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
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
vROps
Aria Ops View – ESXi Uptime and VM Metrics by Cluster Summary
Aria Ops Resource Pool Super Metric for VM IOPS
vROps VM Performance Investigation Dashboard
PowerCLI NVMe TBW push to vROps API
vROps Create a Custom Cloud Provider Rate Card for What-If-Analysis Migration Planning
vROps 8 – VM Powered Off Timestamp View
vROps 8 Missing Plus Sign for a New vCenter Credential
vROps Dashboard – SSL TLS Certificate Days Remaining Checker
vROps Dashboard – Top VM CPU Metrics for NOC
vROps 6.6 – Stuck on Loading Resources
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