BOOT.CFG amendment does not work to automate ESXi install with KS.CFG file
Hello, if I press shift+o at boot and I enter: ks=nfs://IP1/KS/KS.CFG ip=IP2 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=IP3 netdevice=vmnic0 it works fine. But when I set the line in boot.cfg it does not work. I...
View Articlecorrect upgrade path 6.0 --> 6.7 U1 ?
Hello, i have an environment with 2 x Windows vCenter Server 6.0 & 2 x external PSC on Appliance 6.0. These PSC's / vCenters are configured for enhanced linked mode and use the same SSO-Domain....
View ArticleUpgrading 6.5 VCHA with external Platform Services Controllers
Hey Community, I wanted to confirm the upgrade steps for vCenter 6.5 with external platform services controller and VCHA. In my configuration I have two platform services controller that sit behind a...
View ArticleUnable to access into vSphere Web Client after completion of stage 2...
Hi, I have just completed my installation from the vCenter Applicance installer, i manage to complete the installation at stage 2 and receive a link for the "Appliance Getting started Page". However...
View ArticleUpgrading 6.5 VCHA with external Platform Services Controllers
Hey Community, I wanted to confirm the upgrade steps for vCenter 6.5 with external platform services controller and VCHA. In my configuration I have two platform services controller that sit behind a...
View ArticlevCenter Lost, All esxi Hosts are with vDS, what needs to be done
Dear All, We have a problem where we have lost our vcenter which was running on Windows 2012 R2, version 6.0U2, had some problem with embedded PostgreSQL database, some corruption. As a result of that...
View ArticleUpgrade VMware ESXi, 5.1.0, 1065491
Hello, I am looking at upgrading our the VMWARE we have installed on our HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8, when it was installed we used the HP bare metal server VMWARE install iso.I'm looking at upgrading from...
View ArticleELX_bootbank_elx-esx-libelxima.so conflict between patch baseline and HP...
In esxupdate.log when checking compliance in VUM:ValueError: VIBs ELX_bootbank_elx-esx-libelxima.so_12.0.1108.0-03 and ELX_bootbank_elx-esx-libelxima.so_12.0.1108.0-03 have unequal values of the...
View ArticleUpgrade Stage 2 - Fails immediately with - Error Source host is not reachable...
When I initiate the migration from VCSA 6.5U2 to 6.7U1 I get the error message immediately after clicking finish to the second stage wizard: I can ping the target host by FQDN name from another PC AND...
View ArticleSNMP monitoring of VCSA 6.7 VPXD service
I am in the process of migrating some vCenters into VCSA Linux appliance (v 6.7).I'm wondering what others are doing for simple monitoring of these VMs without a product like vRealize Operations...
View ArticleGateway in Network Settings of VCSA 6.7 U2 disappears every time
Hello, we are trying to install the new VCSA 6.7 U2 for our new ESX Servers. The installation process deploys the Appliance but at the step where the installer tries to verify the deployment we get an...
View Articleresolving hostname failed in esxi 6.5
How to fix this error : Resolving hostname failed
View Articleresolving hostname failed esxi 6.5
i am building a little home lab and after installing and configure vmware esxi hyp. 6.5 I keep get an error ”resolving hostname (homelab.com) failed”
View ArticleVmware 6.5 fails to assign an ip for a linux vm if the network adapter is...
I am using vmware sdk to create a linux vm(ubuntu) on vmware 6.5 by specifying a network adapter, which is an invalid value input wrongly.The network adapter should be vmxnet3, but it is written as...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - problem with access to the virtual machine on port 443
Hello,I have a problem with port 443. I would like to secure the SSL Rocket Chat application on one of the virtual machines (Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS). I have ports 80 and 443 open on the router, but it only...
View Articleupgrading vcenter appliance from 5.5 to 6.0_json
Hi Luc, I have few doubts updating vc appliance 5.5 to 6.0 appliance using json .can you help in json template or suggest where i can route questions to.
View ArticleClusters with mixed ESXi versions: "officially supported" vs "discouraged?"
Some people say it's fine, period.Some people say it's fine only in the short term (i.e during rolling upgrades).Some people say it's strongly discouraged and you really shouldn't do it at all. What's...
View ArticleUpgrades fail
I just got my vhosts to upgrade to 6.7 but when I try and do the additional patches I get an error saying look at the logs and this is what I found. Not sure what my next step is.
View ArticleiSCSI Datastore inactive
Hi all,After updating ESX Host to VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 13635690 my iSCSI Datastore is inactive and VM´s are inaccessable.iSCSI Target is Synology RS812RP+ Any ideas?Thanks in advance
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