Hello All,

On a newly installed vCenter server 6.7, I installed yum with the command tdnf install yum (as detailedin the PhotonOS documentation). Eveyrhting ran fine, the following packages being installed :

yum-metadata-parser                                          x86_64                 1.1.4-2.ph1                                   57.10 k

yum                                                          noarch                 3.4.3-7.ph1                                    4.18 M

urlgrabber                                                   noarch                 3.10.1-3.ph1                                 504.62 k

python2-libs                                                 x86_64                 2.7.15-8.ph1                                  15.50 M

python2                                                      x86_64                 2.7.15-8.ph1                                   1.87 M

python-xml                                                   x86_64                 2.7.15-8.ph1                                 329.53 k

python-rpm                                                   x86_64                 4.13.0.2-1.ph1                               197.62 k

pycurl                                                       x86_64                 7.21.5-4.ph1                                 143.50 k

After that, I could not log back to the vCenter server :

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/base/bin/vherdrunner", line 6, in <module>

    import vherdrunner

  File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/base/bin/vherdrunner.py", line 9, in <module>

    from defusedxml import xmlrpc

ImportError: No module named defusedxml

I then decided to remove Yum and all the above packages. This ran fine. But, now, I don't even have a python interpreter left :

Last login: Wed Jul 10 10:05:25 2019 from 172.31.251.249

/bin/appliancesh: /usr/lib/applmgmt/base/bin/vherdrunner: /usr/bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

/bin/appliancesh: line 8: /usr/lib/applmgmt/base/bin/vherdrunner: Success

Do you know how I could restore the correct version of sofwares so that everything goes back in order? I'm very surprised that the package system can be so easily broken...

Hello,

We are on a new project and I am a little lost for planning

The project is an installation of 2 Esx 6.7 Servers with a Dell Storage between them

I have many qustions:

1. Where to start? Storage or esx?

2. How to manage the Raids on the Storage, I heard that they are Virtual Raid?

3. How to configure Virtual Network Adapter Physics on Esx?

Thank you

We began to upgrade our Workstation Pro based labs to v15 and have noticed on upgraded computers from v14, that NSX based labs break due to what appears to be loss of jumbo frame support (was hard coded to 1600 in Workstation Pro v14). We're reproduced the problem on two computers so far, and holding off on upgrades until we confirm this. Previously v12-14 of Workstation Pro allowed 1600 byte frames by default on virtual network adapters, but with the upgrade, this now seems to be 1500 bytes. Has anyone else seen this? VMWare, can we get this put back into v15? Thanks, dude64

I downloaded the Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019 ISOs the day they became available so I can start working on my templates.

I built the templates with EFI, paravirtual for the C drive and vmxnet3 adapter. I've been using this combo for other versions of windows 10/8/7and windows server 2008r2/2012r2/1016 without issue.

So far Windows 2019 (with desktop experience) seems to be ok at least for a basic vm and guest customization. Haven't tried anything else yet.

Windows 10 1809 on the other hand is very, very slow to reboot after the initial install or even just rebooting after making some changes post install. After installing the OS it took 10-15 minutes for the initial windows setup stuff (user, security settings, etc) to appear . I tried a VM set to BIOS and it seemed faster but was still quite slow. Server 2019 and other versions of windows 10 have no issue.

The hosts are esxi 6.5 and 6.7.

I haven't had a chance to try every combo of BIOS/EFI/vmxnet3/e1000e/paravirtual/lsi sas to see if one is the cause of the issue but was wondering if anyone else had noticed any issues or if it was just me?

Thanks

Hi,

We are in the process of migrating our virtual machines from the old vSphere v5.5 to the new vSphere 6.5. The vCenter server for vSphere v5.5 is a separate server than then vSphere v6.5 vCenter server.

In the old vSphere v5.5U3g vCenter web client, I cannot see Administration - Single Sign-On - Users and Groups or Configuration when I am login as Administrator@vsphere.local.

I have tried these possible solutions below, but none will help.

