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VMware vCenter Server is a datacenter management server to manage VMware ESXi host system

VMware vCenter Server is a centralised management application to orchestrate vSphere. It can be used to monitor, operate, manage resource and performance evaluation of vSphere components.

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VMWare SDK Java samples cannot connect to vCenter

I've a Windows 2008 virtual machine whose IP address is 192.168.3.150, on which I have installed the vCenter Server. As I am not expert on vSphere, I have just done a Simple Install. Then on my laptop whose IP is 192.168.2.36, I can open the Web…
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Is there any way to restart ESX management network through python PyVmomi

I am trying to restart an ESX management network through Python Pyvmomi. Even after Google search I did not find any relevant API to do so. Please help me if there is any API which can restart/stop ESX management network which is managed by VCentre.
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Validations on OVF Properties on Vcenter deployment

I am customizing an OVF template XML by adding OVF properties. I have a question related to validating the properties. If a property doesn't succeed the validation test (say, it falls short of a MinLength check), then I see a red warning right…
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How to properly manage VIJAVA ServiceInstance connection

I'm in need of some guidance on managing vijava ServiceInstance connection. I'm creating a GUI application which allows the end user to manage, create and modify VMs from vCenter. So, when the application first launches, the user enters IP address…
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VM gets an APIPA after Reboot

after rebooting a VM I get sometimes (~3 reboots - 1 apipa) an APIPA-IP Adress although I set a static IP. Resetting the interface (OS) or reconnect the network adapter (VM) is fixing the problem. System Informations: vCenter 5.5 + ESX…
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Best practices while deciding VCDB size

How to optimize the ever growing VCDB. Can we keep a tab on the database size? What are the measures to take to clean up the database and reduce the size?
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VMWare vCenter v5.5 Deleted Administrator Group

While setting up Single Sign-On with our Windows Active Directory (AD) server and cluster permissions, I accidentally assigned the Administrators group to "No Access" on one of the clusters. I tried to browse back to the cluster to change the…
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vCSA 5.5 vPostgres backup routine

I would like to save a bourne shell script in /etc/cron.* on vCenter server virtual appliance 5.5 to backup the vpostgres (VMware vCenter postgresql database). VMware knowledge base article 2034505 recommend stopping vpxd service before backing…
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Can i have multiple versions of VMWare PowerCLI in single machine?

In Single Windows Machine, can i have multiple versions of PowerCli installed? Stay for example. I like to have one version for 5.1 and another version of powercli for 5.5.
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how do you retrieve timestamp and put into a csv file with get-vmhost command in powershell?

I would like to put the output of get-vmhost to a csv file with a timestamp. Get-vmhost command does not have a timestamp output, I tried to do timestamp=(get-date), but when I tried to use the pipe, it is giving me an error. Any ideas how I could…
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how to retrieve data from vcenter the most quick way

I am trying to collect performance data from vcenter for hosts. I've created this powershell script. It works but it takes a extremely long time to complete. Is there a better more efficient way to retrieve data from vcenters. Connect-VIServer…
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Unable to authenticate on vCenter Server Appliance 7

I am unable to authenticate on my VCSA, error 500 "An error occurred while fetching identity providers". VMware KB says to upgrade to 7.0.3C. Using SSH, i failed to upgrade RPM packages. Lot of services failed to start (service-control…
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Unable to filter VM details in VMware vSphere "List VM" api method of v7.0U3

I am using vSphere api, "List VM" api method of v7.0U3.After passing filter condition as specified in documentation, data is not getting filtered. Getting all vm details in response. I am testing this on vSphere Client version…
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JSON expecting value ','

I'm working on a vCenter upgrade via CLI, and am using the JSON templates provided by VMWare to prep the upgrade. Running the pre check validation, the it throws this error: Error: Quotation mark parsing error. Cause: A '}', or ']', or ':', or ','…
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Get Virtual machine tags with curl commande

For my script I would like to get the tags of a VM. I'm able to get the details of a virtual machine with this curl command : curl -k -s --request GET \ --url https://XXXXX/rest/vcenter/vm/vm-31623 \ --header 'Content-Type:…
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