Esxi PCI passthrough device always hung at reboot needed? (esxi white box)
screenshot: log: /var/log/boot.gz workaround was to disable ACS
vCenter
vcsa update “stage only” and “stage and install grayed out”
screenshot: Solution: remove/rename the software update status config file On a side note: I ran into the issue after attempting…
Content library hack(DB)
VMware Content library, A unique way to make VM templates/ISO’s available across multiple vCenter’s. However, It does not handle Datacenter…
vCenter REST API returns 404 com.vmware.vapi.rest.httpNotFound
Okay, so the other day I had someone reach out to me for a vCenter rest API issue, Apparently, REST…
Bumping up VAPI logging in vcsa for REST API troubleshooting
log files: /var/log/vmware/vapi/endpoint/endpoint.log
Enable TFTP on VCSA
Start TFTP service Allow TFTP port on the VCSA firewall Confirm if the port is allowed on the firewall Make…
Handy commands when working with vPostgres
Copy Table to CSV Copy table from CSV list Top tables by size: postgres password: Rename table Database backup/Dump using…
Replacing VMware-stsd certificate on 6.5/6.7
If the vCenter was upgraded from 5.5, it retains legacy endpoints for lookup service IE: https://FQDN:7444/lookupservce/sdkRunning certificate-manager will not replace…
VMCA Certificates replacement for vCenter 6.x, workflow
VMCA is the Default self-signed certificates that is set up at the time of vCenter deployment. All solution users and…
Restricting Plugins on vSphere web-client (Flex and html5)
on Certain occations when the vCenter is upgraded, Plugins like pure, Netapp, NSX, SRM etc can cause incompatibility and prevent…