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VMWare Virtual Center Server service keeps shutting down

Hello,

verytime I try to connect to my VCenter server it will connect and then loses connection. I login directly to ESX host 1/VM1 (VCenter) and I checked the VCenter Server services and noticed it was down. I started service and tried connecting to VCenter Server again and it will connect and then loses connection. For some reason the services keeps shutting down. I appreciate anyones help on figuring out why the services keeps shutting down.

Thanks,

nimdatx

coolsport00

Typically, but not always, this is due to vCenter not being able to connect to the database. Is your vCenter DB local or remote (SQL, Oracle)? Another user posted on here several days ago with this issue, and the problem was due to the fact that he had ESXi4.1 and vCenter 4.0 (mix/match scenario), and you can't have diff versions...all must be on 4.1 if you're using 4.1.

~coolsport00

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Jaime Campos

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The errors I got....

Event ID 1105

Could not allocate space for object '%.*ls'%.*ls in database '%.*ls' because the '%.*ls' filegroup is full. Create disk space by deleting unneeded files, dropping objects in the filegroup, adding additional files to the filegroup, or setting autogrowth on for existing files in the filegroup.

Event IS 1827

Description: CREATE DATABASE or ALTER DATABASE failed because the resulting cumulative database size would exceed your licensed limit of 4096 MB per database.

Event ID 1000

The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( VMware VirtualCenter Server ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down….
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

looks like ran out of space as coolsport00 has stated.

Jaime Campos

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My DB is on local storage on ESX host. How would I clean out data files?

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Danny McDaniel

purging old data from the database used by vcenter server 4.x http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1025914

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Shawn McCloskey

I have used these two VMware KB articles to shrink down the size. I am guessing that you are running a test instance so keeping the historical data is not that valuable, so just trunking it would get you under the size and keep the system running:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1025914

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007453

I had a simple 1host config and my database was up to over 900MB. Not enough to break it but enough disk space for me to research looking to shrink it down.

Jaime Campos

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It worked!!!! Thanks so much.