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Greetings!!,I am writing this based on a popular request by partners. API specification/tempalte Usage meter API guide: https://developer.vmware.com/apis/1206/vcloud-usage-meterusage meter OpenAPI specification: Click here to download JSON or use the below: You can find the openAPI specification on the API guide link > Documentation: We will be using this JSON with…
Read MoreSRM collector logs are written in vccol_main.log Workaround: Re-register SRM to vCenter using an IP instead of the FQDN Navigate to https://SRM:5480, log in as admin and re-register. Change the local host field to the IP address from the dropdown
Read Morevcenter collection fails with error:” Failed customer rule collection – Could not find instanceUuid of the VM with moref: vm-xxxx from VC server with id: x.Could not find instanceUuid” cause: usage meter receives an error when attempting to query the UUID of the VM moref seen on the error. on…
Read MoreBelow is the sample configuration to get UM-Ad intigation via LDAP (replace the contents of /ec/nslcd.conf with what is appropriate in your environment. root@photon-machine [ /etc ]# cat /etc/nslcd.conf cat /etc/nsswitch.conf cat /etc/pam.d/system-auth cat /etc/pam.d/system-account cat /etc/pam.d/system-password cat /etc/pam.d/system-session cat /etc/pam.d/vmware-um-pam aside from this, NSLCD also needs some pre-requisites for…
Read Moreusage meter 4.x picks up vRops from vCenter mob. after adding the vCenter , UM does dynamic discovery. if for any reason, vRops extension is left stale behind on vCenter, UM will continue to think the product exists. To resolve this, log in to the vCenter mob and remove com.vmware.vrops and com.vmware.vcops Instructions to remove the extensions…
Read MoreLogs: Resolution: Disable http2 on the IIS and then re-add the product Instructions:* Start → regedit* Navigate to the folder/path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters* Under the Parameters folder, right-click the white-space, add 2 new DWORD (32-bit) values: – EnableHttp2Tls – EnableHttp2Cleartext* Ensure both new values have been set to 0(disabled) by right-clicking the value…
Read Morebump up logs to trace and re-adding shows the below: when looking at the certificate of the venter Cause: Incorrect ordering of the certificates. if you look closely on the certificate chain: Certificate 0 is for the vcenter server and was issued by RapidSSL. Certificate 1 is the DigiCert root…
Read Moremanual collection can be triggered via API we first need to get a tioken and then invoke API: token: trigger collection:
Read MoreSymptom: On new deployment, the Ip/DNS are set correctly but after deployment and power on, the DNS or the IP range is different to that of what was used at the time of deployment symptom2: When you try to change the Ip/DNS of the usage meter appliance, it returns back…
Read MoreNote: Before making any changes, it is highly recommended that you take the necessary backup/snapshots of the usage meter VM instances. Usage meter certificate replacement is rather simple. Usage meter 4.2 Runs on Nginx and the Nginx configuration for the webserver is located here Let’s take a look at the…
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