During a vCenter patch from 8.0.1 to 8.0.2 the pre-check run displayed an error: Source ESX Agent Manager Configuration contains URLs that are not trusted by the System! This issue is noted in VMware KB93526. To fix the problem you will need to do the following Download the eam-utility.py file from KB Winscp the file Read More…
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vSphere HA Failover Operation in Progress
One of our clusters was displaying the following: To fix the issue simply stop and start HA on that cluster Ciick relevant cluster -> Configure -> vSphere Availability -> Edit -> Turn OFF vSphere HA -> OK Once removed turn back on Ciick relevant cluster -> Configure -> vSphere Availability -> Edit -> Turn ON 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…
Setup Located a VCenter Server Database but Not the Companion SSL Certificates
Due to an SSL issue, an upgrade from vCenter 5.5 Update 2b to 6.0.0 U2 failed. Using KB:2110943 I tried replacing the certificates but after much deliberation with VMware Support, they recommended I completely uninstall vCenter and re-install it to the latest version of 5.5 (Update 3e at the time of writing). I followed the instructions from the KB: Read More…
PowerCLI Script to Get Number of CPUs, RAM and Provisioned HDD Size
The following script looks at particular folder (finance) on a vCenter Server then for each VM gets the number of CPUs, memory in GB and calculates the combined size of all HDDs. This is then exported to a csv file. Connect-VIServer -Server {hostname} -User {username} -Password {password} Get-Folder 'Finance' | Get-VM | Sort Name -descending| Select-Object Read More…
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