To change the hostname on the NSX-T Manager you will need to log in via SSH using the admin username nsx01> set hostname NEW_NAME
Author: Jordansphere
I currently work for an ISP on the South coast as a Senior Engineer. I mainly spend my time maintaining the Cloud. CCNA, VCP4/5, VCP-Cloud
Change DNS Servers on NSX-T Manager
The DNS server in our environment changed. Use following process to remove and add new DNS servers in NSX-T (3.1.2) SSH to IP address of NSX-T Manager using the admin account Show Current Name Servers nsx01> get name-servers Output: Fri Aug 27 2021 UTC 09:25:44.26510.0.44.310.0.44.4 Remove Name servers nsx01> del name-server 10.0.44.3nsx01> del name-server 10.0.44.4 Read More…
Unable to install Rocky Linux 8 in ESXi 7
Problem When attempting to install Rocky Linux 8 on an ESXi 7.0 host the boot iso (minimal) was not being picked up at all and I was just getting the Attempting to start up from message. Solution To fix the issue disable Secure Boot option then try again. It appears secure boot is not supported Read More…
Failed to Start File System Check – Vcenter 7
Problem Due to a storage issue, a vcenter 7.0 U2 appliance would not boot with following error: [FAILED] Failed to start File System Check on /dev/vg_root_0/lv_root_0 Resolution Run /bin/sh then blkid Output of blkid Highlighted shows the path we need to repair Run systemctl status systemd-fsck-root to confirm To repair the file system on the Read More…
Promote Secondary Domain Controller via Powershell
In this environment there is a Windows Core 2019 DC installation. To promote a server to a domain controller use the following steps: Run sconfig to give the server a Name, IP address and DNS servers in Powershell Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools Install-ADDSDomainController -InstallDns -Credential (Get-Credential jordansphere\administrator) -DomainName jordansphere.co.uk Note: You will then be prompted for Read More…
Allow COM+ to Windows Firewall Core 2019
I got the following error when trying to manage Server Core from another machine. COM+ Network Access (DCOM-In) All rules in the Remote Event Log Management Group Resolution PS C:\Users\Administrator> Set-NetFirewallRule -Name “RemoteEventLogSvc-In-TCP” -Enabled True -Profile DomainPS C:\Users\Administrator> Set-NetFirewallRule -Name “RemoteEventLogSvc-NP-In-TCP” -Enabled True -Profile DomainPS C:\Users\Administrator> Set-NetFirewallRule -Name “RemoteEventLogSvc-RPCSS-In-TCP” -Enabled True -Profile DomainPS C:\Users\Administrator> Set-NetFirewallRule Read More…
Install Child Domain on Windows 2019 Core
In this example I will be adding a child domain called mgmt.jordansphere.co.uk to the main domain jordansphere.co.uk Install Windows (not desktop experience) From the CLI prompt run sconfig You should then be able to rename the computer and give it an IP address. Exit to CLi prompt Go into powershell Install-WindowsFeature AD-domain-services Install-ADDSDomain -ParentDomainName jordansphere.co.uk Read More…
ESXI – Failed – Cannot Change the Host Configuration
Issue: We had set up and configured a new Netapp AFF 400. When we tried to add the datastores to ESXi 7.0 host we go the following error: Error Message: Resolution: I have actually seen this before. The problem is an MTU issue. In our case the VPC in the network didnt have the correct Read More…
Display Fractional Reserve on Ontap 9.9
We had an issue where we had turned on fractional reserve using ontap 9.6 then upgraded to 9.9. It appears the new GUI does not display if fractional reserve is enabled or not. I believe from Ontap version 9.7 and below you cannot switch back to the classic view so to the command prompt we Read More…
Change Default Gateway on NSX-T Manager
I deployed an NSX-T Manager (3.1.0) but the gateway didn’t appear to be set so I couldn’t access it from outside the network In order to change this Console into the NSX-T Manager that was just deployed Log in using the admin credentials Type set route prefix 0.0.0.0/0 gateway {ip} eth0 eg set route predix Read More…