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AD and vCenter 6.7 Invalid Credentials

November 5, 2019, 1:41 pm
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Hello,

I've been working on setting up my first lab to study for VCP and having some trouble getting AD authentication to work within vcenter. This is a brand new AD server, Win server 2019 and domain functional level 2016 which is supported in 6.7u1 and after. I've successfully joined the VCSA to the domain, added the identity source, and am able to add users via global permissions from the AD server. When I attempt to login with AD credentials I get an Audit Success from the AD server, but over in VCSA it just says "Invalid Credentials". From what I can tell it's not a time skew issue because both systems receive time from pool.ntp.org. Any help would be appreciated, I've been beating my head against this issue for a week or two now, and pretty much exhausted what I can find online. I've tried multiple times to leave/join the domain via cli per the 6.5 AD issue, but that doesn't seem to help. I've dug around in the logs quite a bit, and these are the two entries that stand out to me.

/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log

/var/log/audit/sso-events/audit_events.log 2019-11-05T18:45:17.724Z {"user":"administrator@butte.local","client":"192.168.1.25","timestamp":"11/05/2019 18:45:17 UTC","description":"User administrator@butte.local@192.168.1.25 failed to log in with response code 401","eventSeverity":"INFO","type":"com.vmware.sso.LoginFailure"}

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AD Users in global permissions

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Vcenter 6.0 won't allow login after partition full

November 5, 2019, 10:46 am
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So the first thing I did was reset the root password to be able to SSH into the appliance again. After that I cleaned out the logs as shown in this KB VMware Knowledge Base

Then vmware-eam wouldn't start so I followed this KB to recreate the vmware-eam config file eam.properties VMware Knowledge Base

Now vmware-eam is running again, but vmware-invsvc won't start. When I try and start it I get this error

 

Stdout = Starting VMware Inventory Service...

Waiting for VMware Inventory Service..........................

WARNING: VMware Inventory Service may have failed to start.

 

Stderr =

2019-11-05T18:40:27.533Z   {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-invsvc', 'start']\nStderr: "

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.command.errinvoke",

            "localized": "An error occurred while invoking external command : 'Command: ['/sbin/service', u'vmware-invsvc', 'start']\nStderr: '",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while invoking external command : '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

ERROR:root:Unable to start service vmware-invsvc, Exception: {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "vmware-invsvc"

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",

            "localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-invsvc'",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

Unable to start service vmware-invsvc, Exception: {

    "resolution": null,

    "detail": [

        {

            "args": [

                "vmware-invsvc"

            ],

            "id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",

            "localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-invsvc'",

            "translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"

        }

    ],

    "componentKey": null,

    "problemId": null

}

 

 

So then I followed this KB VMware Knowledge Base to try and get it working, and tried multiple generated passwords until the password didn't have ',",*,/,\

and it still won't start.

 

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VCSA -- two questions

November 7, 2019, 7:12 am
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1) What is the correct forum for inquiring about the 6.7.x VCSA?? Especially the HTML5 version.

 

2) Where/how does one do scheduled tasks in the 6.7.x VCSA?? -- I don't find it in the HTML5 flavor, did VMware really not port this over from the Flash version?? Since they are getting rid of the Flash version. Is the Flash version still the only way to do scheduled tasks for VMs??

 

Thank you, Tom

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VMware vCenter 6.7 Installation "The digital signature on the installer has failed" on windows 2012 R2

November 6, 2019, 8:03 pm
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VMware vCenter 6.7 Installation "The digital signature on the installer has failed" on windows 2012 R2.

 

Also followed below VMware link, but still no luck. Request you to check & give us some hint to proceed.

VMware Knowledge Base

Attached the snapshot for the same.

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Unable to open Web Console in 6.7U3 HTML Client

November 7, 2019, 2:15 pm
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Unable to open Web Console in vCenter 6.7U3 HTML Client.

 

"Launch Web Console" as well as "Launch remote Console" options get a pop-up windows "Open VMware Remote Console Option?" with 2 options available: "Open VMware Remote Console" and "Cancel", see print-screen below.

 

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From ESXi hosts web-interface can choose and open both: Web-Console and Remote Console.

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Services not starting after restore

November 8, 2019, 5:42 am
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Hello,

 

I restored a full backup of my VCSA but now the services are not starting. Could you please help, what I should do now?

