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 want to upgrade your vCenter Server Appliance from 7.0.x to 8.0x you have to check a lot dependencies and Interoperabilities, but one thing the most of you (including me) may didn´t have on the radar... The LDAPS certificate!! The error showed a certificate issued for an AD related system and so I discovered... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wonder how to update the Nvidia vGPU vibs on your ESXi servers? In this case I updated an ESXi 7.0.3 to Nvidia vGPU 16.2. Get the version that is supported for your environment from Nvidia -> https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/ and store them on a storage you can access from each ESXi (Shared ISO datastore... 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 →
If you have a problem with the IPv6 multicast discovery during the VxRail initial cluster deployment, here´s another option!! You can add hosts via IP address by klicking the + button in the top right corner and add all hosts by IP Adress and root password. But first you need to configure the IP settings... 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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