While we have several vCenters and multiple DvSwitches in each vCenter in our environment, we decided to use PowerCLI to backup all our DVSwitches and store them somewhere safe to use when needed.
Category: vCenter
Replacing SSL Certificates in a Clustered- Multi vCD Environment behind NSX loadbalancer
This article is about the procedure to replace SSL certificates in Multi vCD cell environment running with a load balancer.
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
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
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/
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.
PSC Appliance 6.5 TO 6.7 STEP BY STEP Upgrade.
Here’s a step by step guide that helps you to run through the upgrade steps of PSC 6.5 to 6.7 appliance. STEP1 : Prepare your PSC for the upgrade. Delete all existing snapshots from the PSC VM. Validate that the services are up and running. Ensure that forward and reverse lookup are working for the… Continue reading PSC Appliance 6.5 TO 6.7 STEP BY STEP Upgrade.
VCSA 6.5 TO 6.7 STEP BY STEP UPGRADE
This article explains a Step by Step run through of an appliance upgrade from vCenter 6.5 to vCenter 6.7.
upgrading VCSA to 6.7 – Stage1 fails with Error “Failed to send HTTP data”
Symptoms: VCSA UI installer stage -1 (deploying PSC/VCSA) fails during the OVF deployment. UI installer reports "A problem occured during installation" Installer log reports "Failed to send HTTP data" Error: Installer Log: 2018-11-27T15:29:13.531Z - info: output:ERROR + <Errors> + <Error> + <Type>ovftool.http.send</Type> + <LocalizedMsg> + Failed to send http data + </LocalizedMsg> + </Error> +… Continue reading upgrading VCSA to 6.7 – Stage1 fails with Error “Failed to send HTTP data”
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