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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 so I have done some troubleshooting. So I downloaded the ova …

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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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  • ESX IP STORAGE TROUBLESHOOTING BEST PRACTICE

    Dec 22, 2017 ESXi Storage Troubleshooting vSphere

    VMware has released a new White paper about ESXi IP storage troubleshooting. In this paper, we: • Describe how you can analyze packet traces to identify functional and performance issues in an ESX IP storage environment. • Compare packet capture alternatives, and explain why we recommend an inline optical network tap …

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  • VMware Skyline™ is radically transforming customer support

    Aug 30, 2017 skyline Troubleshooting VMware

    VMware Skyline is an innovative proactive support technology that brings high-performing technology and tools to the workbench to radically transform customer support. The VMware Skyline Collector uses automation to securely collect data and perform environment-specific analytics on configuration, feature, and …

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  • ESXi show details about ramdisk usage

    Aug 17, 2017 ESXi Troubleshooting VMware

    The command below will let you check the space that is free on the host for each of the ramdisk mount points. It also shows you the usage of inodes per ramdisk. system visorfs ramdisk list List the RAM disks used by the host. ~ # esxcli system visorfs ramdisk list Ramdisk Name System Include in Coredumps Reserved …

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  • NetApp NFS APD issues – reduction of MaxQueueDepth

    Sep 4, 2016 APD ESXi Troubleshooting VMware

    If you face APD’s in your environment you can follow the KB below to possible improve the situation. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2016122 https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=1014696 When using NFS datastores on some NetApp NFS filer models on an ESXi/ESX host, you experience these symptoms: The NFS …

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