Re: vCenter v6.7u3 openLDAP LDAPS SSO
Hey Tynenmhorn, Could you please try the next: Use the connectivity string as ldaps://ip:636I do not remember this entirely, but can you specify the User Bind DN?
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I don't have a web interface running. How do I add a user to a group by cli? I tried it: "dir-cli group modify --name administrators" it didn't help.
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Use the connectivity string as ldaps://ip:636No luck, logs show an attempt to connect to that port, and packet capture show that a TLS connection is established (Handshake finishes). I've run netstat...
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login failed due to invalid credentials for one or more vcenter server system
Our customer cannot login on vcenter server using AD account. we already validated the time synchronization but still can't login the users.
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Hi justingarcia, Please share following information: 1. Are you able to login to vCenter with SSO admin credentials ?2. Is the issue noticed with all AD users or just a particular AD account ?3. If the...
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Hi ashilkrishnan, Thank you for your reply, Yes, User able to login using administrator@vsphere.local account, and his Admin role user, but the entire AD users can't access the vCenter Server, As of...
View ArticleSwap file - urgent
Hi all, relocated server, for some reason swap file was on another attached location. Now no vms will start can’t access swap file. esxi 6.0. Is there a quick easy way to get the vms up and running...
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I’ve tried to goto advanced and remove / change the swap file line and unregister - register the VM but didn’t work....tried manually creating the the path to the data store under advanced and didn’t...
View ArticleRe: Swap file - urgent
It depends on how the swap file location has been configured. In case it's a cluster configuration (ESXi managed by vCenter Server) you should be able to reconfigure it in the cluster settings. In case...
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Glad to hear that AD authentication is now working post vCenter reboot. For next time, if you want to check the services and restart them instead of rebooting: service-control --status service-control...
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Moderator: Please do not start multiple threads on the same topic. As this thread has a reply, I have deleted the first instance you created earlier today.
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It’s not a cluster sorry. 1 x DC1 x RDS very basic setup. as simple as you can
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In this case, please download the VM's configuration (.vmx) files, and attach them to a reply post.Please verify that the files do not contain non-public content, e.g. private annotations etc.André
View ArticleRe: Unable to log into vCenter 6.7 VMware Appliance Management page
what worked for me: SSH into the server. check the status of the services: [ ~ ]# service-control --statusRunning: lwsmd pschealth vmafdd vmcad vmdird vmdnsd vmonapi vmware-analytics...
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I’ll do that tomorrow morning thanks. Nothing private will only have one datastore DS1.
View ArticleRe: vCenter v6.7u3 openLDAP LDAPS SSO
This is a Linux server right? What can you see on the OpenLDAP server on the /var/log/auth.log and /var/log/secure ?
View ArticleRe: VCSA 7 backup via SCP
Hi bukowski12, I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I think the initial replies to my post were incorrect and SCP is in fact not supported in vSphere 7 as the more recent posts show. Thanks,David
View Articlev7u1 update failed loop
With new updates to apply to vCenter 7.0U1 showing in my console (7.0.1.00000 to 7.0.1.00100), I thought I'd update my lab. Unfortunately, I'm now stuck in a loop of failing update checks [see attached...
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Hi Andre, just to confirm though should be able to repoint to a new location and start the servers up correct without the need for the existing swap file?
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Managed to track external drive where swap file as on and managed to get servers back online
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Re: v7u1 update failed loop
I saw the same thing with my upg from 7.0.0xxx to 7.0.1.Except mine I removed the upgrade.cfg to get back into the backend.But no front end. and seems all of my vm are lagging. Still trying to figure...
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In my case, I've discovered that the loop can be overridden by manually updating the URL in the browser from "https://<vcsa>:5480/#/ui/update/progress" to "https://<vcsa>:5480/#/ui/"....
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And now I've figured out that applying the update via ISO (ref: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2019/07/manually-patch-vmware-vcenter-server-vcsa-with-iso/ ) works to get the update installed, but...
