Category Archives: VMware

Update your vCenter 5.x virtual appliance!

Unless you want to implement Linked Mode, the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) is now really well suited for a production environment.

The installation of the appliance is pretty straightforward and will let you skip the lenghty installation of the Windows machine, the SQL server and all relevant vCenter components (Single Sign On, Inventory Service, vCenter…). You will get a vCenter up and running in a few minutes!

What about updating ? Well, it’s even easier than the installation! Let’s go through the process by updating our vCSA from 5.5 update 1 to 5.5 update 2 (it should work for any 5.x update also).

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vCOps error on vCenter server object: Health information is missing

After installing vCOps, you might have an error on the vCenter Server object: “vCenter Health Service – Health information is missing.”

Now that’s a lot of red…

This is due to missing permissions for your collector user at the vCenter level. Maybe there are just missing permissions in the collecter user role, or you have configured the collector user at the datacenter level to monitor specific datacenters only.

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Host IPMI Event Log status generates a critical error in vCenter

From time to time you can get a critical event for an ESXi host: “Host IPMI Event Log status”.

Error display at the host level

While everything keeps working, your host will remain in a critical state until you solve this error and you could miss another, bigger issue.

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