Author Archives: Ganadmin

vSphere Replication sso fails with error Bad exit code:1

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Ganadmin

After upgrading the VCSA to the latest U2 and also with new machine certificate , noticed vSphere Replication was in failed status and when I tried to configure the lookup service address and restarting the service it was failing with … Continue reading →

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Lookup service fails with the certificate error for external VMware solution like NSX Manager,VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, VMware vSphere Replication or vSheild Manager.

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Ganadmin

Some solutions, such as VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, VMware vSphere Replication, or vSheild Manager are always installed on a different machine than the associated vCenter Server system or Platform Services Controller that manages the certificates for the solution. If you … Continue reading →

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Issue while moving ESX host from old VC5.1 to the new VCSA 6.0

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Ganadmin

We were doing the ESX Host (5.1 )  migration from the old windows VC5.1 to the new VC6.0 appliance , few hosts were having issue while adding it to the new VC and it got failed with the  Time-out Error … Continue reading →

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How to identify host , datastore and vCenter of the running VM .

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Ganadmin

when vCenter\PSC is running as the appliance on the  host configured in the same vCenter and in case of  the VM (vCenter\PSC)  failure, we need information about the VM running on which host,datastore to bring it back online. Also in … Continue reading →

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Trend Micro Deep Security Manager 9.6 – Installing the filter driver on ESX5.1 – Part 3

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Ganadmin

Check my previous blog for Trend 9.5 Installation and its features and also 9.6 update. In this blog we can see the steps to install the filter driver on ESX 5.X under Trend DSM 9.6. Before going to the details … Continue reading →

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How to validate the BIOS firmware before applying it to the HP Blade running ESXi.

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Ganadmin

Whenever we have any hardware issue or host reboot , vendor first they will recommend to update the firmware . In most cases they will ask to update the BIOS ROM firmware and in our environment as per the recommendation … Continue reading →

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Powershell script to update the Onboard Administrator firmware.

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Ganadmin

By using the below Powersell script we can update the Onboard Administrator firmware. We need HP Powershell cmdlet to run this script and download the same from the below link. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=5440657#!tab=features To run this script we need Update-HPOAFirmware cmdlet. The Update-HPOAFirmware cmdlet … Continue reading →

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Powershell Script to update the ilo firmware from the list of IPs.

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Ganadmin

By using the below Powershell script we can update the firmware of the HP ilo’s from the list of IPs . We need HP Powershell cmdlet to run this script and download the same from the below link. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=5440657#!tab=features Make … Continue reading →

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Powershell Script to update the ilo firmware on the enclosure blades.

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Ganadmin

By using the below powershell script we can update the ilo of the blade in enclosure in which we can select the specific blade alone to update or entire blades running on the enclosure. We need HP Powershell cmdlet to … Continue reading →

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Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Ganadmin

vSphere replication Appliance was deleted without properly  unregistered it from the vCenter and each time when we login in to the web-client it was searching for the vSphere Replication ( VR ) Appliance and it slowing down the web-client. There … Continue reading →

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