the VMinst.log/toolsinst.log did not have much information on the failureStart by running msi debug logging: in order to work this around, run the msi installer excluding vmware CAF
VMware tools install, command line
VCSA/Insufficient inodes can result in service crash with no space left on device errors
version: VMware VirtualCenter 6.5.0 build-8024368 Looking at file system: looking at inode: determine what is consuming the most of inode: To resolve this, we run the below to clear the inode Check for available node to conform if everything is cleared up.
vCSA proxy configuration
root@is-dhcp34-161 [ ~ ]# cat /etc/sysconfig/proxy
VMware Tools for mac os download links!!! (Esxi/Fusion)
Tools can be downloaded from http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/10.1.2/8502123/packages/com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar 10.0.0 10.0.1 10.1.0 10.1.1 10.1.2 10.1.3 10.1.4 10.1.5 10.1.6 11.0.0 11.0.1 11.0.2 11.0.3 11.1.0 11.5.0 11.5.1 3.0.0 3.0.1 3.0.2 8.0.0 8.0.1 8.0.2 8.1.0 8.1.1 8.5.0 8.5.1 8.5.10 8.5.2 8.5.3 8.5.4 8.5.5 8.5.6 8.5.7 8.5.8 8.5.9
Deploy vSphere replication using OVF tools
The web client/client integration plugin is such a pain to get working!! Especially when you have to rebuild one of the vR appliance. On this Blog, I will show you an easier way to deploy the vR/OVF’s to the vCenter. To start off with, you will need a copy of the ovftool’s. you can Download […]
vpxd crashes bora/vpx/vpxd/vpxservices/alarm/PredefinedAlarmsManager.cpp:203
Cause: alarms.version mismatch in database. Resolution:Connect to vCenter database
PowerCli: Reconnect Esxi host to vCenter
For instructions on how to connect to VMware PowerCLI, Follow the post here: Change the password from vmware12! to the root password used on the environment.
Unlock /reset vSphere replication appliance root password.
restart the replication appliance to GRUB at the grub screen, select SLES 11/12xxx Press ‘e’ Scroll down and look for show opts. append “init=/bin/bash” to the same line press f10 on the keyboard to boot remount the root partition as RW To unlock the locked account, use the below command./sbin/pam_tally2 -r -u root To reset […]
BASH: Script to register all VMX from a specific datastore path
Change the datastore_name to the name of the datastore on your setup