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Configure EVC mode on the Cluster
What is EVC: EVC is short for Enhanced vMotion Compatibility . EVC allows virtual machines to migrate between different generations of...
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Patching vCenter Server Appliance via CLI
Before you start: Suppress Alert on vCenter Server Take Offline Snapshot and Make sure VCSA backup is successful Note : Â vCenter Server...
Oct 32 min read


Download vCenter Patch
Note:  Always check the Upgrade Path from Product Interoperability Matrix   Example: As we can see that vCenter version 8.0U3b can be...
Sep 231 min read
vDS (vSphere Distributed Switch) Upgrade Process
Purpose: Â This document provides a detailed guide on upgrading the vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) within your VMware infrastructure....
Sep 222 min read


Create Custom Component
Purpose: To apply the latest VMware Tools to all the ESXi Checked the VMTools Version on the current hosts running ESX version 8.0 U3d -...
Sep 162 min read


vCenter Web UI not accessible Error no healthy upstream.
Suddenly our vCenter in Production Environment stop working and had an web ui message "no healthy upstream" Log Analysis: From the logs,...
Feb 29, 20242 min read


VM HA Restart
We all know that in the BAU world, unexpected issues happen at any time. I find this script very helpful in our environment. I want to...
Feb 28, 20241 min read


/storage/core partition full due to core.netlogond.xxxxx files in vCenter Server Appliance
Issue: vCenter serve appliance may experience this problem, the appliance may get many core dump files due to which space on the...
Apr 10, 20231 min read


Error Connecting to vCenter uisng PowerCLI "Invalid server certificate"
- When trying to connect with PowerCLI to a vCenter Server Appliance the following error occurred: Error: Connect-VIServer Error: Invalid...
Feb 16, 20231 min read


When opening VMware vCenter you get the error - Privacy error: Your connection is not private
I encounter this error after resetting the vCenter self-signed Certificate. Issue: I get an error when trying you load our vCenter...
Dec 5, 20221 min read


Use the vmss2core tool to create a memory dump from the virtual machine snapshot
Prerequisites: - Obtain vmss2core - Please refer https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2003941 - Retrieve files vmss2core.exe and zlib1.dll...
Oct 17, 20221 min read
vExpert Program
Do you know the vExpert Program? As you use social media, read, post and blog for you and your company, the technology you believe in,...
Oct 10, 20222 min read


VCSA SSL Mismatch and Cannot Edit VM Properties
Today I had a weird issue. All the VM servers Hard disk properties cannot edit and if we notice on the below screen capture the disk size...
Oct 3, 20222 min read


Resetting root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.x
For passwords that have expired, the default vCenter Server Appliance password expires after 90 days Note: Take a snapshot or backup of...
Sep 19, 20221 min read


How to unlock and reset SSO password in vSphere 6.x/7.x using the vdcadmintool
Today I will show you how to reset/recover the vCenter Local Admin account Password In my case we need to recover the password of User ID...
Aug 15, 20221 min read


vCenter and ESXi Compatibility Guide
To see the VMware Product Compatibility please visit Product Interoperability Matrix https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/Interoperability...
Jun 6, 20221 min read


How to verify the VMWare products and hardware compatibility
For Today's blog I would like to share how to use the VMware Product and Hardware Compatibility Site. This is useful during the...
May 31, 20224 min read


Configure vCenter HA With the vSphere Client
vCenter HA is a high availability option for vCenter appliance which introduced with vSphere 6.5 vCenter HA is different from vSphere HA:...
Apr 19, 20224 min read


vCenter/PSC (VCSA) -/dev/mapper/archive_vg-archive 95% usage -FIX
Note: The partition /storage/archive partition can get full by design, as it is aimed at storing as much WAL history as possible and is...
Apr 10, 20221 min read


Renew the expired vCenter STS Certificate (Signing Certificate)
Issue: Logging in to the vSphere Client fails with the error: HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request Message BadRequest, Signing certificate is...
Apr 6, 20221 min read
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