Category: vCenter
How to remove stale (orphaned) snapshots in the datastore on which the virtual machine resides
One of my servers went into a hung state. We tried to reboot it but the reboot filed and the task eventually timeout. The same…
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3 released!
I am happy to announce that on October 5th VMware released Update 3.You can read and watch everything you need to know about this update…
How to add domain search to DNS settings in vCenter Server Appliance 7.x (NOT via VAMI)
Today I discovered that I had issue with DNS in my VCSA. I could not resolve servers without suffix. I decided to check resolv.conf file…
Photon OS, resetting root password.
This procedure can be done on all VMware appliances running Photon OS. #PasswordReset #Root Reboot you appliance After the Photon OS starts, press the e…
How to create CSR with multiple SANs
Sometime you would like to include SAN (Subject Alternative Name) to your certificate. SAN is a specific type of SSL that allows you to secure…
How to renew certificates for vCenter (6.x)
If you have not upgraded yet to vSphere 7 and your vCenter certificate is about to expire or already expired, here is an runlist how…
How to export certificate from Certification Path
This article for a person who needs the whole chain for a certificate. Open certificate (double click on it) Go to Certification Path tab Double…
PowerShell to Upgrade the Virtual Distributed Switch (VDS)
After upgrading vSphere to version 7 there is one more component needs to be upgraded. VMware Virtual Distributed Switch (VDS). NOTE: Prior VDS upgrade all…
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2c, VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 2c – overview.
Discontinuation of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 in a future major vSphere release: VMware intends in a future major vSphere release to discontinue support of TPM…
vCenter Server 7.0.x Appliance /storage/log partition error. Partition full due to excessive pod-startup.log files
Lately I notice that the vmware-pod service will not start. Furthermore one can see /var/log/vmware/pod contains thousands of pod-startup.log.###### files. The /var/log/vmware/pod/pod-console.log contains the following errors: This issue occurs when…
