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 Aria

vROps – how to change Hostname, IP, or DNS

I was deploying new vROps 8.4. After deployment I could not connect my vCenter by hostname, only by IP, so that indicated that DNS was…

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Posted in Aria

How to use req.conf file

If you need to generate CSR file, however like for example for vROps you need to use OpenSSL, but you need to add SAN or…

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Posted in Aria

vROps – How to replace certificate

As far as version 8.4 I could not find CSR generator, so to generate CSR one need to use OpenSSL If you don’t have OpenSSL…

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Posted in vCenter

VMware default usernames and passwords

Here is a handy list of default password for VMware products: Product Username Password vCenter Appliance root vmware vCenter Application root 123456 Discovery Manager cli…

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Posted in vCenter

VAMI update failed due to /storage/log partition full

Once I tried to update vCenter 6.5 to remediate Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0010 I spotted that health status shows Warning and the cause for it was…

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Posted in vCenter

How to get VMware logs the “smart way”

GUI is a great tool but sometimes it simply does not work. The usual way to get logs is: Login to vCenter. Under Inventory Lists,…

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Posted in VxRail

How to resolve a vSphere TPM error on VxRAIL

A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a computer chip/microcontroller that can securely store artifacts used to authenticate the platform and since version 6.7 vSphere support TPM…

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Posted in vCenter

How to update your vCenter from ISO

I run to this very strange issue, where in the VAMI options to stage or install update are greyed-out. I have a case opened with…

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Posted in PowerShell

Set-VMHostSysLogServer – Configure syslog on VMware ESXi hosts

Connect to vCenter server: Set up variable for all hosts: Set up syslog: Check if settings have been applied: If you need explanation or you…

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Posted in PowerShell

Get-VM – Retreving a list of VMs in your envirnoment

First thing to remember is to connect to the VCAS. Meet the GET-VM command! Syntax: If you want to retrieve VMs connected to specific Virtual…

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