• vCenter
    • How-to
      • Upgrade 5.5 Windows vCenter to 6.0 and Join an Existing 6.0 SSO domain
      • Windows 2012 Disk Space Cleanup Guide for VC 5.5
      • VMware VirtualCenter Server Service – Change Startup Time
      • Remove Old vCenter Plugins
      • Generate a vCenter 5.5 Server Log Bundle to another Disk Partition
      • Fresh install of vCenter 5.5 using an existing 5.0 vCenter and VUM external SQL 2008 DB
      • 6.0 External PSC vm_cfg.sh Permission denied vpxd_servicecfg command not found
      • VCSA 6.5 disable TLSv1.0 – vami-lighttp supports either pure TLSv1.2 or all TLS versions
      • Use XCA for Root and Intermediate Certificate Authority
    • FYI
      • 6.0 Upgrade Options to Enable Cross vCenter vMotion in the same SSO Domain
      • vCenter 5.5 U3A – Client Integration Plugin fixed with Chrome 46
      • Active Directory Web Services
      • VMware vCenter Inventory Service – Processing unresolved entities – ADSI
      • VMware vCenter 5.5 Inventory Service Startup Speed
      • Enable SSH for the VCSA in the Web Client Error 1009
      • Deploy 6.0 VCSA – Stop called on web socket: 50100 Web Socket Server
      • VCSA 6.0 U3 update stuck at 70%
      • 6.5 VUM ELM port 8084 – interface com.vmware.vim.binding.integrity.VcIntegrity is not visible from class loader
      • VMware vAPI Endpoint Service Health Alarm vCenter 6.5 U1
      • 5.5 vSphere Web Client JVM maximum heap size change wrapper.java.maxmemory
      • VCSA PSC 6.5 Remote Syslog Host syslog.invalid.configuration
      • VCSA 6.5 U1G 8307201 to U2A 8667236 – Install Failed
      • VCSA 6.5 Update 1g 8024368 Stage Failed
      • VCSA 6.5 TLS disablement – reconfigureVc – Please disable “vCenter HA” before executing the script.
  • ESXi
    • How-to
      • Migrate ESXi 5.5 hosts from a windows 5.5 vCenter and vDS to a new 6.0 VCSA
      • Custom NUMA vmx settings for 8 vcpus on a 6 core host
      • vSphere Replication – disable vr2c-firewall.vib push to ESXi hosts
      • Commands to bring online a down VMNIC
      • Update Dell ESXi 6.5 Image with PowerPath
      • ESXi 5.5 Unable to connect to NFS server denied the mount request
      • Custom ESXi 6.7 ISO ZIP with Intel NIC Drivers and Nimble NCM
      • Register All VMs on a ESXi Datastore via CLI
      • Memory Tiering – 256GB NVMe – 64GB RAM
    • FYI
      • hot cloning failed – error occured while saving the snapshot msg:snapshot.error-QUIESINGERROR
      • VMware Tools – An error occurred while trying to access image file
      • ESXi 5.0 – VUM error – Cannot run upgrade script on host – altbootbankboot.cfg
      • Failed vMotion – Migration to host failed with error msg.vmk.status.VMK_IS_DISCONNECTED (195887150)
      • 6.6 vSAN Health Service – Performance service – 6.5 ESXi hosts NOT contributing stats
      • 6.7 simulated vNVDIMM vPMEM vPMEMDisk benchmark
      • Anker USB Native Driver Fling for VMware ESXi Speed Test
      • Can not mount local PMem datastore – Destroy Volume augotconfigurePMem.py
      • 6.7 BOM – HP ProDesk 400 G4 Desktop Mini PC
      • 7.0 Realtek RTL8111HSH NIC Install Fail
      • 7.0 Dell OptiPlex 5070 Micro – Intel Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
      • Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini 5i 01IMH05 Desktop ESXi 7.0 U1
      • vSphere Lifecycle Manager Patch to ESXi 7.0.2 Update 2a 17867351 – Not Applicable
      • ESXi 8 – USB Network Driver vusb0 – Link Speed 100 Mbps
      • Add ESXi Host to VCSA – Unable to get CSR Error
  • PowerCLI
    • Scripts
      • Disable Snapshot creation by VM or Cluster
      • Change DRS Migration Threshold
      • Change SDRS – VM affinity – I/O metric – Space threshold by Storage Cluster
      • Current claimrule number 290 indicates that it should be claimed by plugin PowerPath
      • VM power state report and delete from disk
      • PowerCLI VM Power state with wildcard suffix
      • Disable TLS 1.0 1.1 SSLV3 on ESXi 6.x while in maintenance mode
      • Ping Guest VMs by IP v4 address on ESXi
      • ESXi 6.x Root Password Reset
      • New Disk by VM Memory Size
      • Remove SNMP Traps from vCenter Alarms
      • PowerShell Create 1GB Files of Random Data
      • Remove NTP and Add New NTP to ESXi Cluster
      • HPE Nimble iSCSI LoginTimeout NoopOutTimeout NoopOutInterval
      • ESXi – Remove the intelcim-provider VIB and disable the MSI-X/MSI interrupt scheme
      • Disable Storage IO Control and statistics collection
      • Report, Log, Change the default Active Directory ESX Admin group
      • Move an Connected ESXi host between vCenters
      • Create a VDS Port Group for NSXV2T Bridging
      • HPE – ESXi iSCSI Advanced Options
    • How-to
      • Automate PowerCLI Scripts via Win 2012 Task Scheduler
      • Skeleton PowerCLI Script
  • vROps
    • Dashboards
      • How to create a dashboard with Custom Views, Text and Scoreboards
      • Top VM CPU Metrics for NOC
      • Datastore Metrics for NOC
      • VCSA Disk Partition Usage
      • SSL TLS Certificate Days Remaining Checker
      • VM Powered Off Timestamp View
      • VM Performance Investigation
      • View – ESXi Uptime and VM Metrics by Cluster Summary
    • FYI
      • 6.6- Dark Theme in Chrome – Dark Reader extension
      • 6.6 – Stuck on Loading Resources
      • vCOps 5.8 Admin page stuck on “Verifying Login Information”
      • Change Collection Interval
      • 8.0 Missing Plus Sign for a New vCenter Credential
      • Create a Custom Cloud Provider Rate Card for What-If-Analysis Migration Planning
      • PowerCLI NVMe TBW push to vROps API
      • Resource Pool Super Metric for VM IOPS
  • Log Insight
    • 3.6 replace SSL Certificate with CA Chain
    • 4.6 to 4.7 Upgrade Unconfirmed – TLS 1.0 1.1 Disabled
    • 4.8 Change IP Address
    • 8.0 Change Network Config
    • Migrate removed worker node logs to new master node
  • NSX
    • NSX-V
      • WinSCP into an NSX-V Edge
      • NSX-V Edge Root User Password List from NSX Manager
    • NSX-T
      • vCloud Usage Meter NSX-T Manager Error – Incomplete Action
      • NSX-T Manager Backups – Crontab to Prune Old Logs
      • NSX-T Manager Cluster – Change or Remove the VIP via API
      • Remove an NSX-T Manager Node via the API
      • NSX-T Migration Coordinator – Export Precheck Findings to Excel
  • VCD
    • VMware Cloud Director 10.1 – Fat Finger Base URL Fix – cell-management-tool manage-config
    • VMware Cloud Director 10.1 – camelCase- New Organization VDC – Blank Storage Policies
    • VMware Cloud Director 10.0 ovfenv –dump ovfenv –key
  • VCDA
    • The destination replication policy does not allow incoming replications to be configured
    • vCenter to vCenter with no VCD
    • Upgrade Tip iso-upgrade.py
    • vSphere plugin status Outdated
    • vCenter Plugin – no healthy upstream
    • Unable to connect to vCenter
    • Cold Migration ISO – No such file or directory (os error 2)
    • Certificate Replacement with XCA
  • Misc
    • Alpine Linux VM for Home Lab
    • VMware Converter Error Code 112 on Server 2016
    • VIN – 24 hour cache mode
    • VIN – Gather support diagnostic logs
    • vRO – Appliance 7.2 Update – Server version mismatch error
    • vRO – Windows vCenter 5.5 web client missing plugin with Orchestrator 7.0.1
    • Notepad Plus Plus Settings
    • Windows Management Apps for 4k Monitors – AquaSnap WindowGrid

