Query I wanted to apply ROUND ROBIN multipathing and set IOPS to 10 (as recommended by the vendors best practices) on each datastore in my cluster using a PowerCLI command. Command First of all you can check the current multipathing Get-Cluster {ENTER-CLUSTER-NAME} | get-vmhost | get-scsilun -CanonicalName "Naa*" Then we can alter that Read More…
vCenter Unable to Connect to AD Server
Problem I attempted to log into VCSA 6.5 (with external PSC) with my domain credentials but was rejected. It soon became apparent that the VCSA was no longer connected to the AD domain. I tried to manually connect it via the GUI but received the following error: The name of the identity source does not match the existing Integrated Read More…
vSphere Webclient Not Redirecting After SSO Repoint
Problem: After repointing to a new SSO server (see http://www.jordansphere.co.uk/split-sso-server-in-vsphere-5-5/ ) the webclient was stil re-directing to the old login screen (for the old SSO server). Resolution: Edit the following file: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\proxy.xml and change the hostName value from old to new – as shown in the example below: <e id="21"> <_type>vim.ProxyService.RedirectSpec</_type> <accessMode>httpAndHttps</accessMode> <hostName> sso02.jordansphere.co.uk </hostName> <port>9443</port> <redirectType>permanent</redirectType> <serverNamespace>/vsphere-client</serverNamespace> </e> Read More…
Find Location of SSO Server
Issue I needed to find the location of an SSO server in vCenter 5.5 Resolution In the web client go to : {VCENTER} -> Manage -> Settings –> Advacned Settings -> config.vpxd.sso.sts.url
vMotion Failing : Error 195887167
Problem New install of vSphere 6.5. When trying to vMotion a VM from one host svesx01 (192.168.131.111) to another host svesx02 (192.168.131.112) the process failed with the following error: Failed waiting for data. Error 195887167. Connection closed by remote host, possibly due to timeout. Migration [175211275:8050715817357496887] failed to connect to remote host <192.168.131.112> from Read More…
Installing Puppet Agent on Ubuntu 16.04
Problem: When trying to install the puppet agent on an Ubuntu 16.04 server the following error appeared Command: ​curl -k https://puppet:8140/packages/current/install.bash | sudo bash % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 25756 100 25756 0 0 162k 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 163k Read More…
This Tenant Does Not Allow Managing Any of Their Backup Servers Remotely
Issue Veeam 9.5, Update 3. Veeam Cloud Connect A handy feature from Veaem 9.5 U2 allows Service Providers the option to connect to the tenants console in order to troubleshoot. When trying to open up a remote console from SP to tenant the following error appeared This tenant does not allow managing any of their backup servers Read More…
All Interfaces of the Edge Gateway are in use – vCloud Director
Problem A customer tried to create an Org VDC network which connected to an edge Gateway. The following error message appeared: All Interfaces of the edge gateway are in use Resolution: It appears the customer had hit the limit (10) of maximum number of interfaces allowed on the Edge as described in this KB2042799 Read More…
The Given Key was Not Present in the Dictionary – vsphere 6.0
Problem I tried to Storage vMotion a VM and noticed that the vCetner and ESXI hosts had suddenly became unlicensed in vsphere 6.0. Looking in the licensing section the following error appeared "the given key was not present in the dictionary" The manage vsphere licenses was also greyed out. Alternativey I tried to log in to Read More…
Zabbix VMware Monitoring Authentication Error
Issue Upon connecting to vCenter for the first time the following error was thrown up byt the Zabbix server Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password Troubleshooting Find vmware poller processes. In this case its 2154 & 2155 # ps -aux | grep vmware zabbix 2154 3.7 1.9 Read More…
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