After upgrading HPE Synergy Composer2 from 8.5 -> 8.60.01 -> 9.0 an error appeared on the compute module in bay 1 with message: “Unable to configure the appliance’s server management user account on the management processor. This account is required for ongoing server management” Resolution Reset the ILO by going to Servers -> Server Hardware Read More…
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
Amazon Blink2 Recordings Not Showing in Local Storage
I upgraded my wifi system from Virgin router with wireless repeaters to a full One Mesh System using TP-Link Deco S4. Everything worked seamlessly apart from non of the new recordings were showing up in the local storage. I could view the live feed on the cameras and the early detection alerts were confirming that Read More…
Source Esx Agent Manager Configuration Contains Urls That Are Not Trusted by the System
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…
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…
Storage Adapters Not Displaying in Synergy SY480
Eighty (80) new ESXI 8.0 U1 on SY480 compute modules were deployed on HPE Synergy 12000 Frames running Oneview 8.3. Around 30% of the hosts did not show their FC Storage Adapters, as shown below. Upon investigation via Oneview, the Mezzanine Slot 2 which contained the Synergy 5830C 32Gb FC HBA was not active To Read More…
HPE Synergy Firmware Update – Server Profiles
In this guide I will show you how to upgrade the Firmware on the Compute Modules This is a follow on from HPE Synergy Firmware Update – Shared Infrastructure so It is assumed the firmware bundle has been uploaded In Oneview go to Servers -> Server Profile Template -> {Select template} -> Actions -> Under Read More…
HPE Synergy Firmware Update – Shared Infrastructure
In this guide I will document the steps needed to upgrade the firmware on the shared infrastructure. It is assumed the Composer modules have already been upgraded. The firmware in question is going from SY-2022.08.01 -> SY-2023.03.01 Go to Oneview -> Firmware -> Firmware Bundles -> Add Firmware Bundle -> {upload firmware bundle} . 2. Read More…
Set LAG as Default for New Port Groups on a VDS
When a DVS is created and configured with LAG any new default port groups do not use this is a default. This means when new port groups are deployed in the future this inevitably leads to issues as they will be misconfigured by default. Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be a way to alter this Read More…
HPE Oneview Global Dashboard Setup for Synergy
As part of a HPE Synergy multi-frame installatIon, Oneview Global Dashboard was required to manage the frames. In this post I will be showing you how to deploy the Oneview Global Dashboard appliance on vCenter give it an initial configuration. Download the appliance in OVF format from HPE website and deploy via vCenter ( I Read More…
Email file from Windows Server via Powershell
If you need to send an attachment from a Windows server to an email address use the following syntax Open Powershell