Hi Teams,
How we can get an email notification vCenter Server of "administrator@vsphere.local" password expiration notification via email? I have set and email address on the 'administrator@vsphere.local' but not getting mail notification.It's only notification on VC bar once i'm login.
Mail notification only working for OS "root".
Hi,
we have a vCenter 6.7 U2 environment and configured the identity sources to connect vCenter with the Active Directory. This is working fine, but when the primary server is not reachable anymore, it took approx. 5min to login. We have 3 different kind of systems and facing on all of them the same behavior.
I tryed to find any timeout settings, but couldn't find anything. Only hint was to add "options timeout:1 attempts:1 rotate" in the resolv.conf, but this didn't help.
Hia
I'm trying to create a local account on the VCSA that is able to run 'service-control --status' in the bash shell. While trying to do this I've come accross a few things I cant really explain.
1. I can create users without any problem using "localaccounts.user.add --username x --role y -- password" but I cant edit or delete them without getting an error that the user is not recognized.
- localaccounts.user.list only lists the root user. Didn't change after setting the bash shell as default for my custom user.
- I can see all the users I created in my VCSA Web Interface, but I cant edit or delete useres here.
2. None of the given roles, even superAdmin, seems to have the permissions to run service-control. Do I need a root shell to run those commands?
I'm clearly missing something, overread something.. hoping you can point me in the right direction. I'm running a VCSA V6.7 U3 Build 14367737.
Regards
David
trying to perform an upgrade. found that I can add a custom repo url. using https://vapp-updates.vmware.com/vai-catalog/valm/vmw/8d167796-34d5-4899-be0a-6daade4005a3/6.7.0.30000.latest/
this is shown on the update tab:
but it fails with
2019-07-25T07:04:32.206 [14578]DEBUG:vmware.vherd.base.software_update:Run command: ['/bin/rpm', '-Uhv', '--test', u'/storage/core/software-packages/*.rpm']
2019-07-25T07:04:32.206 [14578]DEBUG:vmware.vherd.base.software_update:You can find the output of the command in temp files out /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update-outuMAAQM, err /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update-err9aNsAx
2019-07-25T07:04:33.206 [14578]DEBUG:vmware.vherd.base.software_update:STDOUT: Preparing... ########################################
2019-07-25T07:04:33.206 [14578]DEBUG:vmware.vherd.base.software_update:STDERR: file /usr/lib/systemd/system/vami-lighttp.service from install of applmgmt-6.7.0-14070457.x86_64 conflicts with file from package vmware-studio-vami-lighttpd-3.0.0.5-9878226.x86_64
2019-07-25T07:04:33.206 [14578]DEBUG:vmware.vherd.base.software_update:Test transaction failed to update package
out=Preparing... ########################################
error= file /usr/lib/systemd/system/vami-lighttp.service from install of applmgmt-6.7.0-14070457.x86_64 conflicts with file from package vmware-studio-vami-lighttpd-3.0.0.5-9878226.x86_64
rc=254
2019-07-25T07:04:33.206 [14578]CRITICAL:root:Installation process failed
2019-07-25T07:04:33.206 [14578]DEBUG:root:Test transaction failed to update packages
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/support/scripts/software-packages.py", line 471, in install
answers=answer)
File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/base/py/vmware/vherd/base/software_update.py", line 1940, in installPackagesEP
_runTestTransaction(pkgType, percent=50)
File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/base/py/vmware/vherd/base/task_manager.py", line 160, in trackedfunc
Hello,
I have a vCenter 6.5 and wants to upgrading it to 6.7. I installed vCenter 6.7:
1- Any option about export the previous vCenter configuration to the new one?
2- For join ESXi hosts to the new vCenter, should I remove them from the old vCenter then add to the new vCenter?
Thank you.
