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  • Build Photon OS appliance using packer.io

    calendarJul 21, 2020 · 1 min read · appliance Photon OS vCenter VMware vSphere  ·
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    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

    calendarJul 20, 2020 · 1 min read · ESXi VMware vSphere  ·
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    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

    calendarJul 20, 2020 · 1 min read · ESXi VMware vSphere  ·
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    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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  • Quick tip: How to identify Skyline version on command line

    calendarJul 20, 2020 · 1 min read · skyline VMware  ·
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    SSH into the Skyline collector and execute the following command: <br /> grep version /usr/local/skyline/ccf/config/collector.properties<br /> Output: <br /> root@photon-machine [ ~ ]# grep version /usr/local/skyline/ccf/config/collector.properties<br /> collector.version=2.5.0.0<br /> …


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

    calendarJul 20, 2020 · 1 min read · VMware vROPs  ·
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    SSH into the vROPs machine and execute the following command. <br /> cat /etc/vmware/.buildInfo | grep RELEASENUMBER<br /> Output: <br /> root@vRealizeClusterNode [ ~ ]# cat /etc/vmware/.buildInfo | grep RELEASENUMBER<br /> RELEASENUMBER:8.1.0.15972145<br /> root@vRealizeClusterNode [ ~ …


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  • VMware Skyline: Hostname verification

    calendarJun 20, 2020 · 1 min read · skyline VMware  ·
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    If you do SSL inspection in your company you can run into issues when using Skyline as the collector does Hostname verification. This will ensure the collector is connecting to the appropriate server by looking at the certificate’s “dnsName” or “subjectAltName” fields against the host in the URL of the connection. As …


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  • VMware Skyline: Reset Root or Admin credentials

    calendarJun 18, 2020 · 1 min read · skyline VMware  ·
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    Reset Root Password To reset the root password: Restart the Skyline appliance.<br /> From the Console screen of the appliance when you see the PhotonOS splash screen press "e".<br /> At the end of the PhotonOS boot command add "rw init=/bin/bash"<br /> Press F10 to access to the …


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  • VMware Skyline: Restart Collector Service

    calendarJun 17, 2020 · 1 min read · skyline VMware  ·
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    Login to the Skyline collector using the Web console in the vSphere client as user root. systemctl restart ccf-collector.service This will restart the collector service.


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  • VMware Skyline: How to enable / disable Email notifications.

    calendarJun 16, 2020 · 1 min read · skyline VMware  ·
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    Go to https://skyline.vmware.com/advisor and login using your account. On the top right click on Settings This will bring you to the following page where you can enable or disable the Skyline Email notification for your account in your Skyline Org.


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  • Photon OS rsyslog send to Syslog Server – Quick Guide

    calendarMar 19, 2020 · 1 min read · Photon OS vRLI  ·
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    Requirements: Photon OS based virtual machine VMware vRealize Log Insight or any other Syslog server Configuration of Photon OS: Install rsyslog tdnf install rsyslog Extend /etc/rsyslog.conf with Syslog Server target replace the following line: . @@remote-host:514 with for example (syslog.local is the IP or name of …


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