I recently uninstalled NSX-V on my environment to prepare for NSX-T. Unfortunately, I encounter the following error when I try to configure/ install NSX-T: Failed to install software on host. Failed to install software on host. esxidr01.ldc.int : java.rmi.RemoteException: [ProfileValidationError] File path of ‘/etc/vmware/firewall/netCPRuleset.xml’ is claimed by multiple non-overlay VIBs: {‘VMware_b
I’ve been doing alot of Linux stuff lately and have been playing with Ansible to create a hosts setup for my Kubernetes nodes. Now, since i’m still at the ‘try-till-you-break-the-environment’ stage, using VMware snapshot has been very valuable to me. No need to reinstall or “oops moment” for me. Originally, I’ve been doing snapshot manually from the WebClient but it’s g
Recently had a request to provide statistics/ script-out the data that is exposed by vSphere Replication report tab. Based from a post from Virtu-al, you can get the transferred bytes from one of the Arguments value in the Completed Event. Here’s a quick one liner to expose all the events. Get-VIEvent -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValue) | Where { $_.EventTypeId -match “hbr|rpo” } | Select CreatedTi
Recently had a requirement to limit the number of VM requests per submission in vRA 6.2 By default, there are currently no controls in place to limit this value. Checked around in VMware and found a solution: NOTE: Unsupported solution Go to Windows IaaS server Go to the following path: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vCAC\Server\Website\Leases Edit ConfirmNewRequest.aspx Look for trMachineCount element and edit the n
Over the weekend, I’ve been trying to call Powershell scripts using vRealize Orchestrator. Quick google yielded the following: http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/2011/12/vco-powershell-plug-in.html I’ve followed the blog and was able to successfully call the script WITH one exception: every time i started calling resource outside of the WINRM host from the ps script – it kept on failing. One exam
Didn’t realize there was an “easy” go-to button in vRealize Orchetrator to auto-configure the following: Import license Import certificated Configure SSO Configure vCenter Server Plugin Just login to vRealize Orchestrator Configuration and setup the component manager lookup – VMware vRealize Orchestrator Configuration -> General -> vSphere Configuration
Doing REST API calls via Powershell is straight forward using the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet. Using the examples from inkysea’s blogpost, I’ll be showing how to do this calls to vRA using Powershell. To start off, we need to define the header and the body payload After which, we define the URI/ vRA URL to pass the REST payload We then invoke the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet ConvertTo-Json was done in $bo
Quick post on how to limit character input in a vRA TextBox. – Create a Property Dictionary – Click Edit – Add a New Property Attribute – Select RegEx Inp Sample Regular Expression: \w{3,5} – Limit the input only for any word combination with minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 characters.
I recently encountered issue in the installation IaaS component of vRealize Automation 6.2.1. Normally, you just run the pre-req automation PS1 script, execute the IaaS installer and you’re all set. But for this instance, I keep receiving the below error: System.Data.Services.Client.DataServiceTransportException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. —> System.N
Don’t you just love entering the cryptic Login User DN when you Add a new Identity Source in vRealize Identity Source (or any other SSO source from VMware)? Yeah- me neither. Here’s a sample Screen in vRealize Automation: While Setting up, found a quick way to look this just from the AD Search. From the Search, click View -> Choose Columns, Add Distinguished Name column in the search resu