on Certain occations when the vCenter is upgraded, Plugins like pure, Netapp, NSX, SRM etc can cause incompatibility and prevent the webclient from loading up/Malfunctioning Starting vSphere 6.7, we have a config file to white list and black list plugins which helps us to flag specific Malicious/incompatible plugins which prevents…
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PostgreSQL: could not open file “/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_clog/0726”: No such file or directory
postgres
when selecting a specific date from a table, at times due to database corruption Postgres might report the file was not found. In Such instances, we will can re-create the file using the below dd command (note: data loss on the missing file) Note: Ensure the permissions on the file…
Read Morejoining Esxi to domain fails with LW_ERROR_INVALID_MESSAGE [code 0x00009c46]
esxi
Joining Esxi to doamin fails with the below message: Cat /etc/hosts show below: In some cases, the hostname on the /etc/hosts file might not match to that of the host. (look for the message on domainjoin-join “With Computer DNS Name: esx.” In order to sort this out, correct the /etc/host…
Read MoreInstalling VMware PowerCLi Install on windows 10/2012/2016 via Windows Gallery
Power CLI vCenter
Before you proceed, ensure there are no older version of VMware PowerCLi installed (check in add or remove programs), uninstall if you do have the older version. Install PowerCli from Windows Gallery Open powerCLI as an administrator and then run: List available VMware module: Import Module Troubleshooting Import module’s generally…
Read MoreCreating a Cent OS7 template for VMware Guest Customization and Deployment
esxi vCenter
To start off with, Download the latest version of CentOs7 from https://www.centos.org/download/ At the time of writing, this is: CentOS-7 (1804) Lets start by creating a new Virtual machine. I will select Esxi 6.5 for backward compatibility with other host. Mount the ISO, Power on the VM and begin installing of the…
Read MoreGenerate a memory dump for a frozen VMware, windows virtual machine.
esxi vCenter
Enable complete memory dump feature by changing following registry keys: Enable keyboard crash dump feature by adding following registry keys: Enable NMI crash dump feature by adding following key: Restart Server to take effects. Do a memory dump test with below steps: Capture a kernel memory dump in following ways:…
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