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  • Quick tip: Setting up TrueSSO?

    calendar Mar 2, 2023 · 2 min read · horizon  ·
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    Are you setting up TrueSSO? Are you looking to use signed certificates all the way in your Horizon deployment?


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  • Photon OS 3.0 update the maximum failed OS login attempts

    calendar Feb 28, 2023 · 2 min read · photonos uag  ·
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    A client of mine was looking on how to update the maximum failed OS login attempts because they were having an issue with the monitoring solution locking the root user account on the VMware Unified Access Gateway 2212. This version of the UAG is based on photon OS 3.0. He asked me to verify where to change the …


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  • Deleting the datastore where a content library is hosted is probably not the best idea

    calendar Apr 14, 2022 · 2 min read · content library homelab vcenter vsphere  ·
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    Deleting the datastore where a content library is hosted is probably not the best idea but … yes stupid error and now what. If you are not faint of heart (and now how to take a snapshot), you can rectify this. You should contact GSS as there is not documented solution and this might break. Take a snapshot and verify if …


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  • Enable Workload Management does not finish

    calendar Mar 14, 2022 · 3 min read · AVI NSX ALB TanzuKubernetesGrid vSphereWithTanzu  ·
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    Some time ago we were having issues in the Tanzu PoC class for partners we were teaching. One of the students had an environment where the Enable Workload Management process was unable to finish the creation of the Supervisor Cluster. It was an interesting issue because when we verified all the settings we saw …


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  • vLCM fails to upgrade a firmware component

    calendar Dec 9, 2021 · 3 min read · firmware HPE vLCM vsphere  ·
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    I recently experienced an issue within a HPE environment where vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM) fails to upgrade the firmware on a HP FlexFabric 534FLR-SFP+ Adapter. On HPE Gen10 servers it is possible to leverage vSphere LifeCycle Management to manage not only the ESXi version but also the firmware and drivers of …


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  • How to request Let’s Encrypt certificates on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer

    calendar Jun 10, 2021 · 10 min read · AVI Howto Let's Encrypt NSX ALB  ·
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    This is post 1 of 1 in the series “NSX ALB from Zero to Hero” Table Of Contents INTRO Prequisites What does the ControlScript do? Download the ControlScript Add the Let’s Encrypt ControlScript to the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Create a Certificate Management profile Create the Virtual Service Request a Let’s Encrypt …


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  • my helm apps won’t deploy because of pvc issues

    calendar Mar 22, 2021 · 2 min read · PerstitentVolumeClaim PVC TanzuKubernetesCluster TanzuKubernetesGrid TKG vSphereWithTanzu  ·
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    Today I was playing around with vSphere with Tanzu. I want to consume vSphere with Tanzu and therefore I try to deploy an app from the bitnami repository. This should be pretty easy to do. Well I’m still in the learning phase so bear with me if this is something obvious … These are the steps I’m doing Install helm Add …


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  • VCSA 7 U1 available updates error

    calendar Mar 12, 2021 · 2 min read · upgrade vcenter vcenter 7 U1 vCenter 7 U2 vsphere  ·
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    Today I deployed a new VCSA 7 U1 and as U2 has GA’d recently I wanted to update the environment first. So I headed to the VAMI interface > Available Updates page. Immediately there was an error: Error in method invocation ({‘id’: ‘com.vmware.appliance.update.manifest_verification_failed’, ‘default_message’: ‘Manifest …


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  • VCSA does not boot due to file system errors

    calendar Dec 7, 2020 · 3 min read · fsck homelab lvm vcsa  ·
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    Due to a power failure of the storage where the vCenter Server Appliance resides, the VCSA does not boot. Connecting to the console shows the following output: When you see this screen, none of the services are started as the appliance does not fully start. This implies that there is no means of connecting to the H5 …


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  • esxtop output is not displaying as it should

    calendar Dec 4, 2020 · 2 min read · esxi esxtop linux vmware  ·
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    esxtop output is not displaying as it should

    esxtop output launched from a terminal emulator displays incorrectly. We will update the environment variable value so esxtop information displays correctly.


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Harold Preyers

Harold is currently a Solution Architect at vConsultants
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Recent Posts

  • Photon OS 3.0 update the maximum failed OS login attempts
  • Deleting the datastore where a content library is hosted is probably not the best idea
  • Enable Workload Management does not finish
  • vLCM fails to upgrade a firmware component
  • How to request Let’s Encrypt certificates on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer
  • my helm apps won’t deploy because of pvc issues
  • VCSA 7 U1 available updates error
  • VCSA does not boot due to file system errors

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