Symptoms: vRA patching failed and is now stuck with a patch in the repository, the remove button does not do anything, the retry button is grayed out: Note: Its always recommended that you take a powered off snapshot of all the nodes before patching and before performing the below: Take a powered off snapshot of […]
reuse a previously used password on photon/VMware appliances?
If for some reason the password had to be reset to the original, the below config file can be changed to allow re-using passwords edit /etc/pam.d/system-password change remember=5 to remember=1 and reboot the appliance Once the appliance boots up, set the password using
adding a webhook to vRA-Code Stream fails
adding a webhook to vRA-Code Stream fails with error: browser console: Symptoms: Gitlab is installed on the same network as of vRA/Codestream Cause: Gitlab does not allow connections to create a webhook from local subnet by default. Resolution :Allow requests to the local network from web hooks and services Steps: On gitlab, go to admin […]
vcsa update “stage only” and “stage and install grayed out”
screenshot: Solution: remove/rename the software update status config file On a side note: I ran into the issue after attempting to “stage and install” my homelabs vcsa, logs reveal: so, I did the above, staged the upgrade repository this time: Then ran the install:
vrbc 7.6 security patch (7.6.0.46000) installation fails
installing vRBC security patch fails: logs: /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/vami.log /opt/vmware/var/log/vami/updatecli.log Cause: the /boot partition ran out of space Resolution: Take a snapshot of the vrb appliance and perform the below: SSH to vRB VA. Create temp directory and move old kernel files. re-run the upgrade to the security build
Usage meter 4.3/4.4 vCenter server Partial collection failure: Events
Usage meter reports partial collection failure: events Cause: Connection was closed before the data could be retrieved successfully. Usage meter requests vCenter for events, this api generally takes some time to respond either due to the huge number of events or slowly due to heavy processing on the vCenter. Resolution: Increase timeouts* take a snapshot […]
Saltstack + vSphere: Deploying Windows VM’s with Windows Minion
Ensure that you have set up sphere provider provider, refer my previous blog https://blog.ntitta.in/?p=597 create a windows profile /etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/w16k.conf Ensure that you have the smbprotocol and pypsexec installed on the guest windows server template, ensure vmware tools is installed and create a PowerShell script in the path: c:\scripts\e.winrm.ps1, refer salt doc for more information: https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/cloud/windows.html […]
upgrade vRA 8.2 to 8.3
Upgrade LCM Log in to LCM> Lifecycle operations> Settings> System upgrade Create snapshot Once snapshot is done, Click on Check for upgrade, vRLCM will reboot as a part of the upgrade. Wait patiently… (go have a coffee) On successfull upgrade, we should see : Add vRA package repository to LCM Download vRA 8.3 upgrade repository […]
SaltStack-Config-8.3.0.0 Default GUI user password?
user: root when deployed via LCM:Password: same as appliance password as configured on LCM When deployed via ovf(vCenter)password: salt
Getting started with salt stack and VMware (vCenter)
Salt stack (salt open) is an opensource utility that can be used to orchestrate vCenter tasks. In this blog, I will guide you on how to install, and set a basic clone operation with salt stack. Install: pre-requisite: Linux VM (cent os or ubuntu), I’ve used Ubuntu 20.4 for the below example. Log into ssh […]