 

root@vCenter [ ~ ]# df -h
Filesystem                                Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs                                  4.9G     0  4.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs                                     4.9G  4.0K  4.9G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                                     4.9G  680K  4.9G   1% /run
tmpfs                                     4.9G     0  4.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda3                                  11G  6.7G  3.4G  67% /
tmpfs                                     4.9G     0  4.9G   0% /tmp
/dev/sda1                                 120M   34M   78M  31% /boot
/dev/mapper/netdump_vg-netdump            985M  1.3M  916M   1% /storage/netdump
/dev/mapper/db_vg-db                      9.8G  404M  8.9G   5% /storage/db
/dev/mapper/imagebuilder_vg-imagebuilder  9.8G   23M  9.2G   1% /storage/imagebuilder
/dev/mapper/seat_vg-seat                  9.8G  174M  9.1G   2% /storage/seat
/dev/mapper/updatemgr_vg-updatemgr         99G  411M   93G   1% /storage/updatemgr
/dev/mapper/autodeploy_vg-autodeploy      9.8G   34M  9.2G   1% /storage/autodeploy
/dev/mapper/dblog_vg-dblog                 15G  166M   14G   2% /storage/dblog
/dev/mapper/core_vg-core                   25G  517M   23G   3% /storage/core
/dev/mapper/log_vg-log                    9.8G  3.3G  6.0G  36% /storage/log
/dev/mapper/archive_vg-archive             50G   22G   25G  47% /storage/archive
root@vCenter [ ~ ]# service-control --status
Stopped:
 applmgmt pschealth vmcad vmcam vmdird vmdnsd vmonapi vmware-analytics vmware-certificatemanagement vmware-cis-license vmware-cm vmware-content-library vmware-eam vmware-imagebuilder vmware-mbcs vmware-netdumper vmware-perfcharts vmware-pod vmware-postgres-archiver vmware-rbd-watchdog vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-sca vmware-sps vmware-statsmonitor vmware-sts-idmd vmware-stsd vmware-topologysvc vmware-updatemgr vmware-vapi-endpoint vmware-vcha vmware-vmon vmware-vpostgres vmware-vpxd vmware-vpxd-svcs vmware-vsan-health vmware-vsm vsan-dps vsphere-client vsphere-ui
Running:
 lwsmd vmafdd
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migrate vcenter 6.7 appliance to new vcenter 6.7 appliance

November 8, 2019, 6:00 am
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We had an issue with our current vcenter 6.7 and active directory which we cannot get resolved.  We would like to spin up a new vcenter appliance, but need to find a way to migrate the configuration without the issue.  I have created the new vcenter and verified that I can contact the active directory, and would like to move all the settings and host over to the new vcenter.  Is there a way to do this, the migration tool does not like going from 6.7 to 6.7

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vCSA 5.5.0a - Users with spaces are unable to authenticate

December 2, 2013, 2:51 pm
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I am not able to login to the vSphere Web Client or full client when the username contains spaces.  I was able to figure this out after some troubleshooting.

 

I created a user named "Testing" and it logs in just fine, so I renamed it to "Testing Test" and I am no longer able to login.

 

Anyone else seeing this? 

 

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.0.5101 Build 1398493

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Database Use

February 13, 2009, 6:00 am
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What is the most popular Database for VCenter?
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Cannot rename VM in vSphere Client

May 25, 2012, 12:29 pm
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Due to a quick refresh on vSphere Client, I am not able to rename my VM. When ever, I click on the VM, hit F2 and type the new name, the screen does a refresh and I am not able to rename the VM.

I can just type on the notepad and do a quick cut and paste but I would like to know, how can we stop/avoid/fix this behaviour of vSphere Client.

 

Thanks

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Working on new ESXi box and ready to install vCenter but it won't install

November 10, 2019, 1:47 pm
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So I have downloaded the vcenter iso file several times to make sure there was no problem. I have it unzipped and have watched several video of what i should be clicking on to start the install.  I have done this on both a windows client and actual windows machines. It will pop open the box to install but the box is all white and nothing every pops up.  I'm planning to install the linux version and have a blank VM setup for this that matches the spec on another server I have. Of course the image type is not for this as the machine never picks up an image.  Any suggestions on this for vsphere 6.7 file that I downloaded that is in my account for what was purchased?

Thanks

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restore vcenter 6.7 u3 consideration

November 6, 2019, 12:10 am
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hi dears

i had VCHA on 3 host.after no reply on pinging VC i used "VCHA-DESTROY -f" command to destroy VCHA and VC could be pinged.but again no VC web UI and when i want to open VAMI said restore completed and you need to validate SSO .every time i test administrator@vsphere.local and it`s password vami said an unknown problem. after that i decide to restore my VAMI backup.now my question is what happen after restoring VCSA .does it affect hardware locks added after backup restore point?does it affect VM that moved or Vmotioned to other Host?does it affect VSS portgroup created or changed after backup?does it affect Up-link on VSS?i have no VDS?

every bit of information is appreciated

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add host from failed VCSA to brand new VCSA without shutdown or VMotion VMs?

