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  • Deleting the datastore where a content library is hosted is probably not the best idea

    calendarApr 14, 2022 ·  · content library homelab vcenter vsphere  ·
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    Deleting the datastore where a content library is hosted is probably not the best idea but … yes stupid error and now what. If you are not faint of heart (and now how to take a snapshot), you can rectify this. You should contact GSS as there is not documented solution and this might break. Take a snapshot and verify if …


  • VCSA 7 U1 available updates error

    calendarMar 12, 2021 ·  · upgrade vcenter vcenter 7 U1 vCenter 7 U2 vsphere  ·
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    Today I deployed a new VCSA 7 U1 and as U2 has GA’d recently I wanted to update the environment first. So I headed to the VAMI interface > Available Updates page. Immediately there was an error: Error in method invocation ({‘id’: ‘com.vmware.appliance.update.manifest_verification_failed’, …


  • VCSA does not boot due to file system errors

    calendarDec 7, 2020 ·  · fsck homelab lvm vcsa  ·
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    Where do I start troubleshooting? journalctl -xb File System Check Other volumes Reboot Remark Due to a power failure of the storage where the vCenter Server Appliance resides, the VCSA does not boot. Connecting to the console shows the following output: When you see this screen, none of the services are started as the …


  • Upgrade Methodology – Upgrade the homelab

    calendarOct 27, 2020 ·  · methodology upgrade vsphere  ·
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    This post is not as a end-to-end upgrade guide but a methodology guide. Everything is more or less straight forward if one uses the correct methodology. As this is a home lab I have chosen not to add complexity by adding additional nodes to the various components for High Availability but depend on vSphere HA. This …


  • Cross vCenter vMotion Utility

    calendarOct 31, 2019 ·  · homelab vmware  ·
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    Step 1 : Running the jar Step 2 : Configuration Step 3 : Migration Issues Storage vMotion? Target Datastore: Shared datastore (same as source) Conclusion Whilst upgrading the home lab I also decided to rebuild from scratch. There were some challenges to overcome because I have running VMs I don’t want to shut while …


  • Unsupported upgrade of VCSA 6.5 U2 to 6.7

    calendarJun 28, 2018 ·  · upgrade vcsa vmware  ·
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    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 environment so the alternative is to redeploy a new VCSA. …


  • boot failure: systemctl status system-fsck-root.service

    calendarFeb 15, 2018 ·  · fsck vcenter vcsa  ·
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    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 details." message. Therefor it booted into …


  • Manage your PowerCLI vCenter menu entries

    calendarSep 12, 2017 ·  · powercli vcenter  ·
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    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



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Harold is currently a Solution Architect at vConsultants and working for comdivision.

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