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Change iSCSI Adapter Name – ESXi 6.7
Problem I accidentally forgot to set a hostname before making the iSCSI software adapter live..There are no datastore attached to the host yet but i like the IQNs to be recognizable. Solution This ESXI was newly created so please don't use these commands on a live system unless you've done your due diligence – or […]
Cryptographic Error: Trusted Certificate Entries are Not Password-protected Keytool
Problem When replacing the certificates on a vCloud Director 9.5 installation, I ran the configure command and the following error occurred. cryptographic error: trusted certificate entries are not password-protected keytool Troubleshooting Upon investigation of the keystore file it appeared that the keytool -storetype JCEKS -list -v -keystore certs.ks <snip> Alias name: http Creation date: 29 […]
vRops Vcloud Director Tenant Portal – Access Denied after Upgrade to 2.2
Problem After upgrading from vcloud director tenant portal 2.0 -> 2.2 all tenants were getting an Access Denied error when trying to view via Operation Manager drop down Resolution All looked okay. The Services were started and no errors anywhere. The fix was to simply disable -> re-enable plugin Access per tenant (like below)
Debug NSX Edge Traffic
OS: NSX Edge: 6.4.x Show routing table show ip route Show Interfaces show int Display debug information on a specific interface debug packet display interface {int_name} eg debug packet display interface vNic_2 Display debug information on specific interface and remote host debug packet display interface {int_name} host_{IP Address} eg debug packet display […]
Route Commands on ESXi, VCSA, Linux & Windows
Sample route commands Windows Show routing table route print Add a persistent route ROUTE -p ADD 10.10.129.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 10.5.72.254 ESXi Show routing table esxcfg-route -l Show routing table for specific stack esxcfg-route -l -N (stack name) Add route esxcli network ip route ipv4 add –gateway 10.5.72.254 –network 10.10.129.0/24 VCSA Show routing […]
Cross vCenter-vMotion Fails
Scenario: Site A (source) – vCenter 6.0 U3 – Vmks in vmotion TCP/IP Stack Site B (destination) – VCSA 6.7 U2 – Vmks in vmotion TCP/IP Stack Error Message on destination host: From vpxa.logs on destination host 2019-08-15T12:40:47.088Z cpu57:2346322)WARNING: Migrate: 6189: 1565872539754355 D: Migration considered a failure by the VMX. It is most likely a timeout, […]
VCSA Backups Fail
Issue Using FTPS to backup the VCSA 6.7 U2 configuration I got the following error: Error: Structure com.vmware.appliance.recovery.backup.job.details.info has a union with a field not required for this case = end_time Resolution Investigating the issue it appears the FTP login was a success and the directories were created successfully but when the process tried to […]
File System Specific Implementation of LookupAndOpen[file] Failed
Issue: A Veeam Proxy VM halted during a back up run and powering back on was unsuccessful Troubleshooting When trying to restart I was presented with the following error and the VM failed to start File system specific implementation of LookupAndOpen[file] failed Solution Upon further investigation the Veeam Proxy had a Hot-Added disk still attached. I […]
Vmkping Using vMotion Stack
Issue: I wanted to test connectivity via the vMotion Stack on a vSphere 6.7 host Syntax vmkping -I {vmk} -S vmotion {IP} eg vmkping -I vmk1 -S vmotion 10.3.4.10
SSO Drift – The Authentication Server Returned Error
Problem In a Vsphere 6.5 environment running an external PSC we had an issue where the time occasionally drifted leaving users unable to login. The VCSA and PSC both synced with the same NTP servers but seems to occur now and again. Resolution To fix the issue, SSH to both VCSA and PSC […]