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...
View ArticlevCenter 7 Bug? (No Healthy Upstream)
Hi Guys We've been Experiencing this error / bug / problem in vCenter 7 whenever we do the ff: - Test High Availability (VMs restarts on the other server except for the vCenter Server) After...
View Articlevcsa 6.5 getting connection timeout on api call
I am observing that in our monitoring tool , while getting the datastore status through api call , we get connection time out error.Operation timed out after 30000 milliseconds with 0 out of -1 bytes...
View ArticleSome 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 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 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...
View ArticleCopy 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...
View ArticlevCenter 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 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 ArticlevApi-Endpoint Service crashed permanently on vcenter 7
i can see that vapi-endpoint service crashed.when i restart this service, it runs short time, then the same situationWhat can i do? Thanks for help
View ArticleADFS Authentication Issue with Alternative UPN Domain
My apologies if this has been covered, but didn't get any results when searching for ADFS or OAuth. I recently upgraded to vCenter 7 and after a lot of troubleshooting, I was able to get the Identity...
View Articlevcenter does not start.
vcenter is linked to Horizon.The certificate of vcenter was expired yesterday.someone rebooted vcenter and vcenter does not start.Today I used option 8 of the vsphere certificate manager.but vcenter...
View ArticlevCenter 7.0c "vAPI Endpoint" service warning
After upgrade vCenter from 7.0b tp 7.0c I got this warning on the service monitor: Failed to connect to 7ae7cbaa-9164-47f7-a9f8-1d1da7e2746b\com.vmware.vcenter.nsxd.vapi vAPI provider.Current vApi...
View ArticlevCenter 7.0c "VMWare vCenter Server" service warning
After upgrade from vCenter 7.0b to 7.0c I got this warning in the "VMWare vCenter Server" service monitor: vc.health.error.dbjob3 ThanksMaurizio
View ArticlevCenter Server Management - Backup to NAS
I am trying to backup the vCenter Server Management appliance. I am backing up to a NAS drive, which doesn't need any credentials to connect to. I have set up the protocal as the following...
View ArticleVcenter won't start
Hi all, I'am having an issue with starting VCSA 6.7 latest version (photon os)Management on port 5480 is working fine.I'am getting error 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint:...
View ArticlevROps - VxRail Management Pack - Dashboards not working
Hi, I have installed the vROps - VxRail Management Pack and the VxRail is connected successfully. However the dashboard that comes with the management pack are empty.Trying to edit and configure these...
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