vCenter Login Grayed Out (post 8.0 Update 3)
Jul16

vCenter Login Grayed Out (post 8.0 Update 3)

Login Grayed Out KB ID 0001881 Problem After upgrading my vCenter to 8.0 Update 3 I went to login, and the login box itself was grayed out, with a ‘no entry’ sign when I attempted to click it, and Bizarrely I now had a Use RSA ID option? Solution: Login Grayed Out Apparently, this is a known problem with this update, and the ‘fix’ is to clear the browser cache, which I attempted to do. However the problem...

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Cant login to vCenter after upgrade to 5.1
Nov17

Cant login to vCenter after upgrade to 5.1

Error 29155. Identity source discovery error KB ID 0000679  Problem Note: I’ve had the same problem on a freshly installed vCenter 5.1 as well. I upgraded my Virtual Center from 5.0 to 5.1 yesterday, and post upgrade I could no longer login, it would tell me “Unknown user or bad password”. During the upgrade I did see this error, but after that the install completed successfully. Error 29155.Identity source discovery...

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SBS – Administrator Account (Enabling?)
Nov17

SBS – Administrator Account (Enabling?)

KB ID 0000356 Problem By default the Administrators account in SBS 2008 is disabled, while this is not a bad thing and there are very valid reasons for it being disabled, some users still want to use it. Solution Option 1 – Create another “Admin” Account 1. Start > run > dsa.msc {enter} > Right click users > New User > follow the onscreen prompts. 2.Right click the user you have just created and add...

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