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Waiting for RPM installation to finish (86% done.)
Hi, I am working on Workstation 15. I installed ESXi 7.0.0 after that install VCSA 7.0. VCSA7.0 is installed on ESXi. After installation f VCSI i try to open from IP in Chrome but got below screen shot...
View ArticleCan you create a custom Alarm Definitions when there is no EventTypeId?
I want to create an alarm based on the event of a Guest OS crashing. Below are the event details. $evt = get-view eventManager$evt.get_Description() | select -expand Eventinfo |where Description -like...
View Articleinstallation is frozen at the step 2 vCenter 7 "Starting VMware Appliance...
Hi guys. The installation is frozen at the step 2 vCenter 7 "Starting VMware Appliance Configuration" and the message appears in esxi 7 "the guest OS configuration (other version 3.x or later Linux...
View ArticleIncorrect service registration found in Lookup Service since update to 7.0.1
Hi, since upgrade from 7.0d to 7.0.1 have this errors in the vCenter Server Management: Incorrect service registration found in Lookup Service. Multiple services registered on same URL -...
View ArticleVCSA vCenter 7 HA problem
Hello, I'm testing esxi 7 and vsphere 7. I have a problem witch HA, i have 2 esxi in cluster. When i stop one Esxi my vm do not switch to the other esx. I have a message "This host currently has no...
View ArticleLost Content Library?
As part of a lab rework I renamed one of my NFS shares. There were no hosts or VMs using it at the time so no problem, I thought.Unfortunately I forgot that my vcenter uses/used that share for a...
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 corrupt
After a recent power outage our VCHA cluster got corrupt. They would not talk together on vcha network and I lost access to vcsa. After doing some investigating we did some commands to make the one...
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Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware
Hi, I have a Zimbra mail server on a Physical machine, Now I want to migrate it to the VMware environment. Please suggest what way is best to migrate Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware.
View ArticlevCenter Converter Standalone issue
Hi I'm trying to run vCenter Converter Standalone to convert some linux servers to VMs. I tried with various configurations (Windows 7, Windows 10), running it as admin or normal user BUT i allways get...
View ArticleDisparity between the exact size of a VM's HDD and the Allocation size displayed
We are currently using vCenter 7.1 with VMware Cloud Director 10.1.2 and there is disparity between the exact size of a VM's HDD and the Allocation size displayed both on the vCenter and Cloud Director
View Articlevcenter error
I attached the screenshot, what does it mean? I am getting an error on vcenter. nmi watchdog bug soft lockup
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VCSA Appliance Unable to Update
Hello I'm trying to resolve this issue, has anyone seen this before? Both the update screen and the main summary screen shows blank information for the appliance details, type, version etc......
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VCSA 6.5 with HA & 2 PSCs - VUM Service Can't Start
Hello All, I am having an issue to start a VUM service based on VCSA 6.5 with HA & 2 PSCs. Below are some info regarding the issue: This is while I am trying to start the service. [ ~ ]#...
View ArticleSelf-Hosted Content Library Connection to VCSP Server Failed
Recently I set up a 3rd party content library of my own following the excellent instructions provided here:...
View ArticlevCenter appliance 6.0 - recurring error messages
Hey folks, i recently noticed some recurring error on the vCenter appliance thanks to our SIEM. I get 475 of the following messages each hour: Oct 22 08:00:14 myvcenter vmafdd t@140038333421312:...
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vCenter 7.0.1 update completed, then hanged, still showing 7.0.0.1
Hello all. I went to update VCSA to latest.Went through the whole process.VAMI timed out after about 5 hours.Tried logging back in, no go.Took these actions:...
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getting started
I am a complete newbe to this stuff. I would rate myself somewhat literate in technical stuff.This is what I want to do.I have a legacy computer. The hardware is dieing. It will run for a while and...
View Articledisable vCLS - need to delete vCenter advanced option name
Hi, i was tryig to disable the vCLS in one cluster because there are only two hosts and one is the most time in standby, so HA and DRS is disabled and will not used. I found this KB:...
View ArticleVM-Ware Workstation 16 VMware vCenter® Converter™ Standalone
Dear Forum users, I have VM-ware Workstation 16 and I am trying to virtualize remote Linux physical computer with VMware vCenter® Converter™ Standalone, but I have no option to select the destination...
View ArticleAPI To Fetch vCenter Role
Do we have any endpoints to get vCenter Roles? From Powershell we can get the roles info, but do we have endpoint from developer center to get this info? Basically, I am looking for a way to fetch...
View ArticlePrevent host power on when vCenter restarts?
Hi, is there a setting that during a reboot of the VCSA or restarting the vpxd service the hosts which are in standby will be kept in standby? Currently they will always be powered on... Kind...
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Migrated vcsa server to new host - all datastores inaccessible and all hosts...
Hi,After migrating a vcsa server to a new host by cloning and moving to a new host ( with a new IP) all the entities see within vcsa are either "disconnected" ( hosts and vms) or "inaccessible" (...
View ArticleMultiple vcsa 6.7 to 7.x upgrades...which one first, best way to rename them?
We have 2 vcsa 6.7 instances: Production and DR.They run on separate stacks of equivalent hardware; namely, 6x esxi 6.7 hosts in each site.Each cluster is vsan enabled; each vcsa is a vm on their...
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7.0U1: every 2 mins: lots of Events "vCenter xxx File System Resource status...
Hello,after updating my VCSA from 6.7U3 to 7.0U1 I get every two minutes the same events (vim.event.ResourceExhaustionStatusChangedEvent) vCenter xxx File System Resource status changed from Yellow to...
