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Setup Located a VCenter Server Database but Not the Companion SSL Certificates
Due to an SSL issue, an upgrade from vCenter 5.5 Update 2b to 6.0.0 U2 failed. Using KB:2110943 I tried replacing the certificates but after much deliberation with VMware Support, they recommended I...
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Upgrade to vCenter 6.0 failed on vSphere Auto Deploy Waiter Firstboot
Problem: I was upgrading from Windows based vCenter 5.5 2e to 6.0.0. U2. The install was going fine and most services had started (including the vCenter Server service) but the installation failed on...
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Error 25085. Setup Failed to Register VMware vSphere Update Manager Extension...
Problem: When upgrading Update Manger from 5.5 to to 6.0.0 U2 on a new windows machine: Error 25085. Setup failed to register VMware vSphere Update Manager extension to VMware Vcenter Server: The...
View ArticleCould Not Open/Create Change Tracking File
During a Veeam backup I was alerted that one of our virtual machines had shutdown. The components concerned were: ESXi 5.5 U2, vCenter 5.5 U2, Veeam 8.0, It appeared during the backup routine a...
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No Process Is on the Other End of the Pipe
I installed a new Windows 2012 server with SQL 2014. Logging in via Windows authentication was successful but when I tried to login via the sa account I was given the following error: A connection...
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List Recovery Model and Compatibility Level for MS SQL DB
Use this query to select the recovery model and compatibility level of a DB on a MS SQL 2005 server. select name, recovery_model_desc, compatibility_level from sys.databases
View ArticleFinding IP Address of Device Using Cisco Switch and Router
Scenario: I had a Raritan PDU that was plugged into a Cisco 2960 switch which in-turn was connected to a Cisco 6506 router. The PDU did not display the IP address and I could see it was plugged into...
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User Already Exists in the Current Database
Scenario: I was transferring a database (mick) from one SQL2005 server to an SQL2012 server. During the mapping of a user login (mick) I got the following the error: Create failed for User 'mick'...
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Update ESXi 6.0 from CLI on Standalone Host
In this example I will upgrading from ESXi 6.0 Update 2 to ESXi Update 3 on a standalone host. 1) Check current version: esxcli system version get Output: 2) Download the required file from VMware...
View ArticleMigrate vCloud Director Database from SQL 2008 to 2014
In order to upgrade vCloud Director 8.0.2 -> 8.2.0 a system requirment arose where SQL2008 was not supported. Checking the VMware compatibility matrix, SQL 2014 was on the list so I provisioned a...
View ArticleSimple NAT Configuration for Cisco Router
The following configuration is for a NAT router which plugs into an Ethernet circuit. The router is set to 192.168.1.1 and running DHCP hostname CustomerA ip dhcp pool LOCAL network 192.168.1.0...
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Nagios MySQL Replication Plugin Fails with UNKNOWN: Should Never Reach This Part
I got the following error when setting up replication between two MySQL 5.6 servers "UNKNOWN: should never reach this part" This was preivously working on MySQL 5.5 servers. It appears that the MySQL...
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Determining Build Number and Version for ESXi via vSphere Web Client
To determine the version and update your ESXi hosts are running, use the following method. It is assumed that vCenter is running in your environment. First of all we need to get build number: Log in...
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Upgrade vShield Manager to NSX Manager in vCloud Director
Components VCNS (source) 5.5.4 NSX Manager (target) 6.2.7 vCenter Appliance 6.0.0.U2 ESXi 6.0.0. U2 vCloud Director 8.0.2 Prerequisites * Ensure all vShield Edges are 5.5 * Increase vShield Manager...
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CBT in a VMware and Veeam Environment
If a situation occurs such as where you have to delete the CBT (ctk-vmdk) files from a VM and you get the following warning from Veeam on the next backup run: CBT data is invalid, failing over to...
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Change IP Address of vShield Manager
I was in the process of upgrading vShield Manager 5.5.4 to 5.5.4.3. In this instance I was deploying a new OVA and then restoring the configuration. To initially give the vShield Manager a static IP...
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No NSX Managers Available. Verify Current User has Role Assigned on NSX Manager
After upgrading from vShield Manager 5.5.4.x to NSX Manager 6.2.4 I logged in via my own own username (mick@vsphere.local). Upon clicking on the Network & Security I was presented with the...
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Migrate VMware Update Manager Database
Here are the steps to move a VUM database from an SQL2008 to SQL2014 server. 1) Stop the VUM service 2) Backup the database using SQL Studio Management 2008 Right click the DB (in this case VUMDB)...
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SSL VPN-Plus Client Fails to Connect
After upgrading from vShield Edge 5.5.4 -> NSX Edge 6.2.4 -> then converting to Advanced Gateway in a vCloud Director (8.20) environment all of my SSL VPN connections failed to establish. The...
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Backing Up Cisco UCS
Pre-requisites: You will need an FTP, TFTP, SCP or SFTP target. In this example I have created an SFTP destination on a CentOS 7 server. To schedule a backup of a Cisco UCS configuration simply log...
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