Oneliners to speed up troubleshooting common NTP related issues. Connect-ViServer <vCenter address> -user administrator@vsphere.local -password VMware123! Check NTP Server is configured. Get-VMHost |Sort Name|Select Name, @{N=“NTPServer“;E={$_ |Get-VMHostNtpServer}}, @{N=“ServiceRunning“;E={(Get-VmHostService -VMHost … Continue Reading NTP check with Powercli
Dump database of both VRMS servers from either site. cd /opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.3/bin/ For 6.5 VR cd /opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.5/bin/ ./pg_dump -U vrmsdb vrmsdb > vrmsdb.dump to backup the db . For larger dbs … Continue Reading Unable to pair VRMS after PSC certificate update. Thumbprint mismatch on the VR site pairing.
This guide will provide a method of exporting VM’s IP customization settings from the SRM database into an XML format using the dr-ip-reporter utility that’s included with all SRM installs … Continue Reading Export IP Customization and convert
By default we do not give debug logging in the webclient for vSphere Replication site pairing. A really good way to find root causes of site pairing is to follow the below … Continue Reading How to troubleshoot unable to pair vSphere Replication Servers 6.X.
Step 1. Find out from vCenter where is my PSC /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-ls-location –server-name localhost C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\vmafdd\vmafd-cli get-site-name –server-name localhost /usr/lib/vmidentity/tools/scripts/lstool.py list –url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk > /tmp/psc_services.txt grep -i vrms -A1 … Continue Reading Remove Stale SRM Entries from PSC
Step 1. Download and install the java jre for vSphere Replication https://buildweb.eng.vmware.com/ob/4540178/# download vmware-jre-1.7.0_121-1server.x86_64.rpm This rpm can also be pulled from the vSphere Replication installer ISO using … Continue Reading VR failed upgrade no Snapshot to restore
The ports required for the VDP proxies are similar as the VDP appliance. The proxies need access to the vCenter SDK on port 443. The proxies also need access to the ESXi … Continue Reading VDP and the Proxies with Hotadd!
The issue may appear with a similar backtrace. Reprotect fails. –> Panic: Assert Failed: “ok” @ d:/build/ob/bora-4130000/srm/src/replication/providers/storageProvider/reverseReplication.cpp:1411 –> Backtrace: –> backtrace[00] rip 00007ffdd64cabea –> backtrace[01] rip 00007ffdd6390a3f –> backtrace[02] … Continue Reading Reprotect Fails SRM / SRM service crash
For successful backups, port 443 needs to be open to ESXi. VDP backup solution is a prime example how this issue can escalate with both hotadd and NBD failing. With port … Continue Reading Succesfull backups need port 443 open to ESXi
VMware Skyline: VMware’s new proactive support technology; sign up here. https://www.vmware.com/support/services/skyline.html /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan (Not required just adding for reference) remount the root disk as r/w mount -n -o remount,rw / PRESS ENTER … Continue Reading vSphere Replication Account locked
java -jar proxycp.jar –listdatastoremap To correct a mismapped datastore, run the following command to refresh all known datastores.: # java -jar proxycp.jar –selectalldatastore Your additional command which I was not … Continue Reading Proxycp.jar
Having to retake any exam is tough to do. With VCAP exams this is something you can expect on occasion as there is a lot of material to cover and … Continue Reading My VCAP 6 deploy experience.
Re-signature LUNs script. Manual method esxcfg-volume -l | grep VMFS touch /tmp/luns.txt vi /tmp/luns.txt copy output to file :wq! so save data. cat /tmp/luns.txt | awk -F “/” ‘{print $2}’ … Continue Reading paulsbestscriptlets
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