VCDA – Certificate Replacement with XCA

12/29/2024

VCDA Cold Migration ISO – No such file or directory (os error 2)

12/13/2024

VCDA – Unable to connect to vCenter

12/08/2024

ESXi 8.0 Memory Tiering 256GB NVMe 64GB RAM

09/07/2024

Aria Ops View – ESXi Uptime and VM Metrics by Cluster Summary

08/04/2024

VCDA vCenter Plugin – no healthy upstream

07/27/2024

PowerCLI – HPE – ESXi iSCSI Advanced Options

07/20/2024

Aria Ops Resource Pool Super Metric for VM IOPS

12/17/2023

VCDA 4.7 vSphere plugin status Outdated

11/26/2023

VCDA Upgrade Tip iso-upgrade.py

09/30/2023

Add ESXi Host to VCSA – Unable to get CSR Error

04/29/2023

vROps VM Performance Investigation Dashboard

03/26/2023

VCDA – vCenter to vCenter with no VCD

02/25/2023

ESXi 8 – USB Network Driver vusb0 – Link Speed 100 Mbps

11/27/2022

Create a VDS Port Group for NSXV2T Bridging PowerCLI Script

10/02/2022

NSX-T Migration Coordinator – Export Precheck Findings to Excel

07/10/2022

Remove an NSX-T Manager Node via the API

07/04/2022

NSX-T Manager Cluster – Change or Remove the VIP via API

07/04/2022

NSX-T Manager Backups – Crontab to Prune Old Logs

06/26/2022

vCloud Usage Meter NSX-T Manager Error – Incomplete Action

06/26/2022

Move an Connected ESXi host between vCenters via PowerCLI

12/26/2021

PowerCLI Script – Report, Log, Change the default Active Directory ESX Admin group