How do I customize my vm with a customization template when using the content library? I do not see the option where to select a customization template
Hello everyone,
I'm new here so I hope this is the correct place for this question... We've recently installed an ESXi Server, and connected to a SAN for our students to learn how to create their own cloud infrastructure. I'm looking for the right permission set for them - they need to be able to explore (read-only) the interface, and create and run their own VM's. I'd rather them not see anyone else's VM (or at least not be able to modify them).
We're using ESXi v6.7.0 update 3.
I've been playing with a bunch of different permission configurations, but can't quite seem to find the right config. I've come close a couple times, but not 100%. Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Scott
Hi,
I'm using vcsa-cli-installer and trying to upgrade from vCenter 6.5U1 to 6.7U1. It is however failing:
2019-06-03 09:01:41,922 - vCSACliInstallLogger - INFO - ================ [FAILED] Task: Running precheck: RecommendOrCheckExportDirTask execution failed at 09:01:41 ================ 2019-06-03 09:01:41,928 - vCSACliInstallLogger - DEBUG - Task 'Running precheck: RecommendOrCheckExportDirTask' execution failed because [Not enough disk space on '/' for exporting source data 3.99 GB including migrate set 'core' in export_dir '/storage/updatemgr/temp'.], possible resolution is ['/storage/updatemgr' has sufficient space to accommodate source export data. Provide this as export folder in source_vc.vc_vcsa.export_dir field in template.]
In the vc_vcsa section of my config file I have specified:
"export_dir": "/storage/updatemgr/temp"
The disk space of my source vCenter is as follows:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /dev tmpfs 7.9G 20K 7.9G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 7.9G 688K 7.9G 1% /run tmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda3 11G 7.2G 3.0G 72% / tmpfs 7.9G 1.5M 7.9G 1% /tmp /dev/sda1 120M 28M 87M 25% /boot /dev/mapper/db_vg-db 9.8G 5.9G 3.4G 64% /storage/db /dev/mapper/netdump_vg-netdump 985M 1.3M 932M 1% /storage/netdump /dev/mapper/seat_vg-seat 25G 8.8G 15G 38% /storage/seat /dev/mapper/log_vg-log 9.8G 4.7G 4.6G 51% /storage/log /dev/mapper/dblog_vg-dblog 15G 2.5G 12G 18% /storage/dblog /dev/mapper/core_vg-core 50G 52M 47G 1% /storage/core /dev/mapper/updatemgr_vg-updatemgr 99G 2.8G 91G 3% /storage/updatemgr /dev/mapper/imagebuilder_vg-imagebuilder 9.8G 23M 9.2G 1% /storage/imagebuilder /dev/mapper/autodeploy_vg-autodeploy 9.8G 34M 9.2G 1% /storage/autodeploy
So my /storage/updatemgr has 91G of available disk space which should be more than enough.
Not sure what the easiest method would to proceed here?
Lars
Howdy all,
I am attempting to move an existing Host from one Datacenter to another Datacenter (maxing out resources in one Datacenter) and remove the existing Datastores and re-assigning new Datastores. I have successfully disconnected/removed the host from one Datacenter to the other but I am stuck on how to remove the 7 Datastores that were assigned to the Host when in the original Datacenter and assign the Datastores that are tied to the newer Datacenter (SAN Storage).
Is this possible and what are the steps to remove the Datastores and re-assign new Datastores?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Hey everyone,
We recently upgraded to VCSA 6.7 and everything is working great except for the custom permissions I had setup.
Originally, our setup was that globally, no one besides admins had access from the top-level and that propagated to all children. I would then assign an individual resource pool role to a specified user/group which had full permissions to create/edit/delete/snapshot/etc VMs and all worked perfectly. Users would sign in and only see their individually-assigned pools. This worked because, as VMware states, the permissions hierarchy says that child objects override parent objects every time.
Upgrade to 6.7 and that no longer works. The same setup results in users, despite having the ability to create a new VM in their respective pools, no access on the server/datacenter/datastore/etc.
