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 […]
Content library hack(DB)
VMware Content library, A unique way to make VM templates/ISO’s available across multiple vCenter’s. However, It does not handle Datacenter segregation very well when storing the contents on NFS/VMFS. A subscribed library would need dedicated storage space and would be pointless in my setup as I had presented the NFS volume to all host. So […]
vCenter REST API returns 404 com.vmware.vapi.rest.httpNotFound
Okay, so the other day I had someone reach out to me for a vCenter rest API issue, Apparently, REST API to any vCenter component using the API explorer or the CLI would return the error Cli: Generate session: (on bash shell): (or simply go grab the complete command from the API explorer) test VAPI […]
Bumping up VAPI logging in vcsa for REST API troubleshooting
log files: /var/log/vmware/vapi/endpoint/endpoint.log
looking for a specific record on a mssql DB
create a stored procedure using the below now execute the stored procedure with the object that you would like to search the DB
‘Patches’ (vRA Tab –> Host Settings –> Patches) not show in the vRA
‘Patches’ (vRA Tab –> Host Settings –> Patches) not show in the vRA SSH to VRA node where Patches tab isn’t showing and run the below command to enable it
ubuntu 18.04 getting VMware guest customization to work
ubuntu 18.x is by default shipped with cloud-init/netplan that breaks when customizing the VM using vCenter custom spec. In this blog, I’ll show you how to get the customization to work with vCenter. On a fresh install of ubuntu 18.04, create a bash script with the below contents (mine was setup using DHCP) cleanup.sh Note, […]
any host/VM tasks performed on vCenter errors with ““A general system error occurred: Connection refused: The remote service is not running, OR is overloaded, OR a firewall is rejecting connections””
logs from the above snippet, it appears the connection to vcenter port: 8190 was being rejected. as per Vmware docs, port 8190 is used by profile driven storage so we take a look at profile-driven storage log: at this stage, the service refused to start pointing to an invalid entry in the configuration file. I […]
Enable TFTP on VCSA
Start TFTP service Allow TFTP port on the VCSA firewall Confirm if the port is allowed on the firewall Make the firewall rules persistent: Export Ip tables rule Create a startup script at path: /etc/init.d/startftp.sh with the below contents: change the permissions of the script set the script to run during startup: copy the contents […]
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