manual collection can be triggered via API we first need to get a tioken and then invoke API: token: trigger collection:
Usage meter 4.2 ip/DNS changes back to default after reboot.
Symptom: On new deployment, the Ip/DNS are set correctly but after deployment and power on, the DNS or the IP range is different to that of what was used at the time of deployment symptom2: When you try to change the Ip/DNS of the usage meter appliance, it returns back to the original values after […]
Replace Usage Meter 4.2 /4.3 certificates
Note: Before making any changes, it is highly recommended that you take the necessary backup/snapshots of the usage meter VM instances. Usage meter certificate replacement is rather simple. Usage meter 4.2 Runs on Nginx and the Nginx configuration for the webserver is located here Let’s take a look at the Nginx configuration for certificate and […]
photon 2.0 Network configuration
file: /etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.network if the DNS= is not specified on the file, resolve.conf will be overwritten with DHCP provided values (if the DHCP flag is not present)
Usage meter 4.x root password reset/unlock
At the photon logo, press ‘e’ and you will see the editable grub menu:Append rw init=/bin/bash on the line that starts with “linux” Press ctrl + x or f10 to continue you should see a screen similar to the below: Update: UM 4.3+ you must remount root partition to read-write, run the below command: To […]
vRBC -Exporting a database dump/restoring Database dump
Instructions to backup/restore the vRBC database below Backup DB: Restore DB Log in/connect to vRBC vPostgres:
VRA 7.x health API via bash with results
Horizon curl https://localhost/SAAS/API/1.0/REST/system/health -k Elastic search curl localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true
Recovering from expired certificates on vRo (vRealize orchestrator)- cli methord
So the other day the vRo certificates had expired. We tried to change it from the vco-control center, after importing the certificates, vRo UI would simply stay there stating restarting in 2 min but nothing happens. to replace the certificate’s via CLI Grab the Keystore password Generate CSR using key tool Grab the /crt/new.csr and […]
Temp: Project3 solution document
The page will auto-expire on 14 APR
vRA Service registration status using bash CLI
log in to terminal of the vRA appliance and run the below script