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. …
Installing vCenter Server 6.0 on Windows Server 2012R2
Today I am installing VMware vCenter Server 6.0 onto a Windows 2012R2 server. During the installation I will create a new Single Sign-On domain as I don’t already have an existing domain to join, as well as an embedded vPostgres…
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…
Different types of vMotion in vSphere 6.0
vMotion allows you to migrate a running virtual machine from one host to another without downtime. There are 3 different types of vMotion in vSphere 6.0: Cross vSwitch vMotion – seamlessly migrate a virtual machine across different virtual switches Cross…