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Re: v7u1 update failed loop
Just a guess, but did you already see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67179 André
View ArticleRe: VCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
We have exactly the same issue with our VCSA in our datacenter after installing custom SSL certificates. Had to do a complete rollback to get vpxd up again. Has anyone a solution for this issue?
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 - SNMP v3 configuration
Hello folks, Hope you are doing well. I am trying to configure SNMP v3 on VCSA and I am trying to follow the next procedure: Configure the SNMP Engine ID I am not being able to find the snmp.set...
View ArticleRe: VCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
What did VMware support say when you opened a request with them?
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What did VMware support say when you opened a request with them?
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Re: VCSA 6.7 - SNMP v3 configuration
Moderator: Thread moved to the vCenter Server area.
View ArticleViewing vcenter log
Hi,In the documents of vsphere 6.5 [1], I see Navigate to the location of the log browser manifest file. The default location is: /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-client/plugin-packages/logbrwoserRename the...
View ArticleMessing up sendmail
HiIt seems that I did something wrong with the sendmail configuration files via the vcenter bash. I addeddefine(`SMART_HOST', `our_smtp_address')dnlto /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and then ran # m4...
View ArticleRe: VCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
Did not open a support case yet, because it was detected last Friday evening.We are using this version:vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3 (6.7.0.40000)2019-08-201436773714368073 I will perform an upgrade...
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Hey mahmn, I am not an expert in this topic but I can see that the error points to the first line and is not reading properly this line: VERSIONID($Id: generic-linux.mc,v 8.2 2013-11-22 20:51:08 ca Exp...
View ArticleRe: VCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
This is because is maybe not matching with the PNID configured in the vCenter Server during the installation time, could you please run the next command and show us the output:...
View ArticleRe: VCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
Just tried your command. Result is the FQDN of the vcsa (used during the installation and still used) I opened a ticket with those insights (nothing worked by the way):Check the connectivity of the...
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Re: VCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
Could you try to run the next command to search for duplicated certificates under the same serial numbers: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli entry list --store TRUSTED_ROOTS --text| grep -A 6 -i alias...
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I presume at the beginning and at the end like this: (`$Id: generic-linux.mc,v 8.2 2013-11-22 20:51:08 ca Exp $')
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As you can see in the output of .mc file (pasted in the first post) that line has ` and ' however the .cf file which is generated by m4 doesn't have that. According to the manual, the .cf file should...
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Well my .mc file has those special characters and my .cf file has a lot of lines not only the few that you showed me. Are you pasting all the contents of the .cf file?
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Yes that is the result of m4 command as I showed in the first post.I remember that before modification, the .cf file contained a lot of information. But they are gone and that is the mess up...
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Do you have backup or an snapshot to this previous moment? If you attach the sendmail.cf file I can compare with my file in VCSA 6.7 U1 and if you do not have Snapshot maybe I can try to put the same...
View ArticleRe: vmware_guest_info error: unrecognized arguments
You can execute it by the following procedure. export VMWARE_HOST=vcenter host export VMWARE_USERNAME=administrator@vsphere.local export VMWARE_PASSWORD=password export VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS=False...
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I appreciate if you paste that here. At the moment I won't try restoring a backup, maybe some other setting will be lost since I have made other modifications.
View ArticleMultiple Vcenter Servers.
I have 2 Vcenter servers. One is the SSO server for both. It is joined to my AD domain. If I log into it with my vsphere credentials I see both servers. If I log in with my AD credentials I only see...
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Re: Multiple Vcenter Servers.
Joining the VCSA to a AD is only one step and it only add one more choice for a identity source. Now you must assign the permission to the vCenter application it self so select the vCenter in the left...
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For what it seems permissions are not properly configured on both VCSA's
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Re: Moving VCenter 6.5
Hello all, I realized I better just upgrade o 6.7 so in doing that I move it to local storage and enabled scheduled backup and all is well. Now I can add a 3rd host running ESXi 6.7 and start moving...
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