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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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Troubleshooting Certificate Issues – VCF
You can delete unused or old certificates from the SDDC Manager command line using the following procedure: 1.Using SSH, log in to the SDDC Manager VM with the following credentials: Username: vcf Password: enter the password 2.Enter su to switch to the root user. 3.Change to the /opt/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/scripts/cli directory. cd /opt/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/scripts/cli 4.From the /opt/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/scripts/cli directory, use the following…
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KB Articles – Part 02
vCenter upgrade for mgmt domain failing during VCF 4.2.1 upgrade https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/87062?lang=en_US Dell EMC VxRail: ESXi host shows ‘not responding’ or ‘disconnected’ in vCenter https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000167824/dell-emc-vxrail-esxi-host-shows-not-responding-or-disconnected-in-vcenter-customer-correctable https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000191728/vxrail-troubleshooting-guide-for-a-vmware-esxi-hosts-in-not-responding-state Troubleshooting DRS https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-5E7F6DEC-02A2-4221-AABA-EDFB9AE9EC70.html Troubleshooting vSphere HA https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.troubleshooting.doc/GUID-DF7CEF44-98EC-458A-8614-50CCAEC0A7C5.html https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004429 https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/2034571?lang=en_US https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/2148003?lang=en_US Troubleshooting an ESXi host in a “not responding” state https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/1003409?lang=en_US VCF Upgrade fails with message ” MGT domain failed upgrade”…
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Password Lookup with VCF 4.0
In order to perform all the automation tasks it does, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) must be aware of how to communicate to all of the components in its environment. The method used to obtain a list of these accounts and the passwords used have changed from VCF version to version. Today, I’ll show you how…
