Purpose This article provides the default location of the VMware vCenter Server logs. Resolution The VMware vCenter Server 6.0 logs are located in the %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMWare\vCenterServer\logs folder. The VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 logs are located in the /var/log/vmware/ folder. vCenter …

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Issue: My VMware vSphere ESXi Host had Compliance Failures: “Config.GlobalSettings.guest.commands.sharedPolicyRefCount” Failures Against Host Profile: The options Config.GlobalSettings.guest.commands.sharedPolicyRefCount have been changed from their expected default values. On these VMware vSphere ESXi versions the default value was: ESXi 5.5 Update 1 (1623387) …

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 Host not Compliant after updating VMware vCenter Server to 5.5 Update 2d (2442329). Read more »

Issue: My VMware vSphere ESXi Host had Compliance Failures, with these 3 things: 1) Storage policy vmnamespace mismatch. 2) Storage policy vdisk mismatch 3) Storage policy cluster mismatch Fix: Use these instructions ONLY: If you are NOT currently using Virtual …

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Issue: My host had Compliance Failures, with “SNMP Agent Configuration differs”.   Fix: Use these instructions ONLY:If you are not currently using SNMP Agent on your VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 Host.Step # 1Stop snmp Service Daemon. Select Host>Configuration>Security Profile. Next, Under Services, …

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VMware Product Version Name Release Data Build Number Installer Build Number  VMware Software URL ESXi 6.0 Information: ESXi 6.0 GA 2015-03-12 2494585 N/A ESXi 5.5 Information: ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 6 2015-02-05 2456374 N/A ESXi 5.5 Patch 4 2015-01-27 2403361 …

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Note: Changing VMNIC names by editing the /etc/vmware/esx.conf file is not supported by VMware.We are not going to make any changes to the /etc/vmware/esx.conf file manually. Using this method we will let VMware ESXi/ESX do it automatically. These instructions are …

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Note: Changing VMNIC names by editing the /etc/vmware/esx.conf file is not supported by VMware.We are not going to make any changes to the /etc/vmware/esx.conf file manually.Using this method we will let VMware ESXi/ESX do it automatically. These instructions are for …

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