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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.

Changing ORG vDC Network owner

By Antti Hurme 07/04/2015 No Comments 2 Min Read

Encountered this error today, while trying to get rid of an old vDC that wasn’t in use anymore. That vDC had a organization network, which was shared and used in another vDC within the same organization. Looking at the organization view in networking, you can see a column named “owner”, and there the vDC that was used when creating that organization network. This option can’t be changed with the GUI,…

VMUG Advantage Eval Experience: vSphere 6

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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!

vCloud Director and vSphere 6.0

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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…