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In this article, I am going to guide you how to overwrite native esxi with custom image from vendor in vCloud Foundation. Background VCF bundle Management downloads native ESXi images from the VMware repository without 3rd.party packages. In my case, I would like to install a custom HPE ESXi image in one shot through VCF.…
In this article, I am going to guide you how to implement workaround to reconnect vCenter in vCloud Director Symptoms 2023-10-19 07:14:02,188 | DEBUG | pc-activity-pool-24520 | CJob | updateFailedJob(com.vmware.ssdc.util.LMException) with locale=null |com.vmware.ssdc.util.LMException: Error caused vCenter Server disconnect …
In this article, I am going to guide you how to Disable the upgrade compatibility checks after upgrading SDDC Manager getting following errors Cause As part of the VCF 5.0 release, there is a new feature that allows users to indefinitely upgrade their SDDC Manager to newer releases, without having to upgrade other BoM components…
In this article, I am going to guide you how to add new host to cluster in SDDC while the primary datastore has been decommissioned Unable to add a new host to the cluster due to the decommissioning of the primary datastore. In this scenario, the cluster was established long ago, and the primary datastore…
In this article, I am going to guide you how Patching of VMware vCloud Director Check about the interoperability matrix for other VMware products in the stack and other products that are integrated into vcd before patching pre-reg: This will result in the customer not being able to create VMs or perform other tasks. Turn…
CLI NOT showing same BUILD ID as what is showing in vCenter VAMI. by running vpxd -v to get version and login to VAMI to verify vCenter version. Solution: cd /storage/core/software-update 1. Take a backup before doing any manual workaround (For ALL vcenter is case there is a link mode activated) 2. Try update again,…
In this article, I am going to guide you how to resize vCloud director cells from Meduim to Extra Large (VVS) deployment size. According to VMware dokumatation we have to add more CPU, Memory and add two new Application Cells Lets start Disable Organization VDCs. Backup database Change database failover mode to manual by running…
In this article, I am going to guide you how to solve/workaround clear these logs automatically I noticed that one of the cloud director cells was inactive in the portal. I did login via ssh to the cell and found out that the /dec/sda3 was full and had no space left. checking for logs file…
In this article, I am going to guide you how to solve/workaround Workspace One (vDIM) login issue From time to time getting following messages appear when login at NSX or other portals which is integrated to Workspace one (formerly known as VMware Identity manager) The problem is db disk is full Solution: Take snapshot of…
In this article, I am going to guide you how to solve/workaround VMware Cloud Director Log Bundle collection issue. Due to support tech case i wanted to collect log bundle but it’s failed and i get following error message Symptoms ERROR | Failed to collect logs from multiple cells Checking log files located under /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs. first i…