While the latter makes more sense (if I don't have permissions to access the datacenter my pool resides on, why should I be able to create a VM on it), that makes it impossible to limit people's view of the entire infrastructure impossible. I've been able to somewhat mimic the former permissions by painstakingly going through and assigning permissions on a per-level basis (no inheritance, all manually), but there's got to be a better way!
i see the customization template has option to login as a local admin
but how do i have an autologon as a domain user instead on first boot?
Hello!
Our Zabbix server is configured to monitor vCenter servers. A standard template is used. Monitoring works fine, but there is a problem: to collect data zabbix once a minute logs to the vCenter server and to each host, and in the vCenter logs an audit message is written about the successful user login. There are a lot of these messages and this prevents troubleshooting. Is there a way to avoid writing to vCenter audit logs for zabbix user?
Author : Alyc Helms
Topic Name : Log In to the Direct Console User Interface
Publication Name : vCenter Server Appliance Configuration
Product/Version : VMware vSphere/6.7
Question :
How to update vCenter license
I am creating a Windows AD setup and joined my 2-node vSAN hosts into the domain as well as vCenter, now I want to re-name the hostnames in vCenter for these two hosts in the vSAN cluster from their old hostnames to the new ones. Already was able to change hostname of vCenter itself.
I am able to change the hostname and domain name/search domain via TCP/IP stack on the hosts but vCenter of course still has the hosts added with old domain name. How do I essentially edit the hostname that vCenter uses to access and work with these hosts?
Cheers,
Chris
Hi Guys,
I URGENTLY need to search for a reboot reason for a vcenter VCSA 6.7 node.
I cannot see anything in "tasks" in the UI, and in vpxd.log only see "Initiating VMware VirtualCenter shutdown"
Which log file do I need to check on the vcenter appliance to find the reason entered for the node reboot?!
Many thanks in advance, this is basic, but killing me.
Hello all,
vCenter // vSphere 6.7.0.41000
Can you change the password requirements displayed for the vCenter Server Appliance Management interface?
I understand you can specify SSO Password Policy settings in the vSphere client; However the Appliance Management Interface (:5480) appears to have its own password policy settings unaffected by the vSphere Client vCenter SSO settings. You can view these settings by logging in to the Appliance Management portal as root where you'll see an Administration tab on the left.
For example, from shell I can create a new localos account with a 6 character password and log in to Appliance Management with that account, even though my SSO Password Policy settings specify 8 characters.
Thank you for any help offered.
Hi All,
I have a vcenter 5.0 based on windows 2008 and there is a requirement to upgrade 5.0 to 5.5.. Can we upgrade directly to 6.0 or 6.5 ?
Hardware Dell Power edge R900 & R720
Any insight into this will be much appreciated.
Thanks
vmk
When I log on to the Web page, I will prompt the following information:_
503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [class Vmacore::Http::NamedPipeServiceSpec:0x00000259977f60c0] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =\\.\pipe\vmware-vpxd-webserver-pipe)
Normally you can enter the console after waiting for a moment, but this time you have waited a lot of time._
Installation: vCenter Server 6.5 is installed on Win2016 After checking the system services, most of them started normally._
Then I use the service-control --status --all all command according to KB's boot to view the associated services as follows_
Many services are not running I tried to restart the service, including restarting the system, but there was no effect (service-control --start --all all) View log: (vpxd-svcs) There are many reported errors:_
org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (Connection refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.)
