vSphere 5 – Install and Configure the Web Client
KB ID 0000551 Problem The ability to administer vCenter via a web browser is nothing new, vCenter has had a web console in previous versions. vCenter vSphere 4 Web Client (Web Access) The version with vSphere 5 is much more feature rich. Like the VMware vSphere client it talks directly to the vCenter vSphere API, but unlike previous web access, the component needs to be installed and configured before you can use it. What the Web...
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...
VMware VI Client error ‘Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server {ESX-Host}:902’
KB ID 0000815 Problem Seen when connected to the VMware VI client software, and attempting to open a console session with a virtual machine. Solution This is a pretty generic error, for whatever reason the client software cannot connect to the KMS (Keyboard, Mouse, and Screen). In NEARLY every case this is a communication issue, either the machine running the client software cannot resolve the name of the ESX host that is hosting the...
VMware ESX – When Deploying a Template ‘Network interface {name} uses network {name} which is not accessible’
KB ID 0000846 Problem I tried to deploy a VM Template today and was greeted with this error, I had renamed all the networks in this environment since I created this template, so I know why I was getting this error. But there seems to be no way to edit the template itself to change the value to the correct network. Solution In the procedure below I will be jumping backwards and forwards between Hosts and Clusters view and VMs and...
vSphere Error – ‘The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host’
KB ID 0000848 Problem You can see this either when attempting to power on a VM, or when attempting to deploy a VM from a template. Solution Thankfully it’s a really easy fix. 1. Connect to the console of your Virtual Center, (either through the VI client or via RDP) 2. Windows Key+R > Services.msc {Enter} > Locate the VMware Virtual Center Server service > Restart it. Note: If you have the vCenter appliance, simply...