Tag: VxRail

  • Error when adding new hosts to a stretched cluster, could also get this same error when adding hosts to VCF!

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    The error “Failed to get thumbprints Response : {‘id’: ‘6d76ca8a-0f6a-4458-ab97-0771a82e873e’, ‘errorResponse’: {‘errorCode’: ‘ENABLE_SSH_PRE_CONDITION_NOT_MET’, ‘arguments’: None, ‘context’: None, ‘message’: ‘Dependency of enabling SSH could not be performed on one or many hosts in the request payload.’, ‘remediationMessage’: None, ’cause’: None, ‘nestedErrors’: None, ‘referenceToken’: None}, ‘status’: ‘FAILED’, ‘startTime’: 1736453217280, ‘lastModifiedTime’: 1736453217316, ‘sshFingerprints’: [], ‘sslFingerprints’: []}” I’d experienced…

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  • Certificate Status vCenter Alarm

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    Just a quick post to give details on how to fixed the Certificate Status alarm in vCenter. Error Certificate Status in vCenter. This was the VMware article used in the end: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-80C30209-028D-4F92-9551-CDB6B25A8403.html Started off by running this command: One of the commands above will give you a clue what certificate has expired, then list details…

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  • Error deploying VCF on VxRail 4.2 workload domain ‘invalid parameter’

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    Task adding VxRail cluster to domain, error Invalid parameter: ovftool pre-verification failed for deployment of vm: The fix for this issue came from the release notes of the product: Workaround: In the vSphere client create a folder under the management domain data center and move the vSAN witness host VM into that folder. The Solve…

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    VxRail error during deployment Enabling VMware HA

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    If you receive the error above during the VxRail deployment or something similar, make sure you check the ESXi hosts licences. you might find they have expired. This could happen if the hosts have been power on but not deployed. Two options to fix this problem add a licence and try again or RASR the…

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    Change IP address of VxRail manager

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    Set the static IP address and default gateway for the VxRail Manager VM Step 1: Using terminal window SSH client, establish an ssh session to the default IP address for the VxRail Manager VM (192.168.10.200) This could also be whatever you’ve set VxRail manager IP address to already. ssh mystic@192.168.10.200 Manager VM with the following…

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