1. VMware kb-57727 where I cleaned out the "work" and "pickup" folders.

2. Uninstalled, reboot, and reinstalled the webclient service on the old vSphere v5.5 vCenter server.

Any other sugguestions?

(In the new vSphere v6.5 vCenter web client, I can see Administration - Single Sign-On when I am login as Administrator@vsphere.local.)

Thank you,

Dean

Hi all,

I'd like to know what's the best way to have vCenter in a Horizon 7 environment. Some say you can use VCSA. This means it's a VM. One can do the same with a windows server with vCenter installed also as a VM.

As I started with Vmware 10 years ago one was told to have it as a physical machine beside all the esxi servers. Are there other recommendations nowadays?

This question comes up because we plan an environment with Horizon 7 and about 12 ESXi servers. The network will be splitted in 3 different subnets. VDI should then deliver desktops with different rights to access these subnets.

Any idea would be very appreciated.

Thank you...!

Is there a way to filter vcenter datastores list using Host system using vSphere REST API?

I have looked into the documentation - REST API - list

Is there any way possible now or plans to support this filter?

Thanks.

Hi,

  I want to profile vcp plugin for its CPU and memory usage.

  For remote monitoring I'am trying to enable JMX  port for vsphere-ui service.

  Tried modifying the wrapper.conf  but jmx port never get open for remote monitoring.

wrapper.java.additional.22="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote"
wrapper.java.additional.23="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=2222"
wrapper.java.additional.24="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false"
wrapper.java.additional.25="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"
wrapper.java.additional.26="-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=hostname where vcenter runs"
wrapper.java.additional.27="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=2222"

Thanks,

Hey All,

I am totally new to vRO and had a few questions.

I need the ability to delete snapshots older than 14 days..  How would I accomplish this and is there an example workflow I could download?  Also
once completed how would I schedule running of the workflow? Can I do this from a vRA subscription, etc?

viocli identity configure fails with SAML2 identity provider

We have a planning to use Keycloak IDP to VIO 5.0 federation.

Your web page hasn't any example for mapping rules & attribute mapping files which is needed with 'viocli federation identity-provider add'

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Integrated-OpenStack/5.0/com.vmware.openstack.admin.doc/GUID-8189630B-5985-4428-B1A8-ECA686FA7346.html

Are there any workaround jobs or any examples

Thank you

I have been trying to get this to work for over 2 months.  As far as I can tell, the app is VPP and is set up correctly to auto install upon the user logging in to the remote management.  Currently, I am having to install the Hub using the Workspace ONE console. I actually have to click Install 2 times in order to have it install.

Hi All,

Is there any script where i can upgrade multiple VMs VMtools  ,

like i will show the VM names in text file and VMtools exe file in a location.

Thanks in Advance.

Hey all,

I am having trouble trying to work out the best architecture for 4 sites to be in linked mode...

My client has 4 sites

2 sites in AD domain x

2 sites in AD domain y

Both AD domains are in the same forest and have a 2 way trust

The client wants a vCenter in all sites with linked mode between all of them.

Does this require that all vCenter servers are in the same SSO domain?

Do the sites link in a ring as below or more like a mesh?

Updating Windows Server 2012 R2 vSphere install to 6.7U2a VCSA.

The error is "Internal error occurs during the VMware vCenter Server Database pre-upgrade checks".

Specifically in the CollectRequirements_com.vmware.vcdb_* file:

