Author: Piotr Tarnawski

Welcome to my blog! My name is Piotr Tarnawski and I am an experienced System Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology industry. Skilled in Linux, Windows, Virtualization (VMware), DNS, and Active Directory. I work for Salesforce however content is my own and does not represent Salesforce as a company Contact: Twitter @AngrySysOps Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngrySysOps Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AngryAdmin
Posted in VxRail

VxRail: Unusual recommended upgrade sequence for 7.0.320

As we know by now, performing a vCenter upgrade to version 7.0 U3c will trigger a new pre-check before vCenter is updated. This pre-check will…

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Posted in vCenter

Unable to log in to VAMI with root user via GUI

I was preparing vCenter for an upgrade to vSphere 7 Update 3c and needed to access VAMI, however, I was not able to log in…

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Posted in NSX-T vCenter

vSphere Lifecycle Manager Failed to Prepare NSX-T Cluster

Login to NSX node On the NSX Manager, go to System → Fabric → Nodes → Host Transport Node. From the Managed by drop-down menu, select the vCenter Server. Identify…

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Posted in Virtualization

Where is vCenter Converter / Standalone Converter?

vCenter Converter Standalone is a product to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware. virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server…

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Posted in PowerShell

PowerCLI 12.5 – What’s New – Get-VIApplianceService

The new version of PowerCLI has been released by VMware in January. It contains a bunch of new features with one particularly interesting cmdlet Get-VIApplianceService….

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Posted in vCenter

Run the pre-check python script before upgrading vCenter Server 7.0 to Update 3c

Upgrading to vCenter Server 7.0U3c now requires an additional precheck to ensure that the ESXi Hosts managed by your vCenter Server are at the correct…

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Posted in Security Advisory vCenter

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3c has been released.

Finally, VMware released a new update for vCenter Server addressing all the issues documented in KB86281, also including Apache log4j version 2.17. IMPORTANT: VMware removed ESXi…

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Posted in PowerShell

FIX: After upgrade PowerCLI to 12.5 there is no Get-VIApplianceService Command

You may come accross that after updating your PowerCLI module to version 12.5, you cannot run Get-VIApplianceService command. Even that your modules shows correct version….

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Posted in PowerShell

PowerShell – WARNING: Unable to resolve package source ‘https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2’.

I was going to update the PowerCLI module to version 12.5 once I received the above error. The first thing I was going to try…

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Posted in Python

Free Python Course! From Zero to Hero? – Installation and setup.

Welcome, everyone! I would like to present you Free Python course! No coding experience is necessary, hence we are starting from zero! Are we going…

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