vSphere 7.0. Update 2 is over 5GB large and promises a lot of new features. However upgrading your environment can proof difficult. Once I start to upgrade my DEV vCenter I came across this error: Exception occurred in install precheck phase Resume leads to pre-check and pre-check results in same error as above. At this…
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How to Configuring Identity Federation to Use Windows ADFS
Ok, you want to use multi-factor authentication accessing your vCenter? With vSphere 7 you can configure ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) ADFS is a software component to provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications that are located across organizational boundaries. Here is my playbook video: Here is my playbook Go to Menu…
Read morevCenter Server Managed Object Browser (MOB) reports a 503 Service Unavailable error
If you cannot access the vCenter Server Managed Object Browser (MOB) at https://vCenterFQDN/mob/ and your browser shows this error: 503 Service Unavailable but all other services are up and running, this mean it has been disabled. The issue occurs if the <enableDebugBrowse> parameter in the vpxd.cfg config file is set to false Here is a runlist to resolve this issue: SSH to…
Read moreHow to upgrade VMware vRealize Operations Manager
Take a snapshot of your current vROPs VM before running the upgrade The upgrade assessment tool (APUAT) generates 2 types of reports: The first report is relating to Metric reductions, usage of reduced metrics in custom content and proposed workaround. The second report is doing pre-upgrade system checks and returning failures, if there are Upgrade…
Read moreHow to uninstall SimpliVity plug-in form vCenter
After successful decommission of HPE Simplivity, time came to uninstall vCenter plug-in. Here is my runlist: SSH to vCenter server If you do not see bash shell type in command shell Go to plug-in location, follow this commands to uninstall plug-in: Press ENTER once prompted The plug-in has been uninstalled. In my case the process…
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