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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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VMware ESXi Image Profiles
This page provides an overview of all available ESXi Image Profiles. An Image Profile defines the set of VIBs that an ESXi installation or update process uses. Each patch contains two or four Image Profiles. When a patch is published, there is always a separate Image Profile that contains security patches only and all patches…
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VMC on AWS architecture
VMware Cloud on AWS brings VMware’s enterprise class Software-Defined Data Center software to the AWS Cloud, and enables customers to run production applications across VMware vSphere®-based private, public and hybrid cloud environments, with optimized access to AWS services. Delivered, sold and supported by VMware and its partners as an on-demand service, VMware Cloud on AWS…
