Recently I entered a problem when trying to migrate VMs to new hosts and storage. vMotion in new environment was already running without problems. After changing vMotion configuration in new environment to enable migration from existing host, I got an error when trying to migrate using storage vMotion. The error was: “Cannot connect to host”. The vMotion task ended a second after start. Source host […]
Ramdisk full errors
These days I had a problem with full ESXi ramdisk. Running vdf -h shows tmp as 100% used. Furthermore there are a lot of errors in vmkernel.log like: VisorFSRam: 233: Cannot extend visorfs file /var/lib/vmware/hostd/journal/ because its ramdisk (root) is full. There are some other problems these hosts suffer from time to time: vSphere HA issus like master of cluster cannot be found/elected. Connection problems with […]
3PAR – no connection to quorum witness
Recently I had problems to connect a 3PAR system to a quorum appliance. Quorum is needed in a Peer Persistence configuration. The system had a connection to the quorum. After HPE support did replace a node, connection could not be established any more. Command showcropy -qw shows error “below min safe num QAs” and other errors talking about QAs. In SSMC quorum was stated as […]
Error when enabling EVC mode
When you try to enable EVC on a cluster-level it could happens, that you get an error saying VMs cause problems enabling EVC on a host. Error when enable EVC mode is like: The host cannot be admitted to the cluster’s current Enhanced vMotion Compatibility mode. Powered-on or suspended virtual machines on the host may be using CPU features hidden by that mode. One reason […]
putty cannot connect to 3PAR after upgrading to 3.3.1 MU3
Recently I upgraded a new 3PAR from 3.2.2 MU6 to 3.3.1 MU3. Even during the upgrade I could use me putty to run commands in 3PAR console. After the upgrade process activated 3.3.1 MU3, no putty session could be established any more. When trying to connect, the error appears: Network error: Software caused connection abort It turned out this is because no older TLS version […]
Errors when installing SimpliVity Deployment Manager
To deploy new HPE SimpliVity nodes, you need to run Deployment Manager. Current version at writing: 3.7.6.244. Requirements to run Deployment Manager are: .NET 4.7.1 and Java 1.8. When .NET is not installed during installation, wizard links to Microsoft and starts the download. When Java is not installed or too old, an message is shown at first start. Sounds very simple. Anyway I had some […]
Errors when edit proxy settings in VCSA 6.7
When needed, you can configure a proxy server to automatically download VCSA updates in Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) [Port 5480] under Networking –> Proxy Settings. You have the options to configure proxy for HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. When set a proxy server in VAMI, you could see these errors: Error 1 (Syntax error) [HTTP Error in method invocation expected string or bytes-like object] Problem: You have […]
“Download failed” when using proxy for VCSA update
There is still a bug in current VCSA 6.5 U1g. When you use a proxy server in management interface (Port 5480) to access VMware repository for updates, you get a “Download failed” error. The problem is that in configuration file https-proxy setting will not be set. To resolve the issue, do the following: Log in to VCSA shell Edit /etc/sysconfig/proxy set entry HTTPS_PROXY like HTTP_PROXY example: HTTP_PROXY=”http://proxy:3128/” HTTPS_PROXY=”http://proxy:3128/” […]
Warning in VCSA Upgrade Wizard
A short (and funny) one. At my last upgrade of VMware vSphere VCSA from 6.0 to 6.5 I got a warning that says: “User vdcs does not have the expected uid 1006”. Furthermore warning is talking about a KB article to read but without any hint what article it is talking about. This message has something with the vCenter feature Content Library. According to VMware […]
NIC0 error in vCenter HA wizard
Recently I got the following a error on two different vCenter appliances when trying to enable vCenter HA. This is the NIC0 error in vCenter HA wizard: Cannot find a network adapter for the vCenter Server management network (NIC0) on the vCenter Server Appliance guest OS. Once available, the first