vCenter Troubleshooting

Resolve some of the most commonly faced vCenter problems with the use of this troubleshooting guide

About This Book

• Isolate common vCenter issues and use proven troubleshooting methods to resolve them
• Understand how the different components of vCenter work together and what to do when things do not work the way they should
• A step-by-step guide to dealing with some of the day to day challenges and issues associated with vCenter

Who This Book Is For

The book is designed for the competent vCenter administrator or anyone who is responsible for the vSphere environment. It can be used as a guide by vSphere architects and VMware consultants for a successful vSphere solution. You should have good knowledge and an understanding of core elements and applications of the vSphere environment.

What You Will Learn

• Find out the importance of single sign-on passwords
• Learn how to remove unwanted plugins from the vSphere environment
• Diagnose and fix connection problems between vCenter server and the database that is used to keep the vSphere inventory
• Understand storage problems such as how to remove a LUN from multiple ESXi hosts
• Get knowledge on how to move your current C# (Windows) based vCenter appliance
• Implement the components of vCenter and gain an understanding of how they can be configured to obtain the best performance
• Explore how to recover an administrator’s nightmare by knowing what to back up and how to recover it
• Familiarize yourself with a troubleshooting approach and standard workflow that will help you discover the cause of many problems and find quick resolutions

In Detail

vCenter is the main component of vSphere and also the primary interface that administrators use to set up, manage, and monitor the vSphere environment.

This book will show you how to solve some common problems you face with vCenter. We will cover troubleshooting of vCenter areas such as SQL databases, single sign-on (SSO), password issues, monitoring, storage and configuration, and operations management. We then move onto grouping the problems into logical sections where the administrator can find the issues. One of the more important discussion points is around backup and recovery of vCenter.

The later sections of the book describe problems you could face and the solutions when it comes to the vCenter database.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: vCenter Upgrades and Migrations
Chapter 2: Working with the vCenter Database
Chapter 3: Setting Access and Permissions
Chapter 4: Monitoring and Performance Considerations
Chapter 5: Working with Storage
Chapter 6: Solving Some Not-so-common vCenter Issues
Chapter 7: Backup and Recovery
Chapter 8: Additional Support Methods and Tools
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Methods