Log Disk Exhaustion on vcenter
Hi Our VCSA 6.7 is complaining: Log Disk Exhaustion on vmw-vcenter We have a rather small scale environment (5 ESXi using this vmw-vcenter) and set it up with the recommended requirements back then...
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Vmware vAPI Endpoint Service alarm
I keep getting this alert in a vcenter 6.0 I restarted the vapiendpoint service with the service-control command and did not resolve it any idea?
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VCSA 6.7: Postgres Archiver Service stopped & PSC Health/vCenter Server...
Hi Everyone, I'm currently setting up a new environment using ESXi 6.7 with an vCenter appliance deployed on the host. Setting up the hsot and the vCenter worked pretty well, and so far everything...
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 SMTP Setup
Hi- Trying to configure vcenter server to send smtp alerts using the following article, Configure Mail Sender Settings, but getting stuck at step 3 (pasted below)--i do not see a General tab under...
View ArticleCannot add ESXi 6.7 hosts to cluster: A general system error occurred: Unable...
I completed upgrading our vCenter Server appliance to 6.7U3. After running into a number of issues doing that, I've finally got everything back normal. The goal was to add new host hardware we have,...
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vCenter 6.7 - Health warning - vc.health.error.dbjob3
Hi, Today i realized i have this warning on my vCenter: Anyone has any idea what it might be?
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Error when upgrading from VCSA 6.7 to 7.0
Running VCSA 6.7.0.42300 and attempting to upgrade to 7.0.0.10100. The new VCSA is deployed fine, and during stage 2 right after the pre-upgrade tests are run I receive the following error.Internal...
View ArticleError when trying to add an identity source
"Check the network settings and make sure you have network access to the identity source."Backstory:I opened a ticket with vmware support on 1/31/2020 because "something" was logging into 4 out of 6...
View ArticleAD and vCenter 6.7 Invalid Credentials
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...
View ArticleCannot startup VCSA 6.7 - vpxd service and other services are not starting
Hello,I have a VCSA 6.7 that encountered an issue this past Friday. We had an issue with our SAN server that caused our entire system to fail. After some troubleshooting, we got the SAN back up and...
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vCenter 7 Bug? (No Healthy Upstream)
Hi Guys We've been Experiencing this error / bug / problem in vCenter 7 whenever we do the ff: - Test High Availability (VMs restarts on the other server except for the vCenter Server) After...
View ArticleVCenter 7.0 - cannot add host
Running VCenter 7.0 and I am trying to add an ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard host. I enter all the correct credentials and addition process starts but then abruptly ends with: A specified parameter was...
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Impermissible static ethernet address" 00:0c:29:78:5a:f1"
I am getting this error when moving a vm from one old standalone 5.1 esxi host to vcenter 6.7 any idea how I can override this?
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"Unable to query vSphere health information" and "Unable to query vSAN health...
I attempted to replace my machine cert on my VCSA server. After a few attempts I gave up and performed a full certificate reset using the `/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager` tool. Now I'm...
View ArticlevCenter 7 error - no healthy upstream
Hi All, I'm working on brand new ESXi 7.0.0 deployment and have run into an issue when deploying vCenter 7. When browsing to the vCenter UI I receive a "no healthy upstream" error. I can access vCenter...
View Articlevcenter not working
vcenter 6.5 u2 is not starting . Also I restored from backup ( 15 days ago ) but I get the same error again. Successfully started service vmware-psc-clientService-control failed. Error Failed to start...
View ArticleCentOS 8 and VMware Customization Specification
I'm trying to create a gold template for provisioning guests from using current version of CentOS 8, however, VMware Customzation Specification seems to be just completely broken for it. I have the...
View Articlestatus of other host hardware objects
I'm having this error after updating from vsphere 6.0 to 6.7U2 iam using IBM blade server HS23 the system status on the blade center management console is good and there is no problems on all blades...
View ArticleError occurred while starting service 'vpxd-svcs' -vSphere 6.7 Installer
"The appliance cannot be used or prepared because a failure was encountered. An error occurred while starting service 'vpxd-svcs'. I have created a domain controller, and given VCSA a DNS record within...
View Articleno healthy upstream by VmWare Vsphere 7.0b with the newest vcenter release
Are there a solution for this bug or error?https://ip-adress:5480 works fine and all services are startedVMware OS Photon (64 bit) has been manuelly set What is to do?- New installation- Redo...
View ArticlevCenter 7.0c "vAPI Endpoint" service warning
After upgrade vCenter from 7.0b tp 7.0c I got this warning on the service monitor: Failed to connect to 7ae7cbaa-9164-47f7-a9f8-1d1da7e2746b\com.vmware.vcenter.nsxd.vapi vAPI provider.Current vApi...
View ArticleVCSA 6.5 - "Failed to start vpxd-svcs, vapi-endpoint services. Error:...
We have a single on-premises VCSA 6.5 instance that recently ran into the certificate expiration detailed in this KB:https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76719 All the certificates have been regenerated...
View Article"HSTS Missing From HTTPS Server" TCP/IP issue
Hello, My Nessus scanner returned me 3 new vulnerabilities for my vCenter 6.7 (Windows version) => 9443/tcp - HSTS Missing From HTTPS Server Description: The remote HTTPS server does not send the...
View Article503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint:...
Hi guys,Last week, when I try to login to VCSA, it seem something wrong and I can't login. So I try to reboot the VCSA.When it boot up,the website only show the text below:503 Service Unavailable...
View ArticlePSC Merge fail - The vCenter Server appliance build number does not match...
