Below are a few links collected some time ago for VMware server administrators.
- Custom HP ESXi Image
- HP OneView for VMware vCenter / Operations Manager / Log Insight
Tag Archives: VMware
Forcing Linux to detect new disks
To force detection of newly added disks in Linux running as a virtual machine under VMware:
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan fdisk -l tail -f /var/log/message
More vCenter Server problems – database in suspect mode
After a few surprises that appeared less than a month ago in the article https://www.karolszczepanowski.pl/2015/02/24/problemy-z-vmware-vcenter-server-5-5/, it was time for another one…
This time the vCenter database stopped with the not very informative note “(Suspect)”, probably because something broke after a power failure (again).
Fortunately someone has already described the problem, so here is the source link:
http://www.vmdude.fr/en/tips-tricks-en/suspect-vcenter-database-on-sql-express/
Problems with VMware vCenter Server 5.5
A collection of a few problems I recently encountered with vCenter…
Problem: entries in the log C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\Vpxd-XXX.log:
2015-02-03T17:04:41.874+01:00 [06244 error 'win32vpxLdap_win32'] [LDAP Client] Failed to add LDAP entry CN=396B4052-A620-474B-BE8E-0446D1E1E831,OU=ComponentSpecs,OU=Health,dc=virtualcenter,dc=vmware,dc=int: 0x68 (The object already exists.)
Problem: entries in C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\wrapper.log:
INFO | jvm 1 | 2015/02/02 17:09:21 | SEVERE: Unable to expose the remote JMX registry. INFO | jvm 1 | 2015/02/02 17:09:21 | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Port value out of range: -1
Solution: VMware documentation
In short: edit the base.jmx.port variable in C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure omcat\conf\catalina.properties:
base.jmx.port=-1
change it to:
base.jmx.port=6969
Problem: how to restore the configuration, in other words generally about configuration backup (but this is worth doing earlier ;-P).
Solution: VMware KB 1029864
Problem: where are the logs stored?
Solution: typical log locations:
C:\ProgramData\VMware\Infrastructure\Inventory Service\Logs C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs
Problem: what does the vCenter database structure look like?
Automatically disabling SSL – VMware Converter
In reference to the post about problems with VMware Converter and conversion speed, or rather transfer speed.
As you can see, others were also looking for an automated solution:
Automatically Disable SSL – VMware Converter.