Hello

  ESXi 4.1.  I see options in conflict with access to a crowd that had lockdown normal mode activated via a server vCenter VM on a host in the cluster.  The vCenter server that sits on one of the hosts in the cluster lockeddown then became inaccessible or unresponsive connectivity wise.  So no connectivity between vCenter VM or VM vCenter and hosts.  Is someone can confirm if you can connect to this host lockedown by DCUI with root and disable lockdown configuration to allow the vSphere client to then connect to the host with root and troubleshoot the server vCenter VM?

  I read in some messages that this is only possible if the vCenter VM is in place and the communication to the host.  I also read that it is possible no matter what the State of the vCenter server once Total lockdown (disabling DCUI) is not enabled.

  I have this reference of the 'The new lock in ESXi 4.1 Mode' blog http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2010/09/the-new-lockdown-mode-in-esxi-41.html

  "With active locking Mode, the only direct access to the host that remains open is through the DCUI. This allows to perform administrative tasks limited outside vCenter Server, such as restarting the management agents and the display of the log files. In addition, you can also disable Mode of Lockdown since the DCUI. This can be useful if vCenter Server is down or unavailable, and you want to return to a direct management of the host. Normally, without locking Mode, any user to the Administrator role can open a session in the DCUI.  However, in lock Mode, the root password is necessary; no other user can connect.

  Can anyone confirm.

  Any other person who may not be sure these questions, I can confirm that with root credentials, you can connect to the host directly and disable the lock mode regardless of the availability of vCenter.  Only if the Total lock mode turned on, or should I say DCUI is disabled, then you have no choice but to go through vCenter or reinstall and reconfigure the network.  VM would be always available if local or have to be reassembled and re inventoried etc.

• VCenter Server Update

  In an environment with hosts of ESXi and vCenter server, ESXi 5.0 hosts have been updated to update the 2 just now. Everything works fine, however, Server 2012 64 bit does not appear as an option when you create a virtual computer in vCenter with the vSphere client. Research indicates prerequisites 2 update is necessary to do so, that is applied to the ESXi hosts. The vCenter server has not been updated and it is not possible to still go to U3. ISO has been uploaded to the vCenter update 2 with modules. What is the procedure to update the vCenter server. The update can be checked before hand and guests must stand, so I wanted to just get a sense of the update. What is the executable launched just for the new ISO? The installation as an update or new feature will install? Guests must go down? Thank you very much in advance for any help.

  Yes, simply run the installer of vCenter and media when prompted on the vCenter server database, select upgrade the existing vcenter Server database... your virtual machines will not be affected and do not need to be moved to another host.

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• No showing in the Web Client vCenter Server

  ESXi 5.1.0 1117900

  vCenter Server 5.1.0 1123961

  With help, I solved just a problem connecting to vCenter Web Client with admin@system-domain .  Once successfully connected to vCenter Web Client I found that is show no vCenter Server.  If I connect using Windows authentication a vCenter Server appears in the inventory and I can configure everything without any problems.  However, exploitation forest admin@system-domain shows no vCenter Server and I tried to register using the register - is.bat and still no vCenter Server appears in the inventory.  Someone has seen this before and can offer a solution?

  stmux

  It is design related to this

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• 'Best practices' by vCenter server Windows Update IM &amp; C.

  Ciao,.

  vcenter he having in con virtuale db remote mssql (sempre su VM) ho sempre fatto gli convenctions di windows sul vCenter Server doing place prima snapshot uno, poi e riavvio, verification che sia tutto ok tramite windows update it controllo del vCenter Service status (the icona con lo stetoscopio verde) snapshot rimozione poi. Sempre tutto liscio m'immagino mia sia corretta would quindi fits.

  E' a po' più quando vuole aggiornare vm complex con db server for it, perche quando if production questa it servizio vCenter sull'altra Può avere problemi.

  A better procedure migliore sia che feeling:

  • airfare snapshot con della VM MSSQL
  • Spegnere con VM it vCenter Server e gli altri servizi (es SSO)
  • Update Windows riavvio e sulla VM MSSQL
  • riaccensione VM con vCenter & C
  • test
  • rimozione instantly

  VOI como regolate vi?

  SE hai SQL knew nodo singolo, stesso tuo giro, quando stacchi it database prima ISP a riavviare vCenter che a tentare di farlo riconnettere.

  In produzione realta c "United Nations cluster SQL e nodi maturity (è anche dentro I db di Veeam e is vCloud) e if fa failover tra I nodi durante gli update."

  Ciao,.

  Luca.

• vCenter server VM backup

  Hello!

  We are looking for a simple way to save (and possibly restore) our vCenter server, running inside a virtual machine with the database on the same VM. A simple image backup comes to mind. We use Atempo Time Navigator, but the story may be the same for most backup solutions.  There are still a few issues:

  • Do all service vCenter and/or the need for DB to be stopped during the backup of the image, or is properly handled by VSS?  This includes not only the file and database freeze, but also release the transaction logs after backup successful, for example.
  • In case things have to be stopped during the backup, and especially during the restoration, while the vCenter server is stopped for obvious reasons, can I still run backup/restore operations?

  Thank you!

  Mathias

  I can't guarantee the VSS interaction with the SQL Express database, but you should be fine. I used various products of backup to create a backup image of the vCenter Server VM with SQL Express and never had any problems with it. Yet once, make sure you just test carefully.