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Can't connect to ESXi 5.x with vSphere Client but I can access the ESXi over SSH

Can't connect to ESXi 5.x with vSphere Client but I can access the ESXi over SSH. I'm not use vCenter, i trying connect directly. When i run services.sh restart then all is ok, and i can connect. After 1-2 days this problem is back, and this is…
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ESXi 5 Add an existing lun to datastore without formatting

We have two hosts running VMWare ESXi 5.1.0. Both are connected to a RAID 5 array via iSCSI. The lun is an existing lun with vm on it but it is not reconized by the hosts after the reboot. it is visible in vSphere Client in Configuration > Storage >…
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VMware ESXI 5, adding a new physical SSD and use in Host Cache Configuration

I have a DLL R515, and i just added an SSD to it. In vSphere, if i go to Configuration -> Storage Adapters -> and my "Dell PERC H700 Integrated" controller i see that there is a new row which says exactly the same as the once that are working,…
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Root user can not login to vsphere client - but can login to ssh and web gui

I have VMware Vsphere appliance installed (5.1.0a) I can access the web interface and login with root user and my password but if I want to login with the vsphere client, I get wrong username and password error. I tried to change the password…
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VSphere statistics interpretation

Is there a simple summary...couple pages, maybe...explaining statistics and management information for VM's using vSphere Client 4 so we know about tuning VM's? Things like what's good or bad for host CPU, host mem, guest mem, performance counters…
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vSphere SDK- How to Create user in Guest OS?

I am using vSphere 5 java SDK for provision vmware. I could able to create Linux vmware. But I want to create users inside the newly created Guest vmware? Is there any API to create users?
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Upload a https-link to a DataStore

I have a direct link to a 4GB file. How can I download it to a DataStore at vSphere 4? (without downloading it to my computer) Thanks in advance
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vSphere Client time zone problem

How to adjust time zone in vSphere client which is connected to vCenter server? I know ESXi runs in UTC, but there is also UTC in performance charts, I need local time.
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Enabling Multiple user shell access on the VM from Vsphere 5.1

I have created an ESXI user and enabled shell access in Vshere 5.1 so I can login with the user remotely from Putty. But I get access denied error on entering the ESXI user credentials. Can Someone help me here? I get below error on Putty Error…
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How to update vSphere inventory remotely after resizing disk with vmkfstools?

after successfully resized a disk with : vmkfstools --datacenter x --vihost esx42 --server vc1.example.com --username me \ -X 25G -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/FOOBAR/FOOBAR.vmdk Now, how can I update inventory programmaticaly remotely (not…
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Powering up CentOS deployed OVF displays guest operating system not supported

I've exported an OVF template from a working CentOS 6 VM. My cluster is on VMware ESXi 6.5. To test if the export was ok, I decided to import back in by doing "Deploy OVF template..." After successfully deploying the VM, I receive the following…
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CIP fails to load during vCenter installation - repeated errors

I am trying to install VCSA 6.0 U3b. I have a Windows 7 64 bit machine running the latest version of Chrome. The CIP needs to be installed in order to run the setup. I've installed and I've explicitly allowed it when the pop came, but the setup…
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vSphere 5.5 Data Storage Recovery from deleted VM

I have deleted one of my VMs but without detaching or making a snapshot of the storage attached to it. Is it possible to assign the same storage to a new VM? I was running CentOS 7 on the old one. In the past I have created a new disk with about 1Tb…
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ESXi network setup for VMs which connect to the Internet through PfSense

Using ESXi v6 with the following setup: One standard Switch: vSwitch0 vSwitch0 has one uplink physical adapter (Internet connected, and this is the only physical adapter) vSwitch0 VM Network has 3 virtual machines (Web Accessible, using Static…
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Finding correct IOPS to set limit with ESXi 5.5u2 and vSphere

We're running an ESXi 5.5u2 hypervisor that has a mirror of 2 15k SAS drives with a couple of VMs inside and we noticed some services become briefly unreachable if another VM is using all the IO. So I'm looking into a way to avoid this trickle…
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