12/12/2021

PowerCLI – Disable Storage IO Control and statistics collection

10/17/2021

PowerCLI Script – ESXi – Remove the intelcim-provider VIB and disable the MSI-X/MSI interrupt scheme

10/17/2021

PowerCLI NVMe TBW push to vROps API

07/25/2021

vROps Create a Custom Cloud Provider Rate Card for What-If-Analysis Migration Planning

07/18/2021

vSphere Lifecycle Manager Patch to ESXi 7.0.2 Update 2a 17867351 – Not Applicable

07/10/2021

VMware Cloud Director 10.0 ovfenv –dump ovfenv –key

06/20/2021

VMware Converter Error Code 112 on Server 2016

11/14/2020

Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini 5i 01IMH05 Desktop ESXi 7.0 U1

11/14/2020

Register All VMs on a ESXi Datastore via CLI

09/26/2020

ESXi 7.0 Dell OptiPlex 5070 Micro – Intel Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V

08/22/2020

VMware Cloud Director 10.1 – Fat Finger Base URL Fix – cell-management-tool manage-config

08/08/2020

VMware Cloud Director 10.1 – camelCase- New Organization VDC – Blank Storage Policies

08/08/2020

VCDA – The destination replication policy does not allow incoming replications to be configured

08/02/2020

Alpine Linux VM for Home Lab

08/01/2020

Pi-hole Local DNS CentOS 8 Server – VMware Home Lab

07/26/2020

PowerCLI Script – HPE Nimble iSCSI LoginTimeout NoopOutTimeout NoopOutInterval

06/21/2020

WinSCP into an NSX Edge

05/17/2020

PowerCLI Remove NTP and Add New NTP to ESXi Cluster

04/04/2020

ESXi 7.0 Realtek RTL8111HSH NIC Install Fail

04/04/2020

Custom ESXi 6.7 ISO ZIP with Intel NIC Drivers and Nimble NCM

03/31/2020

ESXi 6.7 BOM – HP ProDesk 400 G4 Desktop Mini PC

03/29/2020

Log Insight 4.8 – Migrate removed worker node logs to new master node

12/05/2019

Log Insight 8 Change Network Config

12/04/2019

vROps 8 – VM Powered Off Timestamp View

12/03/2019

Log Insight 4.8 Change IP Address

12/02/2019

vROps 8 Missing Plus Sign for a New vCenter Credential

12/01/2019

ESXi 6.7 can not mount local PMem datastore – Destroy Volume augotconfigurePMem.py

09/07/2019

vROps Dashboard – SSL TLS Certificate Days Remaining Checker

06/16/2019

vROps Dashboard – Top VM CPU Metrics for NOC

06/16/2019

PowerShell Create 1GB Files of Random Data

04/21/2019

Anker USB Native Driver Fling for VMware ESXi Speed Test

04/07/2019

PowerCLI – Remove SNMP Traps from vCenter Alarms

04/07/2019

NSX Edge Root User Password List from NSX Manager

03/24/2019

VMware VCSA use XCA for Root and Intermediate Certificate Authority

01/20/2019

VMware ESXi 6.7 simulated vNVDIMM vPMEM vPMEMDisk benchmark in a home lab

12/25/2018

Log Insight 4.6 to 4.7 Upgrade Unconfirmed – TLS 1.0 1.1 Disabled

12/15/2018

PowerCLI – New Disk by VM Memory Size

12/02/2018

PowerCLI – ESXi 6.x Root Password Reset

11/24/2018

VCSA 6.5 TLS disablement – reconfigureVc – Please disable “vCenter HA” before executing the script.

