How To Migrate From vSphere 4 to vSphere 5
There are a number of different ways to migrate from vSphere 4 to vSphere 5. You could upgrade vCenter server to vSphere 5 then put your hosts into maintenance mode and upgrade your ESXi hosts to ESXi...
View ArticleHow To Change The VMware vCenter Server IP Address
If you just change the IP address of the VMware vCenter Server, you will have issues with ESXi hosts disconnecting. To change the vCenter Server IP address without disconnections: Log into the vCenter...
View ArticleUnable To Connect To vCenter Server
Scenario: You’ve had a power outage, you start up your ESXi hosts, but can’t connect to the vCenter Server to manage your hosts and start up your VMs. You have a bunch of hosts and it’s taking ages...
View ArticleA General System Error Occurred: Authorize Exception – Vmware vSphere Client
When you try to log into vCenter 5.1, you get the following error: A general system error occurred: Authorize Exception This is typically related to SSO when logging on with a domain account. To fix...
View ArticleHow To Stop VMware vCenter 5.5 Crashing
There is an issue with VMware vCenter 5.5 that causes it to keep crashing. To stop vCenter 5.5 from crashing, increase the thread stack size to 1MB. To do this: Navigate to C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware...
View ArticleSysinspectoidwmi Module Stopped – vCenter Configuration Manager on Server...
When installing vCenter Configuration Manager on Server 2012 R2, you will find that you get an error saying that: The Sysinspectoidwmi module has stopped Or something along the lines of the...
View ArticleUnable To Install SQLXML With vCenter Configutation Manager on Windows Server...
When you try to install vCM on Server 2012 R2, you are unable to install SQLXML. SQLXML is a prerequisite to installing vCM on Server 2012, so this can be a problem. Also, if you download and install...
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