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
2019-11-21T14:59:45.336+08:00 [main WARN org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext opId=] Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'vlsi-server' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl#10db82ae' of type [com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl] while setting bean property 'filters' with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl#10db82ae' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authFilter' while setting bean property 'filter'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authFilter' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authChecker' while setting bean property 'authChecker'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authChecker' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'userSessionManager' while setting bean property 'userSessionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userSessionManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authorizationManager' while setting bean property 'authorizationManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authorizationManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authProvider' while setting bean property 'dataProvider'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authProvider' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'caches' while setting bean property 'caches'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'localKvManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/query-server-config.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.vmware.cis.core.kv.impl.Exception.KVInternalException: Error creating VCDBProviderFactory:
2019-11-21T14:59:45.337+08:00 [main ERROR com.vmware.vim.dataservices.WrapperListenerImpl opId=] start: Tagging and Authz services failed to start
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'vlsi-server' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl#10db82ae' of type [com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl] while setting bean property 'filters' with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl#10db82ae' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authFilter' while setting bean property 'filter'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authFilter' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authChecker' while setting bean property 'authChecker'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authChecker' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'userSessionManager' while setting bean property 'userSessionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userSessionManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authorizationManager' while setting bean property 'authorizationManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authorizationManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authProvider' while setting bean property 'dataProvider'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authProvider' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'caches' while setting bean property 'caches'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'localKvManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/query-server-config.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.vmware.cis.core.kv.impl.Exception.KVInternalException: Error creating VCDBProviderFactory:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.vmware.vim.vmomi.server.http.impl.FilterImpl#10db82ae' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authFilter' while setting bean property 'filter'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authFilter' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authChecker' while setting bean property 'authChecker'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authChecker' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'userSessionManager' while setting bean property 'userSessionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userSessionManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authorizationManager' while setting bean property 'authorizationManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authorizationManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authProvider' while setting bean property 'dataProvider'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authProvider' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'caches' while setting bean property 'caches'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'localKvManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/query-server-config.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.vmware.cis.core.kv.impl.Exception.KVInternalException: Error creating VCDBProviderFactory:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authFilter' defined in class path resource [server/config/server-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authChecker' while setting bean property 'authChecker'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authChecker' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'userSessionManager' while setting bean property 'userSessionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userSessionManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authorizationManager' while setting bean property 'authorizationManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authorizationManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'authProvider' while setting bean property 'dataProvider'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authProvider' defined in class path resource [server/config/security-config.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'caches' while setting bean property 'caches'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'localKvManager' defined in class path resource [server/config/query-server-config.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.vmware.cis.core.kv.impl.Exception.KVInternalException: Error creating VCDBProviderFactory:
What should I do now?_
The environment is running VMware 6.0 U3 on both hosts and vCenter. We have verified ODBC and vcdb.properties are pointed to the correct database server and there is no issue with database connectivity.
We see this error in the event log:
The VMware Inventory Service service terminated with the following service-specific error:
Incorrect function.
We also see the following Java errors in the VMware inventory service log,:
Caused by: com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.exception.KVExecutionException: SQL Error:
at com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.KVUtil.createAndLogExecutionException(KVUtil.java:153)
at com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.provider.VCDBProviderFactory.getConnection(VCDBProviderFactory.java:116)
at com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.provider.VCDBProviderFactory.getExistingProviders(VCDBProviderFactory.java:327)
at com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.KVManagerImpl.populateExistingProviders(KVManagerImpl.java:806)
at com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.VCDBKVManagerImpl.init(VCDBKVManagerImpl.java:72)
... 91 more
Caused by: org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver' for connect URL ''
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:1452)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:1371)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1044)
at com.vmware.vim.query.server.kvlocal.impl.provider.VCDBProviderFactory.getConnection(VCDBProviderFactory.java:114)
... 94 more
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getDriver(DriverManager.java:278)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:1437)
... 97 more
Curious how the community is handling their vCenter version upgrades. Are you typically doing in-place upgrades for minor update revisions and then deploying fresh when you get to a major version release or are you just doing in-place upgrades all the time? For my environment (400 hosts / 7000 virtual machines / 4 vCenter instances) we have been performing in-place upgrades since 5.5 (windows) to where we are today which is 6.5 (vcsa). I am currently in a holding pattern to see when the next major release will come and deciding how that upgrade process will develop out. The only thing that has always worried me about the new deployment is handling all of the distributed virtual switches in the environment since it adds a layer of risk when dealing with it. I am curious to see how others are handling upgrades. Thanks in advance for the comments.