Category Archives: VMware

Why Virtual machine shows its status as orphaned in the vCenter?

Today, I found one of the Linux virtual server showing its status as orphaned. In our VMware environment, we use vCenter 6.5 web client to manage our virtual server infrastructure. I never found this type of VM status in the last few years in our environment. Then, I’ve started checking the virtual machine events and… Read More »

503 Service Unavailable error vCenter 6.5

503 Service Unavailable error vCenter 6.5 – Failed to connect to end point. This is the error received while I’m trying to connect to the vSphere web client. Here is the complete error – 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [class Vmacore::Http::NamedPipeServiceSpec:0x00000054e11c82d0] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =\\.\pipe\vmware-vpxd-webserver-pipe) I’ve immediately logged… Read More »

ESXi host connection failure triggered by event 1821659

ESXi host connection failure triggered by event 1821659 – This event occurred when ESXi host experienced the PSOD (Purple Screen of Death). And also seen this event too in the vCenter – failed to sync with the vcenter agent on the host. When looked at the host status from the remote console session, PSOD screen… Read More »

VMware Tools 10.3.0 recall – update 10.3.2 fix released

VMware Tools 10.3.0 recall – update 10.3.2 fix released now. The replacement version is 10.3.2 is now available to download. This release of VMware Tools resolves a number of VMware AppDefense issues. It is recommended that VMware AppDefense users use VMware Tools 10.3.2. Note: VMware Tools 10.3.0 is deprecated due to a VMXNET3 driver related issue. For… Read More »