Login to the vCenter Server appliance using the VM console or using putty: The default credentials are: Username: root Password: vmware Run the following command: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami\_config\_net
How do you create the vmdk descriptor file when you have just the flat vmdk file? Find the size of the -flat.vmdk file. "ls -l" will list the files and their sizes Use vmkfstools to create a thin vmdk disk with the same size as the “-flat.vmdk disk in a temporary folder” syntax: "vmkfstools -c m -d thin -a lsilogic /tmp/[filename]" -c : can be specified in kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes....
zeroedthick (default) – Space required for the virtual disk is allocated during creation. Any data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from the virtual machine. eagerzeroedthick – Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. In contrast to zeroedthick format, the data remaining on the physical device is zeroed out during creation....
Symptoms: vSphere vCenter Server is being installed on Windows 2008 x64 The following error occurs during installation: Setup located a vCenter Server database but not the companion SSL certificates. The SSL certificates should be located in the folder: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\ Restore the SSL folder from the previous Resolution: If you have access to the previous VC 2.5 server, copy all the files located under: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Virtual Center\SSL\...