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Power on VM failed; No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

By Antti Hurme 02/09/2016 1 Comment 0 Min Read

If you try to power on a virtual machine in vCenter Server 6.x and receive the following error “Error Received : A general System error occurred. No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.” then the most likely cause is that the “VMware vCenter workflow manager service” has not yet started. The service will by default start automatically and may be started manually if required.

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VMUG Advantage Eval Experience: vSphere 6

By Antti Hurme 06/04/2015 No Comments 0 Min Read

I’m really excited about the VMUG Eval Experience, and I’m quite sure so are a lot of you! I’ve just got word from the advantage team that VMUG Advantage subscribers should get their hands on vSphere 6 keys within two weeks time, hopefully that will end up being true! Edit 3.6.2015: vSphere 6 is now available for VMUG Advantage subscribers!

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vCloud Director and vSphere 6.0

By Antti Hurme 17/03/2015 No Comments 2 Min Read

VMware released a bunch of new products this week in conjunction with vSphere 6.0. But for us service providers, one key component is missing. Namely vCloud Director is still at version 5.6.4, which doesn’t support vCenter server 6.0. vCD 5.6.4 update slipped my radar for some reason, even though it’s been released last month. This version does bring the capability to upgrade from 5.5.2 which was broken when 5.6.3 was…

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vCloud Director 5.5 ValidationException INVALID_VRP_CPU_MHZ

By Antti Hurme 02/02/2014 1 Comment 2 Min Read

Encountered a strange bug which is invoked in a very specific case with old vCD 1.5 allocated vdc’s on a system that has been upgraded to 5.1.x and then to 5.5. The incorrect vDC CPU allocations can be seen in 5.1.x but won’t prohibit any vDC creation but with 5.5 it will check that there are sufficient resources available and thus fail if you over provision. In the image below…

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