Service VCSA 6.5 vs 7
Hello, I have a vcenter 6.5 in production and i monitor this vmware services. I setup a new vcenter in version 7.0 in order to test it. But there some services which had changed / disapear ? : In 6.5...
View ArticleDo I risk any VM performance issues during vCenter VCSA upgrade from v6.5 to...
Do I risk any VM performance issues during vCenter VCSA upgrade from v6.5 to v6.7 on vSAN cluster? From my experience the only caveat of performing a vCenter upgrade is not being able to access the...
View Articlevcenter linux 503
503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00005610d7151960] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe)...
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VMWare vCenter cannor run power-on script successfully
Hello,I cannot login to our vCenter 6.0 with Internet Explorer and I receive an error. I tried to upgrade the VMWare Tools with the following steps:1. Inventory2. Virtual Machine3. Guest4. Install /...
View Articledir-cli failed, error= Could not connect to the local service VMware AFD....
I am trying to create a vcenter user by using the dir-cli command and Invoke-Script module. The command works in some vCenters and in some of the vCenters it gives the following error: dir-cli failed,...
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Moving to pfSense Destroyed homelab VCSA?
This is a vSphere 6.7 update 3 environment. VCSA is 6.7.0.44100 build 16275304. Hosts are 6.7.0 Update 3 build 16316930. I recently swapped out my Edgerouter X for a pfSense appliance, and while...
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Some certs expired but not root certs
Hello all! We have had an issue with certs over the last couple of days. Our vcenter is installed on a windows machine, it is not an appliance. We are on vCenter 6 version 3g. I know it is out of...
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 U3i Release Notes Missing
Anyone else notice that the release notes for VCSA 6.7 U3i (6.7.0.44200 build 16616482) are no where to be found? I find that odd, even though it's just Photon patches, there should be something...
View ArticleError 400 processing vCenter SSO metadata - null
I'm trying to follow the vSphere Client SDK (6.7 U2) documentation for setting up the development environment and I'm stuck with the following message when trying to access https://localhost:9433/ui....
View ArticleVCSA 6.5 - "Failed to start vpxd-svcs, vapi-endpoint services. Error:...
We have a single on-premises VCSA 6.5 instance that recently ran into the certificate expiration detailed in this KB:https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76719 All the certificates have been regenerated...
View ArticlevCenter Server 7 vmware-wcp / wcpsvc stuck at 99% CPU
Since i upgraded to the latest build of vCenter 7 (16620013), one CPU core is constantly kept busy at 99% and when I check in top I see: 53945 root 20 0 753.2m 75.1m 96.0 0.6 16:24.61 S...
View ArticleHow do I upgrade a Windows server with vCenter installed?
Hi, all. I'm using vCenter 5.5 U2 on Windows server 2008 R2. I want to upgrade the OS of vCenter from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. In this situation, which one is the best way ? 1. Creating a new Win 2012 R2...
View ArticleHow to make vCenter detect AD group changes faster than 24 hours
Is there any way to change the time it takes for vCenter to detect changes in AD group membership? Example:GroupA is assigned permissions to a folder in vCenter. UserA is a member of GroupA UserA logs...
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Copy and execute a script to vmware center server
I need to run a script in my VMware vcenter server. The Instructions are: Download and extract the scripts from the attached 80227_cleanup_unsupported_metadata_files.zip.Copy and execute...
View ArticleVCSA(Vcenter) 6.5 in VMware ESXI6.5
hi , i'm running a lab with a server which has EXSI and a couple of running VMs on it .i'm managing it from the VMWARE ESXI web tool , i have 2 datastores (one big and one small ). And here is the...
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vCenter Server 6.5 Download
Hello, I'm starting the learning process on the VMWare platform with a home lab setup. ESXI 6.5 is installed on my server and I am able to successfully manage the system via the web interface. However,...
View ArticleCan't reset VCSA 6.7 root password
Hi, So I can't access the VCSA using root as the password says it's incorrect. This seems to have happened after the upgrade from 6.5 - 6.7 but I really thought I had the right password but I'm willing...
View Articleno healthy upstream by VmWare Vsphere 7.0b with the newest vcenter release
Are there a solution for this bug or error?https://ip-adress:5480 works fine and all services are startedVMware OS Photon (64 bit) has been manuelly set What is to do?- New installation- Redo...
View ArticleApplying custom certificate in vSphere 6.5 using Microsoft CA template fails...
Hello, When applying a certificate using our Microsoft CA (I followed the VMware article/video on how to create a certiifcate template) to our vCenter (Windows) server, it fails and rolls back. The...
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Remove ESXi host from vCenter greyed out
Environment: VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 15160138vCenter: 6.7.0.41000 build number: 14836122 We cannot remove one crashed VMware host from our datacenter. We do not have any clusters configured. We do have a...
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