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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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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The challenge I have a couple of NSX-T environments in my home lab. I logged on to one of them and saw a couple of open NSX-T password expiration alarms. <div class="uagb-ifb-content"> <div class="uagb-ifb-title-wrap"> <h3 class="uagb-ifb-title"> CAUTION </h3> </div> <div class="uagb-ifb-text-wrap"> <p …

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This post is not as a end-to-end upgrade guide but a methodology guide. Everything is more or less straight forward if one uses the correct methodology. As this is a home lab I have chosen not to add complexity by adding additional nodes to the various components for High Availability but depend on vSphere HA. This …

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I had downtime in my lab due to an power failure which resulted in a boot failure of my VCSA 6.5 appliance. Looking on the console showed me a "[FAILED] Failed to start File System Check on /dev/dis...uuid/uuid. See 'systemctl status system-fsck-root.service' for details." message. Therefor it booted into 'Emergency …

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