Index
A
- Active Directory (AD)
- Active Directory authentication
- in vCenter SSO 5.5 / Adding additional Active Directory authentication in vCenter SSO 5.5
- administrator password
- resetting, with VCSA 5.1 / Resetting the administrator password with VCSA 5.1
- resetting, with VCSA 5.6 / Resetting the administrator password when using VCSA 5.6
- all-paths-down (APD) / Unmounting a LUN using the vSphere Client
B
- backup
- creating, of Windows registry keys / Creating a backup of Windows registry keys
- creating, of VMware Directory Service database / Creating a backup of the VMware Inventory Service Database
- backups, on Inventory Service database for Windows
- reference link / Preparing the database before the upgrade
- best practices, for upgrading vCenter to vSphere 6
- about / Best practices for upgrading to vCenter Server
- basic compatibility, verifying / Verifying basic compatibility before upgrading the vCenter Server
- database, preparing before upgrade / Preparing the database before the upgrade
- network prerequisites, verifying before upgrade / Verifying network prerequisites before upgrading
- ODBC communication with database, verifying / Verifying whether ODBC communicates with the database
- time synchronization, across vSphere environment / Verifying whether time is synchronized across the vSphere environment
C
- CD-ROM Drive
- vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), updating from / Updating the VCSA from the CD-ROM drive
- command line
- used, for unmounting LUN / Unmounting a LUN using the command line
- Credential
- adding, to Management Pack / Adding a credential to the Management Pack
D
- database issues
- URLs, for resources / Resources for other database issues
- Data scrubbing option
- Datastores Detaching
- automating, with PowerCLI / Automating datastores detaching with PowerCLI
- disk I/O performance
- overview / Overview of disk I/O performance
- ESXi host and VM disk I/O information, obtaining / Getting ESXi host and VM disk I/O information
- information, obtaining with vSphere client / Getting information using the vSphere client
- information, obtaining with Service Console ESXi Shell / Getting information using the service console ESXi Shell
- increasing / Other items to increase disk I/O performance
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) / Unmounting a LUN from ESXi hosts
- domain controller (DC) / Verifying network prerequisites before upgrading
E
- End User License Agreement (EULA) / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps vApp
- ESXi hosts
- LUN, unmounting from / Unmounting a LUN from ESXi hosts
- expired passwords, vSphere 5.1
- about / Expired passwords in vSphere 5.1
H
- High Availability (HA) / Upgrading from Windows vCenter 5.1 to vCenter Server Appliance
- hot bus adapter (HBA) / Other items to increase disk I/O performance
I
- I/O Analyzer / The I/O Analyzer
- improper shutdown, of VCSA
- recovering from / Recovering from an improper shutdown of VCSA
- Integrated Windows Authentication / Adding additional Active Directory authentication in vCenter SSO 5.5
- InventorySnapshot / InventorySnapshot
- IO intensive virtual machines
- issue consolidating disks
- reference link / Deleting virtual machine snapshots that have locked files
- issues, fixing with performance data
- about / Fixing issues with performance data that do not appear in vCenter
- ESXi host, logging with vSphere Client / Method 1 – Log in to the ESXi host directly using the vSphere Client
- management agent, restarting with Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) / Method 2 – Restart the management agent using the Direct Console User Interface
- issue snapshot consolidation
- reference link / Deleting virtual machine snapshots that have locked files
J
- Java memory usage, modifying for performance
- about / Changing Java memory usage for performance
- Java heap setting, modifying for vCenter / Changing the Java heap setting for vCenter
- changes, making to vCenter inventory services / Making changes to the vCenter inventory services
- changes, making to profile-driven storage services / Making changes to the profile-driven storage services
- Java Virtual Machine (JVM) / Changing Java memory usage for performance
K
- Knowledge Base 1025360
L
- Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool / The Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
- locked snapshot files, troubleshooting
- about / Troubleshooting the locked files
- file, removing from backup virtual appliance / Removing the file from a backup virtual appliance
- Delete All action, performing from snapshot manager / Performing the Delete All action from the Snapshot Manager
- management agents, restarting / Restarting the management agents
- Virtual Machine, moving / Moving the Virtual Machine and rebooting the host
- Host, rebooting / Moving the Virtual Machine and rebooting the host
