WSUS and VMWare VC - Defaul Web Site conflict

Normally WSUS Admin site is installed on port 8530, but if you have it on 80 somehow (could be an upgrade?) you can change it in IIS 7/7.5:

- Start -> Run - inetmgr
- Expand until you reach WSUS Site (Default Web Site in your case)
- Right click on the site and select "Edit Bindings"
- Choose the Port 80 and select Edit...
- Change the port number.

Thanks for the info.

We have Server 2008 and WSUS 3.0 installed and also VC 4.0.

If I change the port number from 80 to a custom one, will this affect VC as well?

Because if I type in the server name in the address bar, it will try to choose either one, hence I have to turn off one of the services off before going in.

I want to be able to logon to both... any ideas?

Hi

I have a VC and WSUS running on the same server without any issues

But i did not change the default ports

Jail

Also see http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015101

Bestway, how did you manage to have both working without any mods?

bgoering,

i changed the port by editing the binding, however i'm still getting the error message with:

Windows could not start the VMWare VirtualCenter Management Webservices service on Local Computer
Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.

This is what I get.

If you look at services starting with VMware, what services are set to automatic start and are not running? What other services do you have event log messages about failing to start?

Looking at the Dependencies it appears that the Management Webservices depends on VMware VirtualCenterServer to start, do you have any failure messages on that service starting? Often when the vCenter server service doesn't start there are database connectivity issues.

Hi

Many times the Virtual Center service don't start at a boot, particularly if the database is on the same machine. This type of issue is because VC services start faster than the DB services.

So, you need to restart the VC services to start the VC correctly.

Jail

Perhaps the cleanest solution is to make the Virtual Center Server service "depend on" the SQL Server Service if the SQL Database is SQL Express local to the vCenter Server machine.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251192 for information on creating service dependencies.

Good Luck

Hi

Yes bgoering thats a good point, i did that a few times in Windows 2003 Servers, with 2008 you can just add the wait to the service

Jail

Thanks for the info.

How do I check the internal database for VC and WSUS?

Not sure what you are asking for sure about the database - I am assuming you are using the packaged SQL  Express database that came with each application?

If that is the case you can download the management studio (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en) and connect to the instances to manage them.

SQLEXPRESS is the default instance name for WSUS
SQLEXP_VIM is the default instance name for VC

Good Luck

Thanks, I changed the bindings and made a few mods.

for installing the VC and the WSUS on the same Windows server, which is recommended to be installed first?