esxtop output launched from a terminal emulator displays incorrectly. We will update the environment variable value so esxtop information displays correctly
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NSX-T password expiration alarms in the Home Lab
The challenge I have a couple of NSX-T environments in my home lab. I logged on to one of them and...
Upgrade Methodology – Upgrade the homelab
This post is not as a end-to-end upgrade guide but a methodology guide. Everything is more or less...
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Configuring Tesla M60 cards for NVIDIA GRID vGPU
There are a couple of steps which need to be taken to configure the Tesla M60 cards with NVIDIA GRID VGPU in a vSphere / Horizon environment. I have listed them here quick and dirty. They are an extract of the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software User Guide. On the...
Unsupported upgrade of VCSA 6.5 U2 to 6.7
I decided to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5 U2 to 6.7 though it is not supported, see VMware KB. As this is not supported you will NOT want go ahead with this in a production environment. Maybe I will have regrets later on too … but this is my lab...
Setting up the lab in Ravello – Part 1 : the jumphost
In these series we will create a lab with multiple components, a jumphost, vcsa, esxi, a vsan enabled cluster, nsx and maybe more. The aim of the series is to learn about deploying all components onto the Ravello cloud. Part 1: Creating the Jumphost Part one of...
boot failure: systemctl status system-fsck-root.service
I had downtime in my lab due to an power failure which resulted in a boot failure of my VCSA 6.5 appliance. Looking on the console showed me a "[FAILED] Failed to start File System Check on /dev/dis...uuid/uuid. See 'systemctl status system-fsck-root.service' for...
Manage your PowerCLI vCenter menu entries
When connecting to your vCenter server via PowerCLI, one can use the -menu option. This will give a list of entries you recently used. You can manage the entries here: C:\Users\username\Appdata\Roaming\VMware\PowerCLI\RecentServerList.xml Connect-viserver -menu
vShield Endpoint SVM status vCenter alarm
vCenter is showing an alarm on the TrendMicro Deep Security Virtual Appliance (DSVA): 'vShield Endpoint SVM status' Checking vShield for errors: The DSVA VA console window shows: (as to where it should show a red/grey screen) Let's go for some log file analysis To get...
Start or stop ESXi services using PowerCLI
Start the ssh service on all hosts: [crayon-6093ec4315536808027255/] Thanks to Alan Renouf at virtu-al.net, where I found this snippet: https://www.virtu-al.net/2010/11/23/enabling-esx-ssh-via-powercli/ If you want to start the ssh service on a single host, change...
From IOmeter to VMware I/O Analyzer fling
VMware I/O Analyzer is a tool to launch orchestrated tests against a storage solution available from the VMware flings website. It can be used as a single appliance where the worker process and the analytics is done within. Additional appliances can be deployed to act...
VMware SRM 5.8.1 Embedded Database refuses to uninstall
VMware SRM 5.8.1 Embedded Database refuses to uninstall. Clicking uninstall in 'Control Panel - Programs and Features' showed a progress bar going forward and then rolling back. Afterwards 'Control Panel - Programs and Features' showed that the embedded PostgreSQL was...