11/24/2018

VCSA Ext PSC 6.5 – /etc/hosts is reset

06/03/2018

VCSA 6.5 U1G 8307201 to U2A 8667236 – Install Failed

06/03/2018

VCSA 6.5 Update 1g 8024368 Stage Failed

03/25/2018

PowerCLI – Disable TLS 1.0 1.1 SSLV3 on ESXi 6.x while in maintenance mode

02/11/2018

PowerCLI VM Power state with wildcard suffix

02/10/2018

PowerCLI Script to Ping Guest VMs by IP v4 address on ESXi

02/10/2018

Update Dell ESXi 6.5 Image with PowerPath

01/21/2018

vROps 6.6 – Stuck on Loading Resources

12/17/2017

vROps 6.6 Dark Theme in Chrome – Dark Reader extension

12/17/2017

vROps Dashboard – VCSA Disk Partition Usage

12/03/2017

VCSA PSC 6.5 Remote Syslog Host syslog.invalid.configuration

11/12/2017

VMware vAPI Endpoint Service Health Alarm vCenter 6.5 U1

09/03/2017

ESXi – PowerCLI – current claimrule number 290 indicates that it should be claimed by plugin PowerPath

08/27/2017

vROps Dashboard- Datastore Metrics for NOC

07/09/2017

6.6 vSAN Health Service – Performance service – 6.5 ESXi hosts NOT contributing stats

07/09/2017

5.5 vSphere Web Client JVM maximum heap size change wrapper.java.maxmemory

06/30/2017

6.5 VUM ELM port 8084 – interface com.vmware.vim.binding.integrity.VcIntegrity is not visible from class loader

04/30/2017

VCSA 6.5 disable TLSv1.0 – vami-lighttp supports either pure TLSv1.2 or all TLS versions

04/23/2017

PowerCLI VM power state report and delete from disk

03/05/2017

VCSA 6.0 U3 update stuck at 70%

03/05/2017

6.0 External PSC vm_cfg.sh Permission denied vpxd_servicecfg command not found

02/11/2017

vROps 6 How to create a dashboard with Custom Views, Text and Scoreboards

01/08/2017

vSphere Replication – disable vr2c-firewall.vib push to ESXi hosts

01/01/2017

hot cloning failed – error occured while saving the snapshot msg:snapshot.error-QUIESINGERROR

12/31/2016

Deploy 6.0 VCSA – Stop called on web socket: 50100 Web Socket Server

12/26/2016

vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 7.2 Update – Server version mismatch error

11/27/2016

Windows vCenter 5.5 web client plugin missing with Orchestrator 7.0.1

11/21/2016

Windows Management Apps for 4k Monitors – AquaSnap WindowGrid

11/21/2016

vRealize Infrastructure Navigator VIN 24 hour cache mode

10/22/2016

vRealize Log Insight 3.6 replace SSL Certificate with CA Chain and revert back to self-signed Certificate

10/17/2016

Disable Snapshot creation by VM or Cluster script

09/05/2016

Upgrade 5.5 Windows vCenter to 6.0 and Join an Existing 6.0 SSO domain

09/05/2016

Enable SSH for the VCSA in the Web Client Error 1009

08/27/2016

Migrate ESXi 5.5 hosts from a windows 5.5 vCenter and vDS to a new 6.0 VCSA

07/10/2016

Gather VMware vRealize Infrastructure Navigator (VIN) support diagnostic logs

07/09/2016

Change SDRS – VM affinity – I/O metric – Space threshold by Cluster Script

06/19/2016

Fresh install of vCenter 5.5 using an existing 5.0 vCenter and VUM external SQL 2008 DB

05/22/2016

VMware VirtualCenter Server Service – Change Startup Time

05/22/2016

VMware vCenter 5.5 Inventory Service Startup Speed

05/22/2016

VMware vCenter Inventory Service – Processing unresolved entities – ADSI

05/22/2016

ESXi 5.5 Unable to connect to NFS server denied the mount request

04/12/2016

ESXi 5.0 – VUM error – Cannot run upgrade script on host – altbootbankboot.cfg

02/28/2016

Custom NUMA vmx settings for 8 vcpus on a 6 core host

02/15/2016

Active Directory Web Services

01/10/2016

vCOps 5.8 Admin page stuck on “Verifying Login Information”

12/20/2015

vROps 6 – Change Collection Interval

12/14/2015

vCenter 5.5 Windows 2012 Disk Space Cleanup Guide

11/29/2015

VMware Tools – An error occurred while trying to access image file

11/26/2015

Failed vMotion – Migration to host failed with error msg.vmk.status.VMK_IS_DISCONNECTED (195887150)

11/26/2015

Commands to bring online a down VMNIC

11/22/2015

Generate vCenter 5.5 Server Log Bundle to another Disk Partition

11/15/2015

Change DRS Migration Threshold Script

11/11/2015

Skeleton PowerCLI Script

11/11/2015

vCenter 5.5 U3A – 5.6 Client Integration Plug-in works with Chrome 46

11/10/2015

Automate PowerCLI Scripts via the Windows Server 2012 Task Scheduler

11/10/2015

vCenter 6 Upgrade Options to Enable Cross vCenter vMotion in the same SSO Domain

11/10/2015

Remove Old vCenter Plugins

11/10/2015

Notepad Plus Plus Settings

10/26/2015

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