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Starting VMware VirtualCenter Server service when using SQL authentication fails with the error: Login Failure, Failed to connect to database (2015824)

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Symptoms You cannot start the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when using Microsoft SQL authentication. VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails to start. The vpxd.log file (located at C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Virtual Center\Logs)contains entries similar to: T10:54:43.364-04:00 [03404 error ‘Default’] [VpxdVdb::SetDBType]: Login failure – retrying once… T10:54:43.364-04:00 [03404 error ‘Default’] [VpxdVdb::SetDBType] Failed to connect to database: . Retry attempt: 1 … T10:54:53.364-04:00 [03404 error ‘Default’] [VpxdVdb::SetDBType] Encountered login error. Subsequent connection attempt failed: 28000 T10:54:53.364-04:00 [03404 error ‘Default’] [VpxdVdb::SetDBType] Aborting after 1…

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How to automatically shut down VMware ESXi gracefully during power failure using an APC UPS.

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Hi Guys , I found the below useful in some of our implementation , I am posting it from other resources to be used ;- Vmware Link # http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007036 how to get VMware ESX/ESXi and its VMs to shut down gracefully upon power failure to the host.  Tighter integration between a UPS and a VMware ESX/ESXi host is no doubt something that will become more mature over time though for now it can be an…

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How to patch ESXi 5 without vCenter by Using ESXCLi

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  How to patch ESXi 5 from command line. Usually the patching of VMware vSphere Cluster is done through vSphere Update Manager (VUM), but for this you need vCenter. In case you’re managing single ESXi host without vCenter, you might be interested to know how to patch the ESXi host from the command line.   The patching of VMware ESXi 5 is quite straightforward process, but there is one condition: SSH access The SSH access can…

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Installing patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line

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Installing patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line (2008939) Purpose This article outlines the procedure for installing patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line using esxcli software vib commands. For more information on installing VIBs on an ESX host, see Update a Host with Individual VIBs in the vSphere 5 Documentation Center. You can also install patches using esxcli software profile commands. For more information, see vSphere Command-Line Interface…

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Cisco Nexus 1000v In Less Than 10 Minutes

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original Post #  http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/standing-up-the-cisco-nexus-1000v-in-less-than-10-minutes.html A few weeks ago at geek week, I was assigned the task of getting the Cisco Nexus 1000v distributed virtual switch set up. I probably spent a good 4 hours on my first cluster because I had no clue what was going on and I ended up losing my management network and spent lots of time restoring my network to the original vSwitch. I followed TrainSignal’s 1000v Installation training in Pro…

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Cisco Nexus 1000v installation – Part 3

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This is part 3 of the Cisco Nexus 1000v installation tutorials.  1. Let’s log into the Nexus 1000v console and type show module. Here you can see that the Virtual Supervisor Module is active and that the ip address is 192.168.1.80. 2. The first thing we need to do is configure our vlans. 3. Now we need to create a port-profile. This port profile is of type ethernet which means that it is assigned to…

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Cisco UCS B-Series NIC Teaming & Bonding OS Support Matrices

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Cisco UCS B-Series NIC Teaming & Bonding OS Support Matrices An unsupported teaming type for the Cisco UCS B200 blade server. Their discussion made me realize that there wasn’t an easy-to-find resource for Cisco UCS customers that needed to know “OS Team Types Supported Per UCS Network Adapter” and “Unsupported Team Types”. Below you will find both of these resources. I’ve listed a chart per Cisco UCS B-Series Network Adapter that shows the teaming/bonding types that…

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Distributed virtual and physical routing in VMware NSX for vSphere

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Distributed virtual and physical routing in VMware NSX for vSphere This post is intended to be a primer on the distributed routing in VMware NSX for vSphere, using a basic scenario of L3 forwarding between both virtual and physical subnets. I’m not going to bore you with all of the laborious details, just the stuff that matters for the purpose of this discussion. In VMware NSX for vSphere there are two different types of NSX routers you can deploy in your virtual network. The NSX Edge Services Router (ESR) The…

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New design guide: VMware NSX with Cisco UCS and Nexus 7000

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New design guide: VMware NSX with Cisco UCS and Nexus 7000   why you would deploy VMware NSX with your Cisco UCS and Nexus gear.  The gist being that NSX adds business agility, a rich set of virtual network services, and orders of magnitude better performance and scale to these existing platforms.  The response to this piece was phenomenal with many people asking for more details on the how. The choice is clear.  To obtain a…

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Disable vMotion for a single VM

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Disable vMotion for a single VM This question pops up regularly on the VMTN forums and reddit. It’s a viable question but the admins who request this feature usually don’t want Maintenance mode to break or any other feature that helps them to manage large scale environments. When you drill down, you discover that they only want to limit the option of a manual vMotion triggered by an administrator. Instead of configuring complex DRS rules,…

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