VM Migration Path over HA Connection
Hello vCenter Group, hope all are remaining well. I'm migrating all VMs to one host in preparation to do some password recovery and I'm not seeing the transfer rate that I thought I should. I'm...
View ArticleHow to change System Domain back to "vsphere.local"?
I initially set the vCenter System Domain in the format "lab.company.com".However, now I want to join the vCenter to an Active Directory domain (also in the format "lab.company.com"). The initial...
View ArticlevCenter 7 appliance update repo - error
Appears the new vCenter 7 appliance when deployed is not able to communicate to the default update repo url...
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Upgrading vCenter- how does it affect 3rd party components such as Zerto?
We recently upgraded our Windows 5.5 vSphere environment to a 6.7 appliance however our Zerto component stopped working. It kept complaining that it could not find the virtual servers, the networks,...
View ArticleUpdate vCenter form 6.7.4000 to 6.7.43000
Hi, vCenter isnt connected to Internet, so Upgrade must be offline.I got following erros in the log after trying to update via stage iso process. error=error: Failed dependencies:libgcc = 5.3.0-5.ph1...
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VCHA out of sync
hi guys , i'm getting this error in my DC .vcneter in HA CLUSTER.Every time i loggin in vcenter HTLMS ui :error vcha[02434] [Originator@6876 sub=ServiceVmomiAdapter.HTTPService] Failed to read...
View ArticleCan't log in vSphere Client
Hello Community, I'm a newbie at getting to know vCenter. After installing vCenter I can log into the Appliance Management but can't for the vSphere client. I'm am confused to what the login name is...
View ArticleMigration from Windows Vcenter 6.0u3j to VCSA6.7 u3f fails - db timeout ?
Hi all,I am trying to migrate windows vcenter 6.0u3j to vcsa 6.7 u3f. Migration process fails at 41% due to connection to DB timout.DB is external: MS SQL, but installed on the same server as VC.Do I...
View ArticlevCenter Upgrade
Hello Folks, We are going to upgrade our vCenters, we have couple of questions, currently we have replicating our VMs from Protection to DR site, if we upgrade our vCenter do we need to pause the...
View ArticlevCenter linked mode node domain rejoin?
We cannot login username and password to a few of our Linked Mode vCenters. When trying to disjoin and rejoin the node, I receive this error."There is already a native AD IDS or LDAP AD IDS registered"...
View Articleretrieving logs on log browser
Author : Anita ChaudhariURL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.monitoring.doc/GUID-BA875049-84F2-4FB5-B730-6FD7290D0B8A.htmlTopic Name : Retrieve LogsPublication Name :...
View ArticlePost 6.7 Update 3F - All Tasks in vCenter "Queued"
I noticed after installing the 3F patch to our VCSA, all tasks are queued and not progressing/completing. ESXi or guest tasks, it doens't matter. Has anyone else encountered this?
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Empty Inventory
I logged into my lab vCenter instance today and found this lovely message. I already made sure the clock was good and even went as far as rebuilding the inventory DB which restarts all the services,...
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Upgrade VCSA 6.7 to 7.0 failed
I did it by VCSA 7.0 installer UI.At the import phase of Stage 2, error message was shown that import process of Update Manager component failed.I took logs. Some part of...
View Articleclean or upgraded vCenter
Hi, Following this article:VMware Knowledge Base I want to determine which vCenters in my organizations were upgraded or installed from a clean installation.Is there a way to know that? Thanks!
View ArticleVCSA upgrade 6.7 -> 7.0 failed
Hi! I try to migrate everything from a 6.7 appliance to a 7.0.I deployed the new appliance, and follow the migration procedure what i did before with the 6.x appliance when i migrated from windows.What...
View ArticlevCenter linked mode default-first-site
As you can see, I'm not sure why some remote sites go into one dn path and others to another i.e default-site or default-first-site. I had no option to choose as it seemed to do this on its own. Can...
View Article6.7 vCenter in Embedded Linked Mode Permissions Do Not Exist
Hi,So I have added a 2nd vCenter into our primary vCenter for embedded linked mode. I was under the impression that the Identity Sources would be able to be seen by the newest vCenter that has added...
View ArticleCan't pass ad group membership using Okta as an external identity provider.
Tried to configure vCenter Server 7.0 Identity Provider Federation using Okta as an external identity provider as outlined here:...
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vCenter Server Security Fix for VMSA-2020-0006 applied but still same behaviour
Hello has anyone already updated VCSA to 6.7 U3f to fix the VMSA-2020-0006 problem (ACL Mode legacy)? I did it yesterday on one appliance but still the log outputt says: ACL Mode: legacyThere is no...
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