During a vCenter patch from 8.0.1 to 8.0.2 the pre-check run displayed an error: Source ESX Agent Manager Configuration contains URLs that are not trusted by the System! This issue is noted in VMware KB93526. To fix the problem you will need to do the following Download the eam-utility.py file from KB Winscp the file Read More…
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vSphere HA Failover Operation in Progress
One of our clusters was displaying the following: To fix the issue simply stop and start HA on that cluster Ciick relevant cluster -> Configure -> vSphere Availability -> Edit -> Turn OFF vSphere HA -> OK Once removed turn back on Ciick relevant cluster -> Configure -> vSphere Availability -> Edit -> Turn ON Read More…
Set LAG as Default for New Port Groups on a VDS
When a DVS is created and configured with LAG any new default port groups do not use this is a default. This means when new port groups are deployed in the future this inevitably leads to issues as they will be misconfigured by default. Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be a way to alter this Read More…
pVLANs and NSX-T VDS Switch Bug
Problem When attempting to add Primary and Isolated VLANs on an NSX-T (3.1.3) Enabled VDS switch in vsphere 7.0 environment we got the following error: Unable to set Pvlan Map: Status(bad0004)= Busy Resolution There is no resolution at the time of writing but this will be fixed in version 3.2 of NSX-T Edit 06/12/2021 – Read More…
Powershell Script to Update all Scratch Partitions in an ESXi Cluster
Following on from an auto deploy install using SD cards on a Cisco UCS where we couldnt configure the scratch partition within an automated process so I wrote a powershell script to loop around a specific cluster and update all the host logs. Note: This assumes that the directories are already created. I might include Read More…
Auto Deploy Installs ESXi with Blank Password
By default, when using Auto Deploy the password will be blank. In order to change this behaviour edit the host profile to be Fixed password Configuration This example is using Esxi 7.0 Security Services -> Security Settings -> Security -> User Configuration -> root -> Fixed password configuration -> {Enter Password}
Failed to Start File System Check – Vcenter 7
Problem Due to a storage issue, a vcenter 7.0 U2 appliance would not boot with following error: [FAILED] Failed to start File System Check on /dev/vg_root_0/lv_root_0 Resolution Run /bin/sh then blkid Output of blkid Highlighted shows the path we need to repair Run systemctl status systemd-fsck-root to confirm To repair the file system on the Read More…