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 […]
certificate of FQDN has expired when attempting to add a product into the usage meter, specifically when using Sectigo signed certificates.
When attempting to add a product to usage meter, the product migth fail to add if it has a certificate signed by sectigo Cause: https://support.sectigo.com/articles/Knowledge/Sectigo-AddTrust-External-CA-Root-Expiring-May-30-2020 Resolution: Import root certificates to the appliance java keystone. Steps:* take a snapshot of the appliance* ssh to usage meter appliance* change user to root * create or import the […]
vRA Deployments Fail with IPAM Provider Error: {“code”:3000,”message”:”The extensible attributes for search are not specified. (Dynamic Script Module name : findFixedAddressesByEA#27)”} (Dynamic Script Module name : throwIpamError#28)
After vRA was upgraded from 7.3 to 7.6 and the infoblox plugin to the latest, Deployments fail with the below message: After investigation from Infoblox, we found the Extensible attribute “VMware IPaddress” was missing on infoblox Infoblox Documentation: https://docs.infoblox.com/download/attachments/8945695/Infoblox_IPAM_Plugin_for_VMware_vRA_User%27s_Guide.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1606831097478&api=v2 In a second scenario, Looks like my DHCP range was fully allocated. we root caused this […]
cannot verify certificate chain. when attempting to add vCenter to usage meter 4.x
bump up logs to trace and re-adding shows the below: when looking at the certificate of the venter Cause: Incorrect ordering of the certificates. if you look closely on the certificate chain: Certificate 0 is for the vcenter server and was issued by RapidSSL. Certificate 1 is the DigiCert root certificate. And certificate 2 is […]
vRA 8.x GitLab Integration
Create the GitLab integration in vRealize Automation: 1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Connections > Integrations. 2. Click + ADD INTEGRATION. 3. Select GitLab. 4. Enter the Name and Description. 5. Enter the server URL. 6. Enter the access token. 7. Click VALIDATE. 8. Click ADD. The Access Token is copied from the GitLab console. Preparing […]
HomeLab Storage Upgrade!!
Old blue drives on my dual xeon build!! Red Drives on Netgear nas
vRA 7.6 HP upgrade fails RPM already installed
vRA 7.6 HP upgrade fails with Resolution Run and then re-try the upgrade. if the problem persists then and then re-run the upgrade