Tag: vCenter

ESX Hardware Boot options (via vCenter GUI)

ESX Hardware Boot options (via vCenter GUI)

Not sure if this one is new or not but Iā€™ve NEVER seen the Boot Options before in vCenter for a host.  I think itā€™s ... Read More

Troubleshooting vCenter Service startup issues

Troubleshooting vCenter Service startup issues

There are lots of reasons a vCenter Service would not start up.  The usual suspect is an unavailable SQL database.  ESPECIALLY when the SQL database ... Read More

Adding ESX host to vCenter : QueryConnectionInfo Failed

Adding ESX host to vCenter : QueryConnectionInfo Failed

While at a client, I received a really weird error while trying to add a brand new ESXi server to VirtualCenter.  I was working on ... Read More

Unable to add ESXI host to VirtualCenter

Unable to add ESXI host to VirtualCenter

Adding a host to vCenter is usually a pretty trivial thing.  Click. Done. Usually.  Sometimes (especially after a repair or move from one vCenter to ... Read More

Pesky vCenter ADAM Error

Pesky vCenter ADAM Error

Recently on a Windows 2008 R2 vCenter 4.1 build, I ran across a strange error that was flooding my daily health check report. (vCheck5 ā€“ ... Read More