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  • Quicktip upgrade Skyline collector from commandline

    Mar 18, 2021 troubleshooting Skyline Virtualisation VMware

    The VAMI has been removed from the current Skyline Collector 2.7. So a manual upgrade from VAMi is no longer possible but you can trigger a manual upgrade from commandline. 1ssh root@SKYLINE-COLLECTOR First step is to check for a new version 1vamicli update --check Output if a update is available 1root@skyline [ ~ ]# …

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  • Ovftool 4.4.1 import ova from remote url

    Dec 3, 2020 troubleshooting vCenter Virtualisation VMware

    With ovftool 4.4.1 you can directly deploy ovf/ova files from an remote url. As decribed in William's blog post here: https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2020/10/ovftool-4-4-1-upload-ovf-ova-from-url-using-upcoming-pull-mechanism.html Well that did not work for me so I have done some troubleshooting. So I downloaded the …

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  • Upgrade of VCSA 7.0 to 7.0U1 failed using VAMI

    Nov 26, 2020 troubleshooting vCenter Virtualisation VMware

    Yesterday I have upgraded my LAB VCSA from 7.0.0.10700 to 7.0.1.00100. First I had some difficulties using the build in online upgrade which is very likely caused by my bad internet connection. So I have downloaded the VCSA patch iso from: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch …

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  • How to use Skyline Health Diagnostics

    Nov 24, 2020 troubleshooting skyline ESXi vCenter Virtualisation VMware

    First you have to login to SHD using the shd-admin user account. shd-admin / Password set during installation After successful login you will see the Collect Logs & Analyze page: vCenter example: ESXi example: Here you can provide the vCenter or ESXi details so that SHD can trigger a log bundle automatically. Next …

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  • ESXi on ARM rPI4 failed to add to vCenter

    Oct 7, 2020 ARM ESXi Troubleshooting vCenter VMware

    I tried to add my freshly installed rPI 4 running ESXi on ARM to my HomeLab vCenter. It failed with “A general system error occurred: Unable to push signed certificate to host 192.168.0.99” The root cause is that the rPI has no battery backed RTC therefore the time is out of sync and all certificates are invalid. Quick …

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  • ESXi on ARM fling released

    Oct 7, 2020 ARM ESXi Flings VMware

    VMware has finally released ESXi on ARM as a fling. You can run it on a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB better to use the 8GB model. VMware Fling ESXi on ARM

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  • Skyline required permissions have changed

    Jul 24, 2020 skyline VMware

    I just noticed that the required permissions of the Skyline user for vCenters have changed based on KB 59661. Old permissions: vCenter Server Read-Only Role. Global.Diagnostics Global.Health Global.Licenses Global.Settings New permissions: vCenter Server Read-Only Role. Global.Diagnostics Global.Health Global.Licenses …

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  • Build Photon OS appliance using packer.io

    Jul 21, 2020 appliance Photon OS vCenter VMware vSphere

    I found a great article from William Lam about how to build an Photon OS virtual appliance which includes OVF settings for configuration. During my initial tests I faced some issues like the virtual machine network did not connect properly and others. First I had changed the existing scripts to work with the vmware-iso …

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  • Quick tip: How to query CPU microcode revision on a ESXi

    Jul 20, 2020 ESXi VMware vSphere

    SSH to the ESXi host and execute the following command: <br /> vsish -e cat /hardware/cpu/cpuList/0 | grep -i -E 'family|model|stepping|microcode|revision'<br /> Output: <br /> [root@esxi:~] vsish -e cat /hardware/cpu/cpuList/0 | grep -i -E 'family|model|stepping|microcode|revision'<br /> …

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  • Quick tip: How to identify ESXi version on command line

    Jul 20, 2020 ESXi VMware vSphere

    SSH to the ESXi host and execute the following command: <br /> vmware -l<br /> Output: <br /> root@esxi:~] vmware -l<br /> VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 3<br /> [root@esxi:~]<br />

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Michael Hempel

VMware GSS Staff TSE and Technologist from Germany.
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  • Quicktip upgrade Skyline collector from commandline
  • Ovftool 4.4.1 import ova from remote url
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  • ESXi on ARM rPI4 failed to add to vCenter
  • ESXi on ARM fling released
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