vCenter 7.0 Update Issues

Patching the vCenter Server Appliance in vSphere 7.0 has become a lucky bag. When you try to update using the vCenters VAMI, you either have greyed out STAGE ONLY and STAGE AND INSTALL buttons: The installation fails with “Exception occurred in install precheck phase” errors, rendering the VAMI unusable: Or the installation gets stuck on Downloading RPM […]

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VCF Cloud Builder: REUSE

When deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), we deploy an appliance (ova) called Cloud Builder. This appliance allow us to load the parameter file an automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure, allowing us to go from spreadsheet to full SDDC. Cloud Builder also includes the VMware Imaging Appliance that you […]

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VCF – Post VC upgrade status showing “COMPLETE_WITH_FAILURE”

Symptoms Running below command shows VC upgrade status showing “COMPLETE_WITH_FAILURE” (ran post VC upgrade status showed completed)root@fabric-mgmt-sddc01 [ /home/vcf ]# /apps/migrationcoordinator/bin/migration_coordinator_utility –script_name VcUpgrade –status | json_ppFailed due to : ‘Migrates the local OS user for VxRail’, ‘task_status’: ‘FAILED’ Impact Post migration of vCenter to 7.0 U3 migration tool VC final […]

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KB Articles – Part 03

Password Expiration of VMware Appliances https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67414 https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147144 Certificate Expiration How to add Custom CA Certificates to SDDC Manager and Common Services trust stores https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78607 How to import Proxy server certificate to SDDC manager trust store. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/77262  LCM Security Precheck Failurehttps://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/88314?lang=en_US Depot Connectivity https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/70595 https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000063276/dell-emc-vxrail-vcf-on-vxrail-4-7-300-upgrade-bundle-download-failed-with-403-error Log Partition Full on Vmware Appliances […]

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KB Articles – Part 02

vCenter upgrade for mgmt domain failing during VCF 4.2.1 upgrade https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/87062?lang=en_US Dell EMC VxRail: ESXi host shows ‘not responding’ or ‘disconnected’ in vCenter https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000167824/dell-emc-vxrail-esxi-host-shows-not-responding-or-disconnected-in-vcenter-customer-correctable  https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000191728/vxrail-troubleshooting-guide-for-a-vmware-esxi-hosts-in-not-responding-state Troubleshooting DRS https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-5E7F6DEC-02A2-4221-AABA-EDFB9AE9EC70.html Troubleshooting vSphere HA https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.troubleshooting.doc/GUID-DF7CEF44-98EC-458A-8614-50CCAEC0A7C5.html https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004429 https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/2034571?lang=en_US https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/2148003?lang=en_US Troubleshooting an ESXi host in a “not responding” state https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/1003409?lang=en_US VCF Upgrade fails with message […]

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KB Articles – Part 01

Upgrading VCF from 4.1 to 4.2 fails at pre-checks with NTP TIME SYNC CHECK https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/83831?lang=en_US VCF 4.4 Manifest does not contain patch bundles causing skip upgrade to stop at 4.3.1 https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/87748?lang=en_US VCF upgrade 4.2 to 4.3 fails with error “FAILED_TO_UPDATE_LSOM_SETTINGS_ON_HOST” with com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Auth cancel https://ikb.vmware.com/s/article/87381?lang=en_US VCF Upgrade precheck Failed – […]

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