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VMware View: Remove replica protection in vCenter server inventory

If you need to remove or reclone (i.e. you lost the master) a replica desktop you can unprotect it on the VMware vCenter server.

The sviconfig command is located in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware View Composer by default.

You should issue the following command to unprotect a desktop:

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vCenter Operations Manager: vCenter Server Health shown as Red 0 with fault: "Make sure that the vCenter management web service is running, and use the vSphere Client to access the vCenter Service Status icon for more information."

If vCenter Operations Manager can not connect to the vCenter Server it might be related to the vCenter Webservices no longer working.

You should restart the vCenter Webservices and then wait at least 3-4 collection cycles (up to 1 hour) unless it will show up again in green.

VMware vCenter Server - database maintenance shall be a weekly task

Especially in a growing environment you will identify a performance degrade on the MS SQL Server after some time.

There is an easy way to setup the most common jobs in a simple weekly maintenance plan.

Please login to the MS SQL Server serving your vCenter Server, or directly onto the vCenter Server if you use an internal database server.

  • Start the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and login with an administrative user, this is in many cases the "sa" user or an Administrator of the system.
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