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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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  • 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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  • Upgrade Methodology – Upgrade the homelab

    calendar Oct 27, 2020 · 9 min read · methodology upgrade vsphere  ·
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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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  • Cross vCenter vMotion Utility

    calendar Oct 31, 2019 · 4 min read · homelab vmware  ·
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    Whilst upgrading the home lab I also decided to rebuild from scratch. There were some challenges to overcome because I have running VMs I don’t want to shut while migrating. My current home lab setup and the go to setup is documented here (work in progress). Basically it comes down to: Original setup: three hosts …


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  • Unsupported upgrade of VCSA 6.5 U2 to 6.7

    calendar Jun 28, 2018 · 2 min read · upgrade vcsa vmware  ·
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    I decided to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5 U2 to 6.7 though it is not supported, see VMware KB. As this is not supported you will NOT want go ahead with this in a production environment. Maybe I will have regrets later on too … but this is my lab environment so the alternative is to redeploy a new …


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  • boot failure: systemctl status system-fsck-root.service

    calendar Feb 15, 2018 · 1 min read · fsck vcenter vcsa  ·
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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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  • Manage your PowerCLI vCenter menu entries

    calendar Sep 12, 2017 · 1 min read · powercli vcenter  ·
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    When connecting to your vCenter server via PowerCLI, one can use the -menu option. This will give a list of entries you recently used. You can manage the entries here: C:\Users\username\Appdata\Roaming\VMware\PowerCLI\RecentServerList.xml Connect-viserver -menu


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Harold Preyers

Harold is currently a Solution Architect at vConsultants
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