This article is about the procedure to replace SSL certificates in Multi vCD cell environment running with a load balancer.
Author: Balaji Saravanan
Windows based VMware SRM service does not start with generic error
I have a Windows based VMware SRM service running with integrated PostgreSQL server on Windows. Recently, SRM service went down and thus I started to investigate. Upon checking , SRM service was not running and I tried to start it manually resulting in above error.
Avamar backups failing with “No DD ” Error
Recently, we had a backup failure issue and thus all backups started to fail. The activity summary reported that the backups are failing with error " NO DD [Data domain]" Our avamar server was having the data domain configured and available to take backups and store. However, I still faced this error and started to dig up further
vRealize Log insight Appliance – Filesystem corrupted- Repair procedure
My customer had a vRLI setup in Network function virtualization VMware suite , that comprises of 3 vRLI nodes [1 Platform node and 2 Proxy nodes]. Due to recent storage outage , one of my proxy nodes went down and not reachable over the network. Upon checking my vRLI console in vCenter, i saw the… Continue reading vRealize Log insight Appliance – Filesystem corrupted- Repair procedure
Backup Procedure for VMware Components !
This blog post covers the backup procedure for VMware components including , • VMware NSX Load Balancers / Firewall Rules / NAT Rules • VMware VCSA PSC Appliances • VMware VCSA vCenter Appliances • VMware vCloud Director Cells • VMware vCloud Director Database (MS SQL Server) • VMware vRealize Operations Manager • VMware vRealize Log Insight • VMware vRealize Network Insight • VMware Site Recovery Manager
ESXi Host cannot boot after upgrading to 6.7 U3- Page allocation error:Out of resources
Symptoms: ESXi host will not boot after upgrading to 6.7 U3 Below reported Error is displayed on the boot screen. Shutting down firmware services... Page allocation error: Out of resources Failed to shutdown the boot services. Unrecoverable error Restarting the host will not have any impact. Cause: This issue is primarily noticed in many… Continue reading ESXi Host cannot boot after upgrading to 6.7 U3- Page allocation error:Out of resources
ESXi kernel reports : error netcpa[F5279CA700] Connection error with controller on source port 15539, triggering reconnect
ESXi kernel log reports the below error to indicate communication failure with NSX controller. error netcpa[F5279CA700] Connection error with controller on source port 15539, triggering reconnect
vMotion fails at 20% – unable to generate userworld swap file in directory ‘/vmfs/volumes/
Symptoms: Migrating any VM fails at 20% reporting the error "Unable to generate userworld swap file in directory /vmfs/volumes/" User cannot perform VMotion / svMotion of the VM. In some cases , additionally below error is also reported: transport (vmdb) error "-45": failed to connect to peer process Cause: This issue is because of stale… Continue reading vMotion fails at 20% – unable to generate userworld swap file in directory ‘/vmfs/volumes/
PowerCLI Script to Get VLAN information of all ESXi hosts in vCenter
VLAN tagged to ESXi hosts seems to be the required information for all VMware administrators when there is an issue with vMotion or to validate the current setup of the virtual environment. if there are several hosts in the environment , it is tedious to get Observed IP ranges listed in every Network adapter on… Continue reading PowerCLI Script to Get VLAN information of all ESXi hosts in vCenter
License not available to perform this operation – VCSA /storage/log reporting Full , causing license service failing to start.
Symptoms: All hosts in vCenter shows License in evaluation mode. Checking the License tab reports all licenses expired or in evaluation mode. Upon checking the VCSA health , license service is reported Critical in web client. You see that the /storage/log directory is highly utilized in an Embedded vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Controller Server Appliance 6.0… Continue reading License not available to perform this operation – VCSA /storage/log reporting Full , causing license service failing to start.
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