Vmkping Using vMotion Stack
Issue: I wanted to test connectivity via the vMotion Stack on a vSphere 6.7 host Syntax vmkping -I {vmk} -S vmotion {IP} eg vmkping -I vmk1 -S vmotion 10.3.4.10
View ArticleFile System Specific Implementation of LookupAndOpen[file] Failed
Issue: A Veeam Proxy VM halted during a back up run and powering back on was unsuccessful Troubleshooting When trying to restart I was presented with the following error and the VM failed to start...
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VCSA Backups Fail
Issue Using FTPS to backup the VCSA 6.7 U2 configuration I got the following error: Error: Structure com.vmware.appliance.recovery.backup.job.details.info has a union with a field not required for...
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Cross vCenter-vMotion Fails
Scenario: Site A (source) – vCenter 6.0 U3 – Vmks in vmotion TCP/IP Stack Site B (destination) – VCSA 6.7 U2 – Vmks in vmotion TCP/IP Stack Error Message on destination host: From vpxa.logs on...
View ArticleRoute Commands on ESXi, VCSA, Linux & Windows
Sample route commands Windows Show routing table route print Add a persistent route ROUTE -p ADD 10.10.129.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 10.5.72.254 ESXi Show routing table esxcfg-route -l Show routing...
View ArticleScript to Customize CentOS 7 Install in a VMware Environment
#!/bin/bash echo "#######################################################################"; echo "This script will Update the OS, install useful tools and configure NTP"; echo...
View ArticleDebug NSX Edge Traffic
OS: NSX Edge: 6.4.x Show routing table show ip route Display debug information on a specific interface debug packet display interface {int_name} eg debug packet display interface vNic_2 Display...
View ArticleUser “postgres” Has No Password Assigned
Problem When trying to remotely connect to Postgres 10.10 install for the first time I got and authentication error via pgadmin From the log files (/var/lib/pgsql/10/data/log/postgresql-Wed.log)...
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vRops Vcloud Director Tenant Portal – Access Denied after Upgrade to 2.2
Problem After upgrading from vcloud director tenant portal 2.0 -> 2.2 all tenants were getting an Access Denied error when trying to view via Operation Manager drop down Resolution All looked...
View ArticleScript to Copy Yesterdays DB Backup to Remote Site
The following script will pick out yesterdays backup file and copy it over to a remote site using SCP Note: The format of the backup files are in this format : db-08-10-2019.bak.gz Note: You will need...
View ArticleInit: Private key not found – Apache Wont Start on CentOS
Problem When attempting to update a certificate in Apache the webserver would not restart. Apache Error Logs: [Tue Oct 29 14:42:07 2019] [error] Init: Private key not found [Tue Oct 29 14:42:07 2019]...
View ArticleCryptographic Error: Trusted Certificate Entries are Not Password-protected...
Problem When replacing the certificates on a vCloud Director 9.5 installation, I ran the configure command and the following error occurred. cryptographic error: trusted certificate entries are not...
View ArticleNew Node Gets Stuck in PendingActive State – NetApp Solidfire
Problem: When trying to add a new NetApp Solidfire (H610S4) node to an existing cluster the node became locked in a PendingActive state. Troubleshooting The log files showed the following error:...
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Create LACP Bond Interface in Centos 7
Issue I had two 10Gb ports I wanted to bond in Dynamic Link Aggegration (802.3ad) To get the network interface list use: nmcli connection In my output I wanted to use ens1f0 and ens1f1 interfaces...
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HP DL460c Blade Randomly Not Recognising SD Card on Reboot
Problem When we reboot an HP DL460c Gen9 blade approximately 50% of the time it would not find the SD card and thus not boot. Resolution When booting -> Press F9 (System Utilities) -> System...
View ArticleScript to install RabbitMQ 3.7.9 on Centos7
Script to install RabbitMQ 3.7.9 on CentOS 7 #!/bin/bash # README # ONLY VARIABLE REQUIRED IS admin password for "rabbitmqctl add_user admin {MyPassword}" # PLease change before running script. #...
View ArticleReset and Configure Cisco Fabric Interconnect
Here are the steps to reset a Fabric Interconnect pair and set them up from scratch. Step 1 – Reset Fabric Interconnects to factory defaults Erase configuration on both Fabric A and Fabric B:...
View ArticleExtend XFS EBS Volume on CentOS AWS Instance
Query I wanted to extend an XFS formatted disk in Linux which is backed by an EBS volume. The mount point is called mydata To extend the volume in AWS: Goto Compute -> EC2 -> EBS -> Volumes...
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Equallogic – Connection to the Server Could Not be Established
Problem I reconfgured the management IP address and default gateway of PS6210X whilst on site. I tested access before I left site. When I got back to the office I was unable to connect to the Group...
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Change iSCSI Apadter Name – ESXi 6.7
Problem I accidentally forgot to set a hostname before making the iSCSI software adapter live..There are no datastore attached to the host yet but i like the IQNs to be recognizable. Solution This...
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