November 6, 2019, 3:47 am
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hi dear friends

my vcha failed and after alot of afford to restore it i decided to deploy completely new VCSA and add host to it.every thing was right until i need to add host to new VCSA .it said you must shutdown power on  vms?i have a software that need a lot of config to rerun.

is there a way to add host with power on or suspended vm to new vcsa?

if suspended vm are allowed does they keep their state after adding to new vcenter(running state,hardware lock)?

host :  6.7 u3

vcsa : 6.7 u3 embedded

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one command to free up space in /storage/seat

April 6, 2017, 9:04 am
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I was trying to free up space in '/storage/seat on my vcsa 6.5

 

This is not applicable for 6.5 :

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 services fail due to 100% usage of /storage/seat disk (2119809) | VMware KB

 

I don't have "vpx_event" and "vpx_event_arg" table.

Instead I have "vpx_event_1" to "vpx_event_92", and "vpx_event_arg_1" to "vpx_event_arg_92".

 

So I ran "truncate table vpx_event_1 cascade;" for each "event" tables (184 tables!).

 

/storage/seat/ was back to 1%.

 

But there's also this command :

sudo -u postgres /opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.4/bin/vacuumdb -a -e -v -f -U postgres > /tmp/vacuumdb.log

 

(as suggested at the bottom of this article : http://www.settlersoman.com/how-to-reclaim-space-on-storageseat-in-vcenter-appliance-5-5-or-6-x/ )

 

But I don't have a "postgres" user. Is that ok ?

 

So I tried that :

sudo -u root /opt/vmware/vpostgres/9.4/bin/vacuumdb -a -e -v -f -U postgres > /tmp/vacuumdb.log

 

And entered the password returned by this command :

cat /etc/vmware-vpx/embedded_db.cfg | grep

 

But I don't see anything changed. Normal ?

 

When I tried running it before the "truncate" , there was no change to "storage/seat" either.

 

 

 

Thanks

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ELM with different vCenter versions?

November 7, 2019, 1:45 pm
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Hello Experts,

 

Working through some possible solutions and looking for clarification on something as I am not finding a specific answer in docs on the vmware site and would save me some time building out a lab to test.

 

2 vCenters

 

  • 6,5 Update 2 - site 1 - Embedded PSC
  • 6.7 Update 3 - site 2 - Embedded PSC

 

Can Enhanced Link Mode run with 2 different versions of vCenter or must they both be on the same build (6.5 or 6.7)

 

If so, can I point the vCenter 6.5U2 to the vCenter 6.7U3 embedded PSC controller and enabled ELM to then do vMotions to the new 6.7 from the 6.5?

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503 Service Unavailable vCenter 6.7.4000

November 12, 2019, 4:00 pm
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I am getting the error below when trying to connect to vcsa 6.7, however I am able to connect to the Appliance Management where I see an alert for /storage/seat

 

503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00007fe9380182b0] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe)

seat.png

 

Would this be a good solution to follow

vCenter Server Appliance Crash due to Full /Storage/SEAT Partition

or this ?

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2017/08/vmware-vcsa-6-5-upgrade-no-tiny-small-option/

 

Thanks

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Too many concurrent connections to vcenter

November 12, 2019, 4:24 pm
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Hi All,

 

 

We have three different backup applications in our environment. As of late backups are failing "due to too may concurrent connections to vCenter" I need to find a solution to this problem and begin the process of consolidating backup products. My immediate thought was to load balance vCenter but i'm not sure what the best practice is. Can I deploy another vCenter in HA and then use Netscalers to load balance the TCP connections? Does it have to be in an HA configuration?

 

If there are better immediate solutions out there please let me know!
Thanks!
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vCenter Migration from 5.5 to 6.5

November 12, 2019, 6:56 pm
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Hi All,

 

I would like to gather information on which is the best way to migrate vCenter Windows 5.5 to VCSA 6.5.

Our challenge is that the setup is using dvswitch 5.5.

And I saw a KB that migrating dvswitch from a new version may result downtime that,s why we are trying to minimize or much better eliminate that concern especially this is production environment.

Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch to a Later Version

 

Will using vCenter migration tool automatically upgrades the dvswitch version from 5.5 to 6.5?

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Upgrading 6.5 Linked vCenters

November 12, 2019, 8:10 pm
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Hi,

 

We have 2 vCenters version 6.5 that are in linked mode. The vCenters are in 2 different physical locations. There is 1 external PSC at 1 location that both vCenters are registered with.

 

We are trying to get clarity on what would be the ideal end solution if upgrading to 6.7? We were thinking first deploying an additional 6.5 external PSC to the physical site without a PSC. Same SSO domain as existing PSC, but a different SSO Site name. Then, first upgrade the 2 PSCs to 6.7. Then upgrade the 2 vCenters to 6.7. Re-configure the vCenter at the physical site with the newly deployed PSC to point at the newly deployed PSC at that same physical site. Converge each external PSC into an embedded PSC with each of their associated vCenters.

 

However, it seems when looking at vSphere 6.7 supported and deprecated typologies that the final topology described above would not be supported in 6.7?

 

Any suggestions on the best, supported way to approach this would be appreciated.

 

Thank you,

 

Mark

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VMware vCenter error.

November 13, 2019, 4:57 am
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