2019-07-10T15:44:59.446Z INFO __main__ Set root upgrade folder to: C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts
2019-07-10T15:44:59.489Z INFO sdk_utils Loading external install configuration from C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\config\vcsa_install_config.json
2019-07-10T15:44:59.538Z INFO install_param_utils Retrieve install-parameter feature.states=
2019-07-10T15:44:59.538Z INFO featureState_utils Found FSS 'DeferHistoryImport' with value 'True'
2019-07-10T15:44:59.546Z INFO __main__ Context file C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\upgrade_working_directory\system-data\upgrade-com.vmware.vcdb-upgradeContext does not exist. Use default context
2019-07-10T15:44:59.546Z INFO extensions Found upgrade phase <module 'vcdb' from 'C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\__init__.py'>:CollectRequirements'
2019-07-10T15:44:59.546Z INFO extensions Executing upgrade phase '<module 'vcdb' from 'C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\__init__.py'>:CollectRequirements' with context {u'resourceDir': u'C:\\mig2668.tmp\\PFiles\\VMware\\CIS\\cis_upgrade_runner\\upgrade_working_directory', u'sourceSsoPassword': 'CENSORED', u'devMode': False, u'sourcePlatform': u'Windows', u'destinationPlatform': u'Linux', u'destinationVcVersion': u'6.7', u'sourceSsoUsername': None, u'locale': u'en', 'logDir': u'C:\\Users\\ADMINI~1.RTP\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\vcsMigration', u'sourceVcVersion': u'6.5', u'sourceSsoVersion': u'6.5', u'vcdb.migrateSet': u'all', u'destinationSsoVersion': u'6.7', u'systemExportDir': u'C:\\mig2668.tmp\\PFiles\\VMware\\CIS\\cis_upgrade_runner\\upgrade_working_directory\\system-data'}.
2019-07-10T15:44:59.598Z INFO vcdb.const Configuring log folder paths in C:\Users\ADMINI~1.RTP\AppData\Local\Temp\vcsMigration
2019-07-10T15:44:59.598Z INFO vcdb.const Python 2
2019-07-10T15:44:59.598Z INFO vcdb.const Retrieving DB type...
2019-07-10T15:44:59.604Z INFO vcdb.const Retrived DB type: postgresql
2019-07-10T15:44:59.608Z INFO vcdb.const Getting vCenter Server DSN...
2019-07-10T15:44:59.608Z INFO vcdb.const vCenter Server uses DSN: VMware VirtualCenter
2019-07-10T15:44:59.609Z INFO vcdb.const Retrieving DB user...
2019-07-10T15:44:59.611Z INFO vcdb.const DB user retrieved: vc
2019-07-10T15:44:59.615Z INFO vcdb.const Retrieving DB password...
2019-07-10T15:45:00.743Z INFO vcdb.const DB password retrieved: ****
2019-07-10T15:45:00.746Z INFO vcdb.const crossPlatform: yes
2019-07-10T15:45:00.749Z INFO vcdb.const VCDB: embedded
2019-07-10T15:45:00.749Z INFO vcdb.const DB type: embedded
2019-07-10T15:45:00.750Z INFO vcdb.const Validating source embedded schema...
2019-07-10T15:46:43.322Z INFO vcdb.const Source embedded schema validation completed.
2019-07-10T15:46:43.387Z ERROR __main__ Upgrade Phase 'vcdb:CollectRequirements' failed. Exception: (u'08001', u'[08001] FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "vc"\n')
Traceback (most recent call last):  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\componentPhaseLauncher.py", line 461, in main    executionResult = systemExtension(exeContext)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\libs\sdk\extensions.py", line 94, in __call__    result = self.extension(*args)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\libs\sdk\extensions.py", line 110, in _func    return func(*args)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\__init__.py", line 25, in do_collect_upgrade_requirements    req = do_windows_collect_req(context)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\vcdb_collect_requirements_functions.py", line 1171, in do_windows_collect_req    calc_estimates_oracle_external(dsn_name_org, vc_user_org, vc_pass_org, "False")  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\ms2pg\estimateOracle.py", line 189, in calc_estimates_oracle_external    connection = get_connection(dsn_name, vc_user, vc_pass)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\ms2pg\connection_util.py", line 15, in get_connection    return pypyodbc.connect(con_str)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\ms2pg\pypyodbc.py", line 2439, in __init__    self.connect(connectString, autocommit, ansi, timeout, unicode_results, readonly)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\ms2pg\pypyodbc.py", line 2488, in connect    check_success(self, ret)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\ms2pg\pypyodbc.py", line 1008, in check_success    ctrl_err(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, ODBC_obj.dbc_h, ret, ODBC_obj.ansi)  File "C:\mig2668.tmp\PFiles\VMware\CIS\cis_upgrade_runner\payload\component-scripts\vcdb\ms2pg\pypyodbc.py", line 986, in ctrl_err    raise DatabaseError(state,err_text)
DatabaseError: (u'08001', u'[08001] FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "vc"\n')

Any ideas?

hi folks,

I have many luns that are using Fixed PSP, so I want to know if it's safe to change on the fly to RR or what's the best procedure to change ?

