Category: VMware

Creating VM Storage Policy returns PbmExtendedElementDescription required property summary not set

February 26, 2015

Following VM Storage Polices being enabled for a compute resource object in vSphere 5.5 and the attempt to create the first VM Storage Policy the following system error message was received: com.vmware.vim.binding.vmodl.fault.SystemError: reason = PbmExtendedElementDescription required property summary not set inherited from com.vmware.vim.binding.vmodl.fault.SystemError: Failed to serialize response It would appear that the above system error … More Creating VM Storage Policy returns PbmExtendedElementDescription required property summary not set

vRealize Orchestrator – createUserGroup Active Directory module does not set SamAccountName

February 23, 2015

I was recently creating a workflow task in vRealize Orchestrator to create a security group using a scriptable task so that the action of creating the security group is based on conditional logic to if the object currently exists in Active Directory the step will be skipped rather than report an error, something the out of … More vRealize Orchestrator – createUserGroup Active Directory module does not set SamAccountName

Windows Server 2012 virtual machines stop responding at splash screen

February 21, 2015

I recently discovered an issue on a restart of a virtual machine running the guest operating system Windows Server 2012 where following a restart the virtual machine would stop responding at the splash screen and required a manual shutdown and power on to restart the virtual machine. From investigation is a known issue caused by … More Windows Server 2012 virtual machines stop responding at splash screen

Unable to configure Lockdown Mode on an ESXi Host

February 21, 2015

I was recently configuring Lockdown Mode in my lab environment when I discovered an issue where I could not configure the status on a single ESXi host system where the state was Disabled from the vSphere Web Client and greyed out from the DCUI. I discovered that the symptom was caused as the permissions for the … More Unable to configure Lockdown Mode on an ESXi Host

Component of the virtual machine is not accessible on the host when converting a template to a virtual machine

February 18, 2015

I was recently converting a template to a virtual machine for configuration when on performing the action to convert the template to a virtual machine using the vSphere Web Client I received the following error message: A component of the virtual machine is not accessible on the host. The cause of the above issue was … More Component of the virtual machine is not accessible on the host when converting a template to a virtual machine