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The Given Key was Not Present in the Dictionary – vsphere 6.0
Problem I tried to Storage vMotion a VM and noticed that the vCetner and ESXI hosts had suddenly became unlicensed in vsphere 6.0. Looking in the licensing section the following error appeared "the...
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All Interfaces of the Edge Gateway are in use – vCloud Director
Problem A customer tried to create an Org VDC network which connected to an edge Gateway. The following error message appeared: All Interfaces of the edge gateway are in use Resolution: It...
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The Tenant Does Not Allow Managing Any of Their Backup Servers Remotely
Issue Veeam 9.5, Update 3. Veeam Cloud Connect A handy feature from Veaem 9.5 U2 allows Service Providers the option to connec to the tenants console in order to troubleshoot. When trying to open up a...
View ArticleInstalling Puppet Agent on Ubuntu 16.04
Problem: When trying to install the puppet agent on an Ubuntu 16.04 server the following error appeared Command: curl -k https://puppet:8140/packages/current/install.bash | sudo bash %...
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vMotion Failing : Error 195887167
Problem New install of vSphere 6.5. When trying to vMotion a VM from one host svesx01 (192.168.131.111) to another host svesx02 (192.168.131.112) the process failed with the following error: Failed...
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Find Location of SSO Server
Issue I needed to find the location of an SSO server in vCenter 5.5 Resolution In the web client go to : {VCENTER} -> Manage -> Settings -> Advacned Settings -> config.vpxd.sso.sts.url
View ArticlevSphere Webclient Not Redirecting After SSO Repoint
Problem: After repointing to a new SSO server (see http://www.jordansphere.co.uk/split-sso-server-in-vsphere-5-5/ ) the webclient was stil re-directing to the old login screen (for the old SSO...
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vCenter Unable to Connect to AD Server
Problem I attempted to log into VCSA 6.5 (with external PSC) with my domain credentials but was rejected. It soon became apparent that the VCSA was no longer connected to the AD domain. I tried to...
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Set VMware Multipathing via PowerCLI
Query I wanted to apply ROUND ROBIN multipathing and set IOPS to 10 (as recommended by the vendors best practices) on each datastore in my cluster using a PowerCLI command. Command First of all you...
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vSphere HA – Cannot find a network adapter for the vCenter Server management...
Problem While trying to deploy vCenter HA the following error occurred: Cannot find a network adapter for the vCenter Server management (NIC0) on the vCenter Server Appliance guest OS. Once available,...
View ArticleSyncing Active Directory Time with NTP Server
Problem The Domain Controllers (Windows 2016) were around ~20 seconds out of sync. I wanted to sync it with uk.pool.ntp.org Solution 1) Find the PDC On a host on the domain run the following...
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In Order to Perform This Operation a Successful Bind Must Be Completed on the...
Problem When trying to connect vCloud Director 9.1 to Active Directory I was presented with the following error when trying to test LDAP Settings LDAP_SEARCH_ERROR – [LDAP: error code 1 – 000004DC:...
View ArticleUnable to SSH or HTTPS to ESXi 6.5 Host
Problem I was unable to connect to an ESXi host via SSH and HTTPS. However, DCUI still worked (and the host was still connected in vCenter) so we knew the password was correct Troubleshooting...
View ArticleThe pending transaction requires 242 MB free space, however the maximum...
Problem When trying to update the Dell MEM from 1.2 to 1.5 on ESXi 6.0 I got an error 15 in Update Manager Using esxcli update method I was presented with the following error: The pending...
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VCD: A General System Error Occurred: Weak Password: Not Enough Different...
Problem When trying to prepare a host (after an unprepare) in vCloud Director 8.20 (ESXi 6.0) I got the following error: Remote call failure on host [vcId=8af60e1e-3f9d-4d01-a69b-0f4c94e7f09a,...
View ArticleHow to Setup NTP on CentOS 7
This is a quick start guide to set up NTP on Centos 7 1. Install NTP service yum install ntp 2. Start service systemctl start ntpd 3. Enable service systemctl enable ntpd 4. Edit NTP...
View ArticleInstall RabbitMQ for vCloud Director 9
Here are the step-by-step instructions to install RabbitMQ. This install will be used for a vCloud Director 9.1 installation. Desired versions: Rabbit MQ : 3.7.7 Erlang: 20.1.7.1 (>19.3...
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Invalid PEM Data Received for Private Key – NSX Edge
Problem When attempting to import an SSL certificate into an NSX Edge firewall I got the following error: Invalid PEM data received for private key Resolution The private key was in PKCS#8 which...
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Configure RabbitMQ for vCloud Director 9
In this example we will be using the Web interface for configuration. 1. Login via http:\\{IP}:15672 to with administrator credentials 2. When logged in. Click Exchanges tab -> Add a new exchange...
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Adding vNICs in UCS Causes vmnic Reorder in ESXi 6.5
Problem I added two new vNics to UCS. When I rebooted I realised there was something wrong. One of my iSCSI paths was down and one of the new vmnics wasnt working at all. Troubleshooting After much...
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