VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0b, for both the Windows based vCenter Server and the virtual appliance vCenter Server, was released 2013-12-22. The software can be downloaded from various locations on the VMware download site depending on your license but this link directs you to the VMware vSphere section of the VMware download site. I have identified …
Category Archive: vCenter Server
vCenter Server database and MSCS issue in vSphere 5.1
A couple of months ago a customer of mine changed their vCenter Server database location from a standalone MSSQL 2008 SP2 installation to a Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) based MSSQL 2008 R2 SP2 installation. The intention is very good and it all comes down to increase the availability of the MSSQL server since you can …
Reset vCenter Single Sign On password
A customer of mine lost their password for the vCenter Single Sign On (SSO), version 5.1, admin@system-domain account. It is possible to reset the admin@system-domain account if you know the password configured during the installation. However, my customer had not changed the password since the installation meaning there is no supported way of changing the …
vCloud Director Allocation Model settings – Pay As You Go
Every now and then i receive questions about how the different Organization virtual datacenter (Org vDC) compute (CPU and Memory) settings affects the vSphere layer including the vSphere cluster resource pool backing the Org vDC and the virtual machine (VM). Based on the above i have decided to put together a series of three blog …
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1b Release
The 1:st of August VMware released the vCenter Server 5.1 U1b. This release does not bring any new features or functions, it focuses on bug fixes. I just wanted to point out one specific bug fix that will justify an upgrade to the newest vCenter Server version for at least one of my customers. vCenter …