Problem When attempting to add Primary and Isolated VLANs on an NSX-T (3.1.3) Enabled VDS switch 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
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Configure HAProxy SSL Passthrough
This quick guide explains how to install HAProxy with SSL passthrough on a Centos/Rocky 8 OS. This is specific to a NSX-T Manager install but can be used/tweaked for any environment Install HA proxy Configure haproxy with front and back end servers Add following entries Note: I was able to use balance source in the Read More…
Powershell Script to Update Syslog Server in ESXi Cluster
The following script will update the syslog server of all Esxi hosts in a specific cluster Two variables you’ll need to edit are $ClusterName and $SysLogSvr
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 ESXi with Cisco UCS
I was tasked with auto deploying around 100 Ciscso UCS blades with stateful ESXi 7.0 on SD cards with as little touch as possible for a new environment There are various ways of doing this but it was decided that the service profile name in UCS would need to match the ESXI host. This means Read More…
Get Install Date of ESXi Host
if you need to know when the ESXi OS install was: esxcli system stats installtime get Example output: 2021-09-07T17:59:32
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}
Remove SSH Timeout from NSX-T Manager
The default timeout for SSH on NSX-T Manager is 10 minutes (600 seconds). This is rather annoying when you need to make a cup of tea and come back and all your sessions have disappeared. To remove the SSH timeout connect to the NSX Manager via the admin account using SSH. nsx01> set cli-timeout 0 Read More…
Change Hostname of NSX-T Manager
To change the hostname on the NSX-T Manager you will need to log in via SSH using the admin username nsx01> set hostname NEW_NAME
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…