Category: VMware

  • 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 networking and connectivity

    NSX-T provides all the networking capabilities required by workloads running in the SDDC. These capabilities allow you to: Deploy networks (L2, L3, and isolated) and define subnets and gateways for the workloads that will reside there. L2VPNs extend your on-premises L2 domains to the SDDC, enabling workload migration without IP address changes. Route-based IPsec VPNs…

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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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  • Step-by-step guide: How to Upgrade an ESXi host from the Command Line

    Step 1 Download the ESXi Upgrade file called Offline Bundle from the VMware Portal. You need to have a valid Vmware login. I find the files are not easy to find. Here is the direct download link to VMware vSphere. The ESXi hypervisor is what you are looking for. There isn’t a difference between the Hypervisor Edition…

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