Author Archives: Ganadmin

How to configure the NTP on the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 – vCSA

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Ganadmin

We have various methods to configure and verify the NTP settings in PSC\VC and during the installation itself we have to point the correct NTP setup and if we want to change or update the configuration then pls follow the … Continue reading →

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vCSA 6.0 Installation issues – ” Firstboot script execution error “

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Ganadmin

Pls check my previous blogs on various issues faced during the installation and here I just added few other issues which we faced in our new environment. I hope these somehow shed some lights to fix the installation issues. vCSA 6.0 … Continue reading →

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Issues and Errors when decommissioning the vCenter Server or a Platform Services Controller -vCSA -6.0

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Ganadmin

Platform Service Controller ( PSC ) \ vCenter which connects to the external PSC and if it no longer required or not working then we can decommission or delete the appliance. First step is to stop and power-down the PSC … Continue reading →

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Invalid Credentials – Join an SSO domain in an existing vCenter 6.0 platform service controller.

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Ganadmin

VC6.0 Appliance Installation Issue. We already created one primary platform service controller ( PSC ) and when trying to install the second PSC\VC which connects to the primary PSC, it is failing with the error “ invalid credentials “ and … Continue reading →

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vCSA 6.0 “Firstboot Script Execution Error – Failed to run vdcpromo”

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Ganadmin

Platform Service controller – PSC installation was failing when we try to connect to join the PSC in the same domain name but with different site name. ” Failed to run vdcpromo “ We have one PSC installed in the … Continue reading →

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Replacing vCenter 6.0 SSL Certificate.

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Ganadmin

To generate the certificate we need to have Microsoft Certificate Authority server with the vSphere 6.0 Template for SSL Certificate.Pls check my other blog on creating the new template for vSphere 6.0. update 04\02\2016 Before proceeding to change the certificate, … Continue reading →

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Creating a new Template for vSphere 6.0 to use for Machine SSL and Solution User certificate.

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Ganadmin

Pls check my previous blogs about the PSC , F5 PSC LB, vCSA installation and PSC AD configuration. Login to the windows CA issuing server and type certtmpl.msc which starts up the Certificate Templates Console. Go to the Templates folder , right … Continue reading →

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Joining a Platform Service Controller to the AD Domain (vCSA 6.0)

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Ganadmin

Pls check my previous blog on PSC , F5 PSC LB and vCSA installation and configuration.In this blog we can see the PSC AD configuration. In vCSA 6.0 the way we connect the AD is changed when compare to the … Continue reading →

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Install and Configure VMware vCSA 6.0 with External Platform Service Controller ( PSC )

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Ganadmin

Pls check my previous blog about Installing the PSC and Configuring the F5 Load Balancer and in this blog we can see the installation of the vCSA and configuring it with the External PSC. Before Starting the Installation it is … Continue reading →

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F5 Load Balancer Configuration for the HA Platform Services Controller ( PSC )

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Ganadmin

Pls check my previous blog on configuring the PSC  in HA and here we can see the F5 configuration for the load balancer. Node 1: PSCSSO1.domain.local\10.10.10.1 Node2:PSCSSO2.domain.local\10.10.10.2 LB: PSCSSO.domain.local\10.10.10.3 We need to download the lb.p12 file from the ha Folder … Continue reading →

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