vCenter 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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vCenter 6.7 - Health warning - vc.health.error.dbjob3
Hi, Today i realized i have this warning on my vCenter: Anyone has any idea what it might be?
View ArticleVCSA 7 backup via SCP
Hi Community, I previously used SCP to backup my 6.5 VCSA to a Linux server. Looking at the documentation for v7 SCP is not mentioned any more. Has anyone come across this in their upgrades? Does it...
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...
View ArticleCanceled vCenter 7.0 Upgrade now vCenter 6.7 stuck at "Starting VMware...
Hey, all, I started the process of upgrading our vCenter appliance from 6.7 to 7.0. We have not yet replaced our Dell Equallogic SAN and the storage plugin still uses flash. So, when I saw that 7.0...
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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" (...
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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...
View ArticleUnable to log into vCenter 6.7 VMware Appliance Management page
vCenter 6.7 fresh vCenter Server Appliance install with an embedded Platform Services Controller on a 6.5 ESXi host.Stage 1: Deploy appliance - Completed successfullyStage 2: Configure appliance -...
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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
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Upgrading 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...
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vCenter 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 ArticleVCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
Creating a new VCSA 6.5.0 vm using win32 GUI.After installation completed, I want to replace machine SSL certificates using HTML5 webgui.I imported Terena CA and then replaced machine SSL cert (key...
View ArticleVcenter 6.0 - VCDB VC FATAL: the database system is starting up
Dear All I found that the inventory service is not starting up and look up the log in C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\vpostgresThe DB status is always in "starting up" with FATAL. Does anyone...
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...
View ArticleVCSA backup (within VAMI) via FTPS fails
Hello I would like to configure a backup from a VCSA 7.0 to to a FTPS-Server (running on a Windows Server). I've installed Bitvise SSH server application on this Windows server and FTPS enabled on port...
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