Is your VMware vCenter experiencing a “log disk exhaustion” warning? Is your vCenter’s storage space being consumed by an unusually large vmafdd.log file? You’re not alone. Many system administrators have encountered this issue, which can lead to performance degradation and potentially disrupt your virtualized environment. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of…
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Navigating vCenter Troubles: A Case Study in Resolving HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error, STS cert.
Today, I want to share an interesting, and admittedly frustrating, experience I recently had with VMware vCenter. It all started with an innocuous attempt to log into the vCenter Server, only to be greeted with a rather alarming error message: HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error. This error, which usually indicates that the server…
Read moreVMware vSphere 8 Update 1 is here!
VMware has introduced the inaugural major update to its flagship vSphere 8 suite and has refined the release cycle for the upcoming version. VMware has adopted a new approach to product releases, initially launching products with an Initial Availability (IA) status. These IA products are considered ready for production workloads and are fully certified by…
Read moreHow to deploy vCenter 8.0 using VMware Workstations.
The new vSphere 8 IA is out there and ready to install on your development environments. Please read this article on the differences between IA and GA releases. Today I will show you how to deploy a fresh vCenter server 8.0. You can build your own home lab using your PC or laptop. If you…
Read moreThe default partition ‘/’ has only 2.6 GB of available space. Enter a new export directory on the source machine below.
During the upgrade VCSA 6.7 to version 7.0 I faced the issue with free space. As shown on the screenshot above, the default partition ‘/’ has not enough free space. Let’s have a look into this issue and fix it. Login to VCSA Check the space using this command: df- h Looks like /storage/updatemgr has…
Read moreHow to fix pre-chek SSL certificate issue during vCenter upgrade from 6.7 to 7.0
I just ran an upgrade and stage 1 went perfectly fine. However, during pre-check on stage 2, I received this error message: The machine SSL certificate in the VMware Endpoint Certificate Store (VECS) does not correspond with the service registration in the VMware Directory Service (vmdir). To fix this error please follow this steps: Download…
Read moreIntroducing vSphere 8! What’s new?
If you have not tuned in to VMware Explore, you may miss this announcement! VMware is introducing vSphere 8. Many of us (not me, I am on vSphere 7.0) are still working on 6.x versions, however, please remember that October 15, 2022, is the date of The End of General Support for vSphere 6.5 and…
Read more“Exception occurred in postInstallHook” at 93% failed during patching to VMware vCenter Server 7.0u3f (7.0.3.00700 build 20051473)
VMware released a new update for vCenter Server 7.0 u3f (read more about the new patch) however in the last few days I observed repeatable issues during patching to this version in many of vCenter environments. The patching process is going very well and suddenly stop with failure at 93% Hmmm …. What happened? Let’s…
Read morePatching time! VMware released an update for vCenter Server and ESXi -> 7.0 Update 3f.
vCenter server: NOTE: If your source system contains hosts of versions between ESXi 7.0 Update 2 and Update 3c, and Intel drivers, before upgrading to vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f, see the What’s New section of the VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3c Release Notes, because all content in the section is also applicable for vSphere 7.0 Update 3f. Also,…
Read moreVMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e is now available!
VMware released a new update for vCenter Server 7.0 -> vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e ISO Build 19717403. This maintenance update delivers new features and fixes for VMware vSphere with Tanzu. For VMware vSphere with Tanzu updates, see VMware vSphere with Tanzu Release Notes. Download Filename VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-7.0.3.00600-19717403-patch-FP.iso Build 19717403 Download Size 8272.2 MB md5sum 3d4d977acd6072ff61db4a36909702e5 sha256checksum 6d67067d565fd530a6d047b079efff9019bdf28c63d04a904c43bcdf202d5c5d One…
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