Regards

HI all,

I have same issue as OP from this post: Snapshot Consolidation Issues - No Space Available

So, it is an ESXi 6.0 (no vCenter, No shared storage, free version) running only one virtual machine with 1 TB datastore, and now with 0KB of free space. I was trying to make free space by deleting the snapshot from the snapshot manager and after I was trying to run a snapshot consolidation, the process fails (no disk space available), I delete some ISO files and I run the consolidation again and failed again. Now I add new iSCSI storage (Synology 218+) and I'm in the process of moving files from old (1TB local disk) to iSCSI over a datastore browser option 'move file to another location accessible to vCentar).

any idea what is my next step?

Thanks

Hello all.

I have Ubuntu 18.04 (KDE NEON) installed on my PC. I run VMWARE Player with a virtual machine of Windows 10. When i shutdown Windows 10, my PC block.

How can i fix?

Thanks!

Purpose of this post is simple and obvious...  bring back development to thick client.  THANKS!

Hello! I have been trying to figure this out for a few days to no avail, perhaps one of you could shed some light on the situation:

For reference, I would consider myself competent with computing and networking in general, but not really with VMWare. We have an old Dell PowerEdge R510 that we are re-deploying for VMWare. The end goal is to have three DCs and Alienvault successfully up and running.

I installed the 5.5 Update 3 image (the latest supported for the R510, and it works since we already have a 5.5 license from long ago) from Dell smoothly, set up the management network, gave it a hostname, made an entry in DNS, navigated to the hostname: Great, things are smooth. I fired up vSphere and did the same. I set up networking next. We have three VLANs (10, 20, and 30), one for each of our businesses. So, I added those three VLANs in the form of port groups to the default vSwitch. I also added the second NIC that is on our server to the vSwitch and plugged it in, as I found in this best practice guide (page 16). I then attempted to deploy Alienvault first. I attached each NIC on Alienvault to the second VLAN, 20, as this the main business. Fired up the VM, and network conenctivity failed: Great, things are not smooth. I am much more versed in Windows than any other OS, so I created a test Server 2k12 VM. After lots of troubleshooting these are my findings:

When on VLAN 0 or 4095 the test VM can ping ESXi (also on 0 or 4095), but nothing else.

When on any other VLAN, the test VM cannot ping ESXi (neither on 0 or 4095), nor anything else.

In my week of testing, never once have I been able to successfully ping any other machine: Gateway, DNS, another machine on the same subnet: nothing.

All of the testing above was done with valid static IPs in the network and not DHCP. I should note though, that DHCP pulled a 169.xxx address 100% of the time it was in use.

Originally I saw on Google that people have been successful in trying to install 6.7 on this generation of servers (apparently the R710 is a staple in the homelab?), so that was my first course of action. I successfully installed 6.7 and did everything I did above (with the free version, not licensed like our 5.5 is), but to no avail. I thought it was likely a hardware incompatibility issue somewhere since 6.7 is not supported on our server, so that is when I went the 5.5 route, also to no avail.

What am I missing? I have tried practically everything I can think of, including isolating the test machine to it's own vSwitch with the second NIC attached to it.

Below I have attached a screenshot of my networking tab in vSphere, more can be provided if necessary.

     I have scripted out setting all of our relevant alerts for trigger actions to email my distribution list but it doesn't seem to do anything in terms of Reset actions. I have looked through the commands and whenever I do Get-AlarmAction, it will show the SendEmail for the alert but not for the reset rule. Does anyone know how I can see the Reset Rules to add email notifications? Thanks in advance