Year: 2023

  • VMware PSC failed to run vdcpromo

    Hi All, I’ve got something to share about an error while deploying a new PSC in an existing SSO domain. In the second admin interface ( stage 2 ), after deploying the appliance, you must specify which configuration you wanna used for your environment.In my case I was trying to connect a second PSC appliance…

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  • During async patching of NSX-T 3.1.3.7.4 on VCF 4.4 and newer, NSX-T host upgrade can fail with precheck error

    please follow the below mentioned steps: # su # cd /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf # lcm.nsxt.suppress.prechecks=true # systemctl restart lcm

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  • vCenter 7.0 Update Issues

    Patching the vCenter Server Appliance in vSphere 7.0 has become a lucky bag. When you try to update using the vCenters VAMI, you either have greyed out STAGE ONLY and STAGE AND INSTALL buttons: The installation fails with “Exception occurred in install precheck phase” errors, rendering the VAMI unusable: Or the installation gets stuck on Downloading RPM vsphere-ui-[version].rpm: There are a couple…

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  • VCF Cloud Builder: REUSE

    When deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), we deploy an appliance (ova) called Cloud Builder. This appliance allow us to load the parameter file an automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure, allowing us to go from spreadsheet to full SDDC. Cloud Builder also includes the VMware Imaging Appliance that you can leverage to build your…

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  • VCF – Post VC upgrade status showing “COMPLETE_WITH_FAILURE”

    Symptoms Running below command shows VC upgrade status showing “COMPLETE_WITH_FAILURE” (ran post VC upgrade status showed completed)root@fabric-mgmt-sddc01 [ /home/vcf ]# /apps/migrationcoordinator/bin/migration_coordinator_utility –script_name VcUpgrade –status | json_ppFailed due to : ‘Migrates the local OS user for VxRail’, ‘task_status’: ‘FAILED’ Impact Post migration of vCenter to 7.0 U3 migration tool VC final upgrade status check will be…

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  • KB Articles – Part 03

    Password Expiration of VMware Appliances https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67414 https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147144 Certificate Expiration How to add Custom CA Certificates to SDDC Manager and Common Services trust stores https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78607 How to import Proxy server certificate to SDDC manager trust store. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/77262  LCM Security Precheck Failurehttps://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/88314?lang=en_US Depot Connectivity https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/70595 https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000063276/dell-emc-vxrail-vcf-on-vxrail-4-7-300-upgrade-bundle-download-failed-with-403-error Log Partition Full on Vmware Appliances https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76563  https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/83070 vROPS db/disk space…

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  • KB Articles – Part 01

    Upgrading VCF from 4.1 to 4.2 fails at pre-checks with NTP TIME SYNC CHECK https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/83831?lang=en_US VCF 4.4 Manifest does not contain patch bundles causing skip upgrade to stop at 4.3.1 https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/87748?lang=en_US VCF upgrade 4.2 to 4.3 fails with error “FAILED_TO_UPDATE_LSOM_SETTINGS_ON_HOST” with com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Auth cancel https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/87381?lang=en_US VCF Upgrade precheck Failed – Microsoft CA Security Check https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/88001?lang=en_US…

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  • ESXi upgrade failed at VUM stage postcheck

    Symptoms Upgrade of ESXi host failed at VUM stage post check. Impact ESXi version was seen as upgraded successfully. But could not proceed with the upgrade of remaining hosts in vSphere Cluster as the script failed.  Cause NA Resolution NA Workaround Upgrade ran without failure for remaining hosts in cluster after adding the below values…

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