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Refresh a vCenter Server STS Certificate Using the vSphere Client

Today my vCenter Server warned my that my STS Signing Certificates are about to expire. Which is good as if STS certificate expire then access…

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VCSA storage/log at 95% – vmware-sps

Another problem I come across after storage/core at 100% during preparation for update to U3c was that storage space at storage/log was filled up to…

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VCSA storage/core at 100% – core.in:imfiles

There is a know bug in VCSA 6.7 and 7.0 where core.in:imfiles fill up /storage/core. This issue was fixed with vSphere 7 Update 3c, however…

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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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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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End of support for vCenter Server 6.0, ESXi 6.0 within 3 months

There are 21 VMware products where the end of support is going to the end within 6 months or sooner. Some like NSX Advanced Load…

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Additional step for vCenter Server CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 workaround.

VMware just updated their KB adding additional step which needs to be run even if someone already did apply workaround. This additional step is to…

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Error when uploading files to vCenter Server Appliance using WinSCP

If your vCenter server has Appliance Shell set as default then transferring files via WinSCP will not work. To fix this you need to change…

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