I have upgraded my vCenter PSC to 6.7.0.44000. When I go into vCenter (System Configuration) and click the "Converge to Embedded" button, it fails with the following error:The vCenter Server appliance...
View ArticleCannot start vCenter: 503 Service unavailable
Hi, I get this message from web browser, while I try to connect to vCenter:503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x0000557c588763f0]...
View Article503 Service Unavailable
503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x000055d6913822f0] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe)
View ArticleVMware vSphere Update Manager had an unknown error. Check the events and log...
I'm having trouble scanning for updates on vsphere 6.5. I get the message in the thread subject each time I try to scan for updates. I've also taken a look at...
View ArticleIdm client exception: Error trying to join AD, error code 2453
Hi Anyone face this problem before? This is when I want to join domain my vshpere Idm client exception: Error trying to join AD, error code 2453 thanks,Felix
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VCSA 6.7 shows 7.0 Update ?
Hello, after updating VCSA 6.7 to 6.7.0.45000 the VAMI shows me this: is that ok ? think this is a bug
View ArticleVCSA install - Unable to save IP settings
Trying to install latest VCSA 7.0.1 trial in lab under VM Workstation but getting "Unable to save IP settings" during the set up phase no matter what I do. VM is allocated 2 x Intel Core i7-10700,...
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vCenter update get error "Error in method invocation Timeout happens while...
Hi Experts,I get a vCenter appliance v6.7.0U1 upgrade error, after I click "STAGE ONLY" and get error.Error in method invocation Timeout happens while sending message to microservice It use custom...
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"Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server Systems:...
Hello My VCSA has problem. I move it between two esxi with a shared storage.There is a picture of error.I found this page for my problem but in VCSA section it says :" To create a text file with a...
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 - vpxd doesn't start after replacing machine SSL certs
Creating a new VCSA 6.5.0 vm using win32 GUI.After installation completed, I want to replace machine SSL certificates using HTML5 webgui.I imported Terena CA and then replaced machine SSL cert (key...
View ArticleAdding Identity Source fails LDAP/LDAPS
Topic Name : Active Directory LDAP Server Identity Source SettingsProduct/Version : VMware vSphere/6.7 ApplianceQuestion :Want to add new identity source with LDAPS to our Active Directory Server. But...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter 6.7 to 7u1 through VAMI
Hello My VAMI Update Manager lists 7.0.1.00000 as an available update.Can the complete upgrade process be done though Update Manager now?I have only tried upgrading vCenter by downloading the...
View Articlev7u1 update failed loop
With new updates to apply to vCenter 7.0U1 showing in my console (7.0.1.00000 to 7.0.1.00100), I thought I'd update my lab. Unfortunately, I'm now stuck in a loop of failing update checks [see attached...
View ArticleThe Reset all Certificates option in the certificate-manager stops with an...
Hi, I recently rebooted my vcsa appliance and after waiting a while for all services to start up my VMware vSphere Web Client started showing the following error message: 503 Service Unavailable...
View ArticleRemove ESXi host from vCenter greyed out
Environment: VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 15160138vCenter: 6.7.0.41000 build number: 14836122 We cannot remove one crashed VMware host from our datacenter. We do not have any clusters configured. We do have a...
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Unable to open Web Console in 6.7U3 HTML Client
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...
View ArticleError downloading plug-in. Make sure that the URL is reachable and the...
hi all, Am getting this error in vCenter, running vCenter 7.0. Under Administration> Client Plugins its the 'com.vmware.vrUi' causing this issue, which seems to be for vSphere replication, which was...
View ArticleRsyslog in vCenter 6.7U3 (Photon OS) stops working ~10min after starting
Hello, We have upgraded our vCenter appliance (VCSA) to 6.7U3 a few days ago and we noticed a gap of logs in our syslog server (kiwi) since then.I did a bit of troubleshooting but Rsyslog (the syslog...
View ArticleVCenter Appliance VPXD service does not Start with Error
Hello. After rebooting, I could not connect to Vcentr every time I received a 503 error When I start vmware-vpxd manually, I get the following error. What is Stderr = Key not found: vpxd /...
View ArticleDeploy New VCSA7 - Error save IP Settings
Hello, i have deploy a new VCSA 7U1. I will start the initial setup over the Web UI https://vcsa.domain.de:5480.I can login and click to set up. So good. But on the Step 2 vCenter Configuration came...
View ArticleUpdate Manager feature in vCenter missing
I have upgraded to vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller version 6.7.0.42200. The service your update manager is there and running, however to normal way to access the feature...
View ArticleHow to fix 503 Service Unavailable vsphere issue
I can't login to my vsphere, while trying to login I found this error:503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x7fa14405d5a0] _serverNamespace = /...
View ArticleVCSA 7 backup via SCP
Hi Community, I previously used SCP to backup my 6.5 VCSA to a Linux server. Looking at the documentation for v7 SCP is not mentioned any more. Has anyone come across this in their upgrades? Does it...
View Articlescript needed for How to Disable/Enable CIM Server on VMware ESXi (76372)
Hi There, I am wondering if anyone has a script that has a pick list for multiple hosts for the following commands /etc/init.d/slpd stopesxcli network firewall ruleset set -r CIMSLP -e 0chkconfig slpd...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) from 6.5 (6.5.0.23200) to 6.7U2...
I have VCSA 6.5 and try to upgrade it to 6.7U2 During migration prerequsites check phase I have error "Unable to enumerate and validate the root certificates from the TRUSTED_ROOTS VECS store. Make...
View ArticleVCenter services won't start
Good! After a sudden blackout, vCenter did not start, but best of all, I tried to start replicas of previous days and the problem was also. I enclose what I get when I force the start of the services:...
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