Updating the vCenter Service accounts for vRealize products:

LCM(LifeCycle Manager) Log into lifecycle manager https://lcmFQDN/vrlcm Click on Datacentre>Managed vCenter Server> Edit icon> Update the credentials there.  vRops:  Log in to vRops as an admin Browse to Administration>  Solutions >Cloud accounts > Click on the vCenter edit Click on the edit icon for the credentials  Update the password in the field vRA:  Log into […]

vRops 8, Exclude Specific host

Login to VRops, Click on Administration>Licencing (under management) > edit the product licensing group. Click next on the “select license keys tab”, in the “add members” tab, scroll to the bottom and look for “objects always to exclude” Expand “vCenter adapter” Expand “host system” and select the host that you wish to exclude Note: if […]

Deploying VRA, Setting up MSSQL server errors out with “MS DTC on the IaaS database server is not configured correctly for network access”

Running through the installation and installation of  MSDTC by following the instructions on KB https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/59422 did not help in order to resolve this, I checked the component services on both IIAS and the DB server GO to Start and then search for component services Component services> Computers> My Computer> Distributed Translation Coordinator> Right click on […]