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 I’ve NEVER seen the Boot Options before in vCenter for a host.  I think it’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 – ... Read More