The Broadcom site ID of my company was renewed due to the consolidation of several older site IDs. What does this mean in the VMware context? All download tokens I created in april are now invalid, and neither my vCenter nor Lifecycle Manager in my home lab can download update files from Broadcom anymore. In... Continue Reading →
Since the acquisition by Broadcom, many things have changed, including the location where the downloads for the Health Analyzer files are available. https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/VHA-FULL-OVF10https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/VHA-COLLECTOR-OVF10https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/VHA-collector-install-and-user-guidehttps://pstoolhub.broadcom.com/ Furthermore, a key is required, and the link for it has also been moved to the Broadcom domain. https://pstoolhub.broadcom.com/index.html With this updated information, you should be able to access everything needed to... Continue Reading →
Since Broadcom introduced the new Download Tokens for entitlement-based access, it's important to configure them in all relevant VMware components to ensure smooth updates and patching. To set the token in VCSA VAMI: Go to https://<vcenter>:5480 Log in as root Navigate to Update > Settings Enter your Broadcom Download Token under Repository Settings https://dl.broadcom.com/<downloadToken>/PROD/COMP/VCENTER/vmw/8d167796-34d5-4899-be0a-6daade4005a3/8.0.3.00400 Replace <downloadToken> with the download token assigned to you. Further patches automatically update this URL.... Continue Reading →
I wanted to import a VM in a vCenter managed vSphere 7 cluster, but during the deployment/import task an error occured! I checked the the /var/log/vmware/vpxd.log, where I found the following line Transfer failed: Invalid response code: 403, note that HTTP/s proxy is configured for the transfer. So this brought me on track to check... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had the problem that your vCenter Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) could not connet to the default download source/repositories?? By default the standard is https://hostupdate.vmware.com/ and sometimes there are problems connect to them after changes, reboots or vCenter update/upgrades. If you want to check if its a problem related by the changes you made... Continue Reading →
If you have a home lab or a sealed off environment with no DNS in place, you can use the local hosts files of vCenter and ESXi to setup a "name service". You can use vi to edit the /etc/hosts file or to make it much easier use this command echo "192.168.0.1 esx01 esx01.domain.local" >>/etc/hosts... Continue Reading →
Some months ago I wanted to update my homelab VCSA 7.0. I used the VAMI update feature to install the latest available update at this time. After pre update check an error message stated that "Update installation failed. vCenter Server is non-operational." After some research I discovered that there is a file existing that contains... Continue Reading →
The Ruby vSphere Console(RVC) is one important tool to check the state of your vSAN. It is part of the vCenter(VCSA and Windows) and in this article I focus on the VCSA. Connect to VCSA Connect to VCSA via SSH and login as root or simular. Start and login RVC Now you have to start... Continue Reading →
Like the most of us I made the decision to a homelab. Some years ago I started with one HP Microserver N40L and over the last years this setup evolves to the current state. My homelab approach was to have an environment where I can test the most of the things I´m doing every day... Continue Reading →
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