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Quick Tip - vCenter Server advanced settings for vSphere 5.5 & 6.0

04.01.2015 by William Lam // 2 Comments

This was a question that was recently asked in an internal thread regarding the list of available advanced settings in vCenter Server. You can find these settings under the "Advanced Settings" section of all places 😉 and this is available both in the vSphere Web/C# Client.

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I wrote a script awhile back that allows you to modify these advanced settings and with a slight modification to the existing script, I was able to produce the complete list of available settings (available via the vSphere API) that are user configurable, as not all settings are configurable. Below, is a table of all vCenter Server 5.5 advanced settings and I also have a table for newly added advanced settings for vCenter Server 6.0.

Disclaimer: Most of these settings should be left at their default and if you do need to make a change, make it is through a recommendation by either VMware's documentation or from GSS Support as modifying some of these changes can negatively impact your environment.

vCenter Server 5.5

Setting Description
ads.checkInterval User validation interval
ads.checkIntervalEnabled Enable user validation
ads.maxFetch Maximum users to retrieve
ads.maxFetchEnabled Enable user retrieve limits
ads.timeout User retrieve timeout
AgentUpgrade.autoUpgradeAgents vCenter Agent Upgrade
AgentUpgrade.checkPeriodSeconds Host upgrade check frequency
alarms.upgraded Default alarms have been created
alarms.version Default alarm upgrade version
client.timeout.long Long operation client timeout
client.timeout.normal Client timeout
DBProc.Log.Buffer DB procedures log buffer
DBProc.Log.Level.Stats.Purge1 Log level for daily stats purge
DBProc.Log.Level.Stats.Purge2 Log level for weekly stats purge
DBProc.Log.Level.Stats.Purge3 Log level for monthly and yearly stats purge
DBProc.Log.Level.Stats.Rollup1 Log level for daily stats rollup
DBProc.Log.Level.Stats.Rollup2 Log level for weekly stats rollup
DBProc.Log.Level.Stats.Rollup3 Log level for monthly stats rollup
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Calc1 Log level for topn rank of daily stats
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Calc2 Log level for topn rank of weekly stats
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Calc3 Log level for topn rank of monthly stats
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Calc4 Log level for topn rank of yearly stats
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Purge1 Log level for purge of daily topns
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Purge2 Log level for purge of weekly topns
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Purge3 Log level for purge of monthly topns
DBProc.Log.Level.Topn.Purge4 Log level for purge of yearly topns
event.maxAge Maximum event age
event.maxAgeEnabled Enable event cleanup
instance.id Instance ID
LicenseServer.matchHostToVirtualCenter Match host license server to vCenter
log.level Logging level
mail.sender Mail sender
mail.smtp.port SMTP server port
mail.smtp.server SMTP server
Perf.Stats.MaxCollectionThreads Maximum statistics collection threads
snmp.receiver.1.community First SNMP receiver community
snmp.receiver.1.enabled Enable first SNMP receiver
snmp.receiver.1.name First SNMP receiver name
snmp.receiver.1.port First SNMP receiver port
snmp.receiver.2.community Second SNMP receiver community
snmp.receiver.2.enabled Enable second SNMP receiver
snmp.receiver.2.name Second SNMP receiver name
snmp.receiver.2.port Second SNMP receiver port
snmp.receiver.3.community Third SNMP receiver community
snmp.receiver.3.enabled Enable third SNMP receiver
snmp.receiver.3.name Third SNMP receiver name
snmp.receiver.3.port Third SNMP receiver port
snmp.receiver.4.community Fourth SNMP receiver community
snmp.receiver.4.enabled Enable fourth SNMP receiver
snmp.receiver.4.name Fourth SNMP receiver name
snmp.receiver.4.port Fourth SNMP receiver port
SSL.Version SSL version
task.maxAge Maximum task age
task.maxAgeEnabled Enable event cleanup
TOPN_LOGING_MODE TopN calculations log level
TOPN_LOG_BUFFER TopN calculations max log rows
TOPN_STATS_DELAY_MINS_1 TopN calculations daily delay
TOPN_STATS_DELAY_MINS_2 TopN calculations weekly delay
TOPN_STATS_DELAY_MINS_3 TopN calculations monthly delay
TOPN_STATS_DELAY_MINS_4 TopN calculations yearly delay
VirtualCenter.CacheSize Cache size
VirtualCenter.DataCollector.Enabled Enable customer experience improvement program data collection
VirtualCenter.DataCollector.Schedule Customer experience improvement program data collection schedule
VirtualCenter.DBPassword Database password
VirtualCenter.FQDN vCenter FQDN
VirtualCenter.InstanceName Instance name
VirtualCenter.LDAPAdminPrincipal LDAP administrator principal
VirtualCenter.ManagedIP vCenter management IP address
VirtualCenter.MaxDBConnection Maximum database connections
VirtualCenter.VimApiUrl VIM API URL
VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays Password expiration
VirtualCenter.VimWebServicesUrl Web services URL
vpxd.httpClientIdleTimeout Http Client Pool Idle Timeout
vpxd.license.ForceDownloadDLF Force Download DLF
vpxd.locale Server locale
vpxd.npivWwnGeneration.portWwnNumber Generation port WWN number
vpxd.npivWwnGeneration.singleNodeWwn Generation single node WWN
vpxd.usageStats.duration Usage statistics duration
vpxd.usageStats.level Usage statistics level
vpxd.usageStats.persist Save usage statistics to the database
vpxd.vod.persist Save usage statistics to a file
WebService.Ports.http HTTP port number
WebService.Ports.https HTTPS port number
wwn.instance.id WWN instance

vCenter Server 6.0

Setting Description
etc.issue /etc/issue
etc.motd /etc/motd
event.batchsize
mail.smtp.password
mail.smtp.username
task.batchsize
vpxd.cert.threshold Certificate Management Threshold (in days)
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.cn.country Country Name for the ESXi Host Certificates
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.cn.email Email address for the ESXi Host Certificates
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.cn.localityName Locality Name for ESXi Host Certificates
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.cn.organizationalUnitName Organizational Unit Name for ESXi Host Certificates
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.cn.organizationName Organization Name for ESXi Host Certificates
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.cn.state State Name for ESXi Host Certificates
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.daysValid ESXi Certificate Validity Period (in days)
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.hardThreshold ESXi Certificate Management Hard Threshold (in days)
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.pollIntervalDays ESXi Certificate Validity Check Interval (in days)
vpxd.certmgmt.certs.softThreshold ESXi Certificate Management Soft Threshold (in days)
vpxd.certmgmt.mode ESXi Certificate Management Mode

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Categories // Automation, vSphere 5.5, vSphere 6.0 Tags // vCenter Server, vSphere 5.5, vSphere 6.0

Comments

  1. *protectedBertram says

    11/24/2016 at 12:55 am

    Hi William,

    do you know a way to get the parameters which are set, but not visible in the vCenter, f.e. the cost parameters for vMotion. Using PowerCLI to get the advanced parameters results in als visible values in the vCenter not more.

    Bertram

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  2. *protectedRodeo Clown says

    12/02/2016 at 12:47 pm

    William, do you have any references to setting the database connections to something higher than 50 on large vCenter environments?

    Reply

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