The webpage cannot be displayed – launch remote console
When clicking the Launch Remote Console link in the vSphere Web Client I receive the following message: The webpage cannot be displayed This was because the VMRC (VMware remote Console) had not been installed on the workstation I was using. …
vSphere 6.0 – create a new alarm for snapshots using the vSphere Web Client
We all know that snapshots can be dangerous if left to grow out of control – they will fill the datastore!. I always like to try and mitigate this risk by creating a new alarm definition to generate an…
vSphere 6.0 – Create a new content library option is disabled
While logged in to the vSphere 6.0 Web Client as an administrator I am unable to create a new content library as the option is greyed out: Having checked the permissions it seems that the user was only an…
Removing large .dmp files
I have noticed that the disk usage of the C: drive on my vCenter server has increased considerably recently, despite the databases being stored on a different drive. Running TreeSize revealed large dump files in the following location: C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\CrashDumps These…
What is the difference between High Availability and Fault Tolerance?
The table below describes the main differences between High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT) in VMware. The key difference is that FT eliminates downtime whereas HA does not. High Availability Fault Tolerance Monitors heartbeat information provided by the…