- lockout policies
- reference link / vCenter Single Sign-On for version 5.5
- logical unit number (LUN) / Pinpointing the most I/O-intensive virtual machines
- lowspace problems
- resolving / Resolving low and no space problems, Low space problems
- LUN
- unmounting, from ESXi hosts / Unmounting a LUN from ESXi hosts
- unmounting, vSphere Client used / Unmounting a LUN using the vSphere Client
- unmounting, command line used / Unmounting a LUN using the command line
M
- Management Pack
- benefits / Using vCenter operations for troubleshooting storage devices
- installing / Installing the Management Pack
- installing, in vCOps vApp / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps vApp
- installing, in vCOps Standalone Installation / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps Standalone Installation
- Credential, adding to / Adding a credential to the Management Pack
- Management Pack Dashboards
- installing, in Standalone Environment / Installing Management Pack Dashboards in a standalone environment
- Management Pack Installation Procedure
N
- Network Address Authority Identifier (NAA ID) / Unmounting a LUN from ESXi hosts
- no objects, vCenter
- issue, solving / Solving the problem of no objects in vCenter
- no space problems
- resolving / Problems with no space
P
- PAK file
- URL, for downloading / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps vApp
- performance data vCenter rollup jobs
- permissions, vCenter / Permissions for vCenter and vCenter Operations Manager
- permissions, vCenter Operations Manager / Permissions for vCenter and vCenter Operations Manager
- Platform Services Controller (PSC) / Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- PowerCLI
- Datastores Ddetaching, automating with / Automating datastores detaching with PowerCLI
- PowerCLI script
- URL, for downloading / Automating datastores detaching with PowerCLI
- Profile-Driven Storage Service / Creating a backup of the VMware Inventory Service Database
R
- raw device mapping (RDM) / Unmounting a LUN from ESXi hosts
- Registered Storage Providers
- reference link / Installing the Management Pack
- requisites, VMware vCenter Support Assistant
- hardware / Hardware
- reference link / Hardware
- networking / Networking
S
- Single Sign-On (SSO) / Verifying network prerequisites before upgrading
- Single Sign On (SSO)
- Software Und System Entwicklung (SUSE) / Upgrading from Windows vCenter 5.1 to vCenter Server Appliance
- SSO administrator password
- Standalone Environment
- Management Pack Dashboards, installing in / Installing Management Pack Dashboards in a standalone environment
- Storage Area Network (SAN) / Using vCenter operations for troubleshooting storage devices
- storage devices
- troubleshooting, vCenter operations used / Using vCenter operations for troubleshooting storage devices
- Storage Management Service / Creating a backup of the VMware Inventory Service Database
- SVMotion / Pinpointing the most I/O-intensive virtual machines
T
- TGZ file
- URL, for downloading / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps Standalone Installation
- Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
- Thick Provisioned Lazy Zeroed
- Thin Provision
- troubleshooting
- troubleshooting, vCenter Permissions
U
- unwanted plugins
- removing, in vSphere / Removing unwanted plugins in vSphere
V
- vCenter
- upgrading, steps / Steps for upgrading vCenter
- permissions / Permissions for vCenter and vCenter Operations Manager
- vCenter, migrating from SQL Express to SQL Server
- about / Migrating vCenter from SQL Express to SQL Server
- SSO Database, migrating / Migrating the SSO database
- vCenter Database, migrating / Migrating the vCenter database
- vCenter ODBC connection, modifying / Changing the vCenter ODBC connection
- SQL Jobs, recreating / Recreating the SQL jobs
- vCenter, upgrading to vSphere 6
- best practices / Best practices for upgrading to vCenter Server, Verifying basic compatibility before upgrading the vCenter Server, Verifying network prerequisites before upgrading, Verifying whether ODBC communicates with the database, Verifying whether time is synchronized across the vSphere environment
- vCenter 5.5 database backup
- restoring from / Restoring from a vCenter 5.5 database backup
- vCenter Database
- vCenter database
- location, modifying / Changing the vCenter database location
- vCenter operations
- used, for troubleshooting storage devices / Using vCenter operations for troubleshooting storage devices
- vCenter Operations Manager
- permissions / Permissions for vCenter and vCenter Operations Manager
- vCenter Permissions
- tips, for troubleshooting / Tips for troubleshooting vCenter permissions
- vCenter Server
- reference link, for database / Growing the vCenter Server database
- vCenter server
- database connection issues, fixing / Fixing the vCenter Server service and database connection issues
- vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
- about / vCenter Server Appliance
- deploying, with no DHCP server / Deploying vCenter Server Appliance with no DHCP server
- benefits / Upgrading from Windows vCenter 5.1 to vCenter Server Appliance
- limitations / Upgrading from Windows vCenter 5.1 to vCenter Server Appliance
- updating, from Zipped Update Bundle / Updating the VCSA from a zipped update bundle
- updating, from CD-ROM Drive / Updating the VCSA from the CD-ROM drive
- vCenter server database
- growth, monitoring / Growing the vCenter Server database
- reinitializing / Reinitializing the vCenter Server database
- vCenter Server Database
- reference link, for verifying status of database / Fixing the vCenter Server service and database connection issues
- vCenter Single Sign-On
- vCenter SSO
- vCenter SSO, for version 5.5
- vCenter SSO 5.5
- Active Directory authentication / Adding additional Active Directory authentication in vCenter SSO 5.5
- procedure, for backing up / Procedure for backing up vCenter SSO 5.5
- backup, creating of Windows registry keys / Creating a backup of Windows registry keys
- backup, creating of VMware Directory Service database / Creating a backup of the VMware Inventory Service Database
- vCenter SSO 5.5 configuration
- restoring / Restoring the vCenter SSO 5.5 configuration
- vCenter SSO 5.5 full operating system-level backup
- restoring from / Restoring from a vCenter SSO 5.5 full operating system-level backup
- vCenter SSO version 5.1
- about / vCenter SSO Version 5.1
- vCenter Support Assistant User's Guide
- vCOps Standalone Installation
- Management Pack, installing in / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps Standalone Installation
- vCOps vApp
- Management Pack, installing in / Installing the Management Pack in the vCOps vApp
- VCSA
- upgrading, management interface used / VMware vCenter server 5.5 U1c release SSO and VCAC
- VCSA 5.1
- administrator password, resetting with / Resetting the administrator password with VCSA 5.1
- VCSA 5.6
- administrator password, resetting with / Resetting the administrator password when using VCSA 5.6
- VCSA ISO update ISO file
- URL, for downloading / Updating the VCSA from the CD-ROM drive
- VCSA summary page / Problems with no space
- Virtual Center Service Appliance (VCSA) / Fixing the VPXD must be stopped to perform this operation message
- virtual machine snapshot
- VMDK / Problems with no space
- VMware
- VMware Compatibility Guide
- VMware Directory Service (VMdir) / Restoring from a vCenter SSO 5.5 full operating system-level backup, Restoring from a vCenter 5.5 database backup
- VMware Directory Service database
- backup, creating of / Creating a backup of the VMware Inventory Service Database
- VMware Environment
- resources, finding for / Finding resources to support your VMware environment
- VMware Labs Flings
- URL / VMware Labs Flings
- Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool / The Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool
- VM Resource and Availability Service / The VM Resource and Availability Service
- I/O Analyzer / The I/O Analyzer
- InventorySnapshot / InventorySnapshot
- VMware Product Interoperability Matrix
- VMware Storage Management Pack
- VMware vCenter server 5.5 U1c release SSO
- VMware vCenter Support Assistant
- about / VMware vCenter Support Assistant
- functions / VMware vCenter Support Assistant
- requisites / Requirements for the vCenter Support Assistant
- installing / Installing and configuring the vCenter Support Assistant
- configuring / Installing and configuring the vCenter Support Assistant
- VPXD MUST BE STOPPED TO PERFORM THIS OPERATION Message
- vSphere
- unwanted plugins, removing from / Removing unwanted plugins in vSphere
- vSphere 5.1
- expire passwords / Expired passwords in vSphere 5.1
- vSphere 6, enhancements
- about / New and updated information in vSphere 6
- Platform Services Controller (PSC) / Platform Services Controller (PSC)
- vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) / vCenter Server Appliance
- vSphere web client / vSphere web client
- vSphere Client / vSphere Client
- vSphere Client
- about / vSphere Client
- used, for unmounting LUN / Unmounting a LUN using the vSphere Client
- vSphere environment
- supported resources / Finding resources to support your VMware environment
- vSphere web client
- about / vSphere web client
W
- What's New for vSphere 6.0
- Windows registry keys
- backup, creating of / Creating a backup of Windows registry keys
- Windows vCenter 5.1
- upgrading, to vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) / Upgrading from Windows vCenter 5.1 to vCenter Server Appliance
- workflow
Z
- Zipped Update Bundle
- vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), updating from / Updating the VCSA from a zipped update bundle