View ArticleVCenter 7 occupy more than 3TB
Hello,I have just migrated a VSAN cluster from 6.7U3 to 7.0U1.Apart of big network issue with Mellanox ConnetctX-4 LX cards that I'm trying to solve upgrading driver/firmware (now the cards go to...
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Which log will have an entry for removing a tag from vCenter?
I checked vpxd, UI, inventory logs but no luck.
View ArticlevCenter 7.0 Photon build number
Hello, is any one have the PHOTON OS build number for vCetner 7.0 by chance? Thanks
View ArticlevDS upgrade with no downtime
Hello, We're upgrading from vSphere v6.7 to v7. When upgrading from vDS 6.7 to vDS 7 can the upgrade be achieved without downtime to workloads and ESXi hosts? and if not what is the best approach? Thanks
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VCSA Install
Hello, I recently downloaded the trial of VCSA 7U1a. I seem to be having issues with setting up the Server. I have tried the windows install to the ip address and the included OVF with no luck. Below...
View ArticleVCSA install - Unable to save IP settings
Trying to install latest VCSA 7.0.1 trial in lab under VM Workstation but getting "Unable to save IP settings" during the set up phase no matter what I do. VM is allocated 2 x Intel Core i7-10700,...
View ArticleInstalling a wildcard SSL on vCenter
Is it possible to install a wildcard SSL Certificate issued by GoDaddy for the vCenter Server, to make the communication secure.If possible how to do it. Thank you
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter 6.7 to 7u1 through VAMI
Hello My VAMI Update Manager lists 7.0.1.00000 as an available update.Can the complete upgrade process be done though Update Manager now?I have only tried upgrading vCenter by downloading the...
View ArticlevCenter v6.7u3 openLDAP LDAPS SSO
Hello: I've been attempting to configure vCenter v6.7u3 to use an openLDAP server as a SSO using LDAPS and in the process been unsuccessful. The main problem is that vCenter will establish a tls...
View Articlecross vcenter migration utility migration(relocate) failed "Error"
Hi, started migration using cross vcenter migration utility of VM from one vcenter to another vcenter both are in different subnets, the source vcenter is 6.5 and the destination vcenter is 6.7the...
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login failed due to invalid credentials for one or more vcenter server system
Our customer cannot login on vcenter server using AD account. we already validated the time synchronization but still can't login the users.
View ArticlevCenter read-only user and pyVmomi
Hi I'm implementing a Python application for monitoring VM resource usage with pyVmomi. The application needs to read values like memory / disk usage. Because the password must be stored somehow, I'd...
View ArticleVMWare VMView - SQL Report - Reporting on when a VM was last logged into and...
We have an environment of 4,000 VMs. Today I was asked to report on when a VM was last logged into and by which ID so we can determine which VMs haven't been used in at least 30 days so we can do...
View ArticleSwap file - urgent
Hi all, relocated server, for some reason swap file was on another attached location. Now no vms will start can’t access swap file. esxi 6.0. Is there a quick easy way to get the vms up and running...
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v7u1 update failed loop
With new updates to apply to vCenter 7.0U1 showing in my console (7.0.1.00000 to 7.0.1.00100), I thought I'd update my lab. Unfortunately, I'm now stuck in a loop of failing update checks [see attached...
View ArticleRedhat Conversion NIGHTMARE
Hi; I am a Redhat newbie by ANY stretch of the imagination and I was given and accepted the challenge of virtualizing our existing RedHat installation (ver. 5.11)...YES I know it is super old...but the...
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 - SNMP v3 configuration
Hello folks, Hope you are doing well. I am trying to configure SNMP v3 on VCSA and I am trying to follow the next procedure: Configure the SNMP Engine ID I am not being able to find the snmp.set...
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Viewing vcenter log
Hi,In the documents of vsphere 6.5 [1], I see Navigate to the location of the log browser manifest file. The default location is: /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-client/plugin-packages/logbrwoserRename the...
View ArticleRenaming of Tag Category fails
Hi, we ran into an interesting issue. While renaming a Tag Category we receive the following error: com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument {'messages': [], 'data':}At line:1 char:24+...
View ArticleEnhance linked-mode issue
Within enhanced linked mode did they fix the issue when on vCenters vpxd or auth services crashes that it causes delays in all of the other vCenters authentications?
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Cant delete VM Folders
I was testing the Horizon application and my company has decided to not move forward with it. I have removed all the test vms and servers I needed to created the environment with. I noticed today...
View ArticleMessing up sendmail
HiIt seems that I did something wrong with the sendmail configuration files via the vcenter bash. I addeddefine(`SMART_HOST', `our_smtp_address')dnlto /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and then ran # m4...
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Error in method invocation get_services_status() takes from 1 to 2 positional...
Hello All All of a sudden I got this error when go to check for updates via vami. "Error in method invocation get_services_status() takes from 1 to 2 positional arguments but 3 were given" Does anyone...
View ArticleHow to promote the online linked clone vm disks?
We are facing an issue to promote the online linked clone vm disks on vCenter. Linked clone vm is in power on state and it's parent vm is in power off state. We are using vSphere PromoteDisks() api to...
View ArticleMultiple Vcenter Servers.
I have 2 Vcenter servers. One is the SSO server for both. It is joined to my AD domain. If I log into it with my vsphere credentials I see both servers. If I log in with my AD credentials I only see...
View ArticleOva deployment failing in Vcenter 7.0
I am trying to deploy ova using my http server link which is a remote server and getting following error." Unable to retrieve manifest or certificate file"When I check " vsphere_client_virgo.log"...
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