Managing VIC Container Hosts (VCH) To reboot or power off a vSphere Integrated Container host (VCH), enter “debug” mode using the VIC cli from a Docker client. Do not use the vSphere client. “IMPORTANT: Do not use the vSphere Web Client to perform operations on VCH appliances or container VMs. Specifically, using the vSphere Web […]
vSphere Integrated Containers – Docker stop and start commands To get info on containers running, use “docker ps -a” It is useful for container names, IDs and IP addresses of web containers/applications. Example 1: docker@ubuntu:~/vic$ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 5f19f6793ffa busybox “sh” 5 hours ago Up 5 hours […]
vRealize Automation 7.x and “You cannot remove storage with name [Your Datastore Name] because there are managed machines still attached to it.” Synopsis: I had a virtual machine in vRealize Automation 7 that showed up in the UI and in the IaaS database but, did not actually exist anywhere in vSphere. The VM is question […]
vRealize Automation 7.x hung process cleanup – Snapshot operation in progress… 1) Stop all DEM related services on the IaaS server (so no new requests can enter IaaS) 2) Run backup on the vRA database - can right-click the vra database in SQL and choose Backup 3) Run query to check for pending actions: Select * […]
vRealize Automation 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 Upgrade Process High level steps: Backup data Upgrade vRA Upgrade IaaS Test/Validate 1) Stage upgrade binaries in a software repository, IIS or Apache – http://your-software-repository-host/repo/vcac/7.0.1/ – note if using IIS, you need to add MIME extensions. See method from VMware – https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019288 Or use the CDROM ISO method by mounting […]
I was searching for a way to discover which users were currently logged in to our vRealize Automation 7 suite so we could do some maintenenace and found this VMware kb article that was slightly dated but, pointed me in the right direction which was the IaaS database of course. VMware kb article referenced: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2034809 […]
Create Coffee Workflow: I used VMware Orchestrator's REST API's to consume my coffee pot as an XaaS (Anything as a Service) element to let the Java flow. I developed an Orchestrator workflow called Create Coffee to make me a cup of Java for any operational tasks that may take an extended amount of time. Part […]
1) Putty to a host in the cluster (I always Putty to the host the target vm is on) and edit the vm's "edit vmx file" or the vmx` file with the tilde on it. Do not edit the vmx file directly. 2) Change the value from "true" to "false" on the device place holder […]
If one or more VMWare ESX cluster nodes have suffered a hard crash or failure, you must reintroduce them back into the cluster by following these steps below. Do these steps for each host one at a time. This guide is helpful when multiple ESX hosts in an HA cluster have crashed due to a power outage, […]
How To – Commit VMware snapshots Snapshot activities are far more consistent and reliable when using the ESX host's Service Console in lieu of the vCenter GUI. VMware recommends having free space equal to the snapshots and base disk size before committing snapshots. If you do not have enough free space on […]