Generally. Should the root account be locked out, SSH and UI/client access to the host fails. In order to work this around Bring up a Console session to the Host and enable Esxi Shell (under troubleshooting options) on the console session, press ALT+F1, log in as root and password: In order to unlock the root […]
migrate option grayed out for VM’s on the vCenter view
the migrate option is normal grayed out when there is an ongoing task (clone, backup, snapshot take/consolidate/reconfigure etc) running against the VM) In certain rare cases, an orphaned DB record could also cause this. From the vCenter server database, Look at the table VPX_DISABLED_METHODS IF there are no such task’s and should you find this to […]
VMware Power CLI: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority
With the Newer version of Power CLI, the Connect-ViServer fails with message: This can easily be worked around by Importing The VMCA trusted root Certificate Use Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to ignore certs Importing The VMCA trusted root Certificate to windows Trusted Root Store Launch a browser and head to https://vcenter.FQDN (or https://vc.FQDN/certs/download.zip) Click on Download trusted root CA certificates Extract […]
Replacing vmdir certificates on vCenter 6.0
vmdir is a vCenter component that Listens on port 389 and 636(LDAPs/LDAP) We will start creating a new configuration file called vmdir.cfg with the below content: (replace the contents under v3_req with the fields appropriate to your environment) using openssl, create a new CSR file with the above configuration: If the solution user certificates are […]
web client service crashes java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space and java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
vSphere web client refused to start with memory errors log location: Cause: insufficient Web-client heap size/Insufficient PermGen space?configuration change Scenario 1: Heap-size Resolution: Ensure there is sufficient free memory on the vCenter Review and Increase (double) the heap size of the web client Appliance: windows: start vsphere-client and observe if this still crashes. Scenario 2: PermGen […]
Connecting to VMware appliance postgres/PSQL instance from an external computer/pgadmin
By default, the postgres instance on vCenter/vSphere replication..etc.. are configured to not accept connections from a computer on the network. On this post, I will show you how to re-configure this to allow connections from an external box for tools like PGadmin etc. Note: Depending on the appliance, the postgres, configuration files/paths might be different. […]
vCenter Pre-upgrade fails
Error: Internal error occurred during execution of upgrade process. Resolution: Send upgrade log files to VMware technical support team for further Assistance. Upgrade logs say: Now look at the source appliance. Run /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_get_network less returns an dependency error: To resolve this, re-create the link to dependency by running the below commands. Re-run the command to confirm […]
Deploy A VM using OVFtool
Syntax: Example: Note: VM Network = the vmnetwork of the ovf at the time of export If you are not too sure of the original network, Run the below to query: Link to download OVFtool https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=614&downloadGroup=OVFTOOL420
Registering replication appliance to vCenter fails with “no element found: line 1, column 0”
Registering replication appliance to vCenter fails with “no element found: line 1, column 0” Cause: Corrupt/missing ovfenv.xml Log on to the vR appliance console session and run the below command: f the ovfenv.xml is 0, power down the replication appliance and power (do not perform a guest restart) this back up using the web client (must be […]
SRM service crash during upgrade
Resolution: Take a backup of the SRM DB and delete the contents of the table: pdj_dataitem and resume the installer. Delete from pdj_dataitem;