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 …

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

Thanks to all who supported me with my application. vExpert Directory

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 …

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 …

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 /> Family:6<br /> Model:60<br /> …

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 />

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 /> ui.version=2.5.0.0<br /> …

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 [ ~ ]#<br />

Service Mesh for Dummies Guide Running Kubernetes? Explore service mesh, an abstraction layer that takes care of service-to-service communications, observability, and resiliency in modern, cloud-native applications. VMware Social Media Advocacy