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 file (in my case, I […]
Installing VMware PowerCLi Install on windows 10/2012/2016 via Windows Gallery
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 fail with the below error: […]
Passing through a Nvidia GTX970 to a VMware Virtual machine
Create a virtual machine with EFI boot, install windows + tools and power down the VM Open ssh to the host where the VM is registered to use vim-cmd to look for the VM cd to the data store path Edit the vmx file using the vi editor and add the below lines Save the […]
Creating a Cent OS7 template for VMware Guest Customization and Deployment
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 OS and begin the installation […]
Generate a memory dump for a frozen VMware, windows virtual machine.
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: o Send NMI to Guest […]
Statement diagnostic data from driver is XX002:0:7:ERROR: index “pk_index_name” contains corrupted page at block xxxx;
Resolution: Take a snapshot of the vcsa Export affected table: Recreate constrain
Resume VC upgrade from a failed upgrade using exported data
as long as we have the export directory, we should be able to invoke the installer to perform the install with the exported data
remount Esxi boot bank
In certain scenario when Esxi’s local/alt boot bank/ boot volume goes offline (symlinks broken),if the boot device is available, it needs to be remounted via CLI To remount bootbank, run the below command. To determine if the boot device is available, run through the below: Determining the boot volume: If the symlnks to the UUID […]
adding VCSA to domain renames the dns suffix to the domain.
The other day, I had a customer having all management applications on a different DNS suffux as that of the domain. Ie: Domain : ntitta.in Management host’s: on mgmt.local on the customer’s setup, the VCSA was deployed with an FQDN VCSA.MGMT.local However, when the appliance was added to domain ntitta.in, the VCSA renames itself to […]
VCSA/VCHA 6.x network configuration file
Below is created by VCHA configuration and is sometimes set to DHCP when VCHA is broken. The file can be removed safely and restart the appliance before re-configuring VCHA.