vCSA /storage/log Running Full
I have been trouble shooting a problem with the /storage/log running full, for a customer. The problem was that the file /storage/log/vmware/vmware-sps/sps-runtime.log.stderr file was growing very large. I the log file I found the the vmware-sps (Storage Profile Service) had some problems. The errors looks like this May 31, 2021 7:18:02 AM org.bouncycastle.jsse.provider.ProvTlsClient notifyAlertRaised INFO:…
vRealize Automation 8.4.1 and Other Released
VMware has released vRealize Automation 8.4.1. vRealize Automation Saltstack 8.4.1, vRealize Orchestrator 8.4.1 and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4.1. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4.1 This is a bug fixing version and it give support for vRealize Automation 8.4.1 and vRealize Automation Saltstack 8.4.1. See the release notes here. vRealize Automation 8.4.1 and vRealize Automation Saltstack…
vCenter Patches Released, Fixes Security Issue
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 3p, 6.7 Update 3n and 7.0 Update 2b, this contains a serious security bug. It also con Security Issues VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the VMware vSAN health check plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to…
Vertical Scale Up of a vIDM 3.3.4
With the latest version of vRealize Suite Life Cycle Manager (vRSLCM) it’s possible to do vertical scale of more of the products. One of my customer wanted to do a vertical scale of there vIDM version 3.3.4, but it that failed wit error code: LCMVIDM72239 in stage 9 “Disk Partition…..”. It turned out that the…
VMware Event Broker Appliance v0.6.0 Fling Released
Michael Gasch and William Lam has released version 0.6.0 of there VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA) fling. This is one of my favorite flings at the moment, and i have been using it since version 0.4.0. What’s new: Flingen VEBA er kommer I version 0.6.0 Knative er det nu fuldt integrated PowerShell native Sockeye vCenter…
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.1.2 Released
VMware has released NSX-T Data Center 3.1.2. This is release contains some minor feature and enhancement and bug fixes, and security fixes. NOTE: VMware has annonced that the N-VDS on vSphere 7.0 will be deprecated in the future releases, so it a good idea to look into the migration to the VDS 7.x switch, VMware…
VMware vRealize Suite 8.4 Released
VMware has released vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4, vRealize Automation 8.4, vRealize Automation Saltstack 8.4, vRealize Operations 8.4, vRealize Log Insight 8.4, vRealize Orchestrator 8.4 and vRealize Network Insight 6.2. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4 What’s new: VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.4.0 Easy Installer support vRealize Automation Salt Stack Config Standalone support VMware Identity…
vCenter Upgrade Problem
A few weeks ago i had a problem upgrading a vCenter from version 6.7 to 7.0 update 2, and this week my good colleague Christian Møller had the same problem, at another customer. I normally uses a JSON file to do the upgrade, instead of using the wizard, as i find it easier and faster.…
Missing the ESXi root password
I just had a support case, with customer that did not know the root password of there ESXi host because they are managed by a service provider and i needed access to one of them for some troubleshooting. My good colleague Christian Møller has blogged about how to reset the root password in this blog,…
RVTools 4.1.2 Released
Rob de Veij has just released a new version of one of my favorit tools, I uses all the time, a big thanks to Rob for this fantastic tools, for collecting a lot of information from vCenter or from a single ESXi host. What’s new: RVTools msi is now signed with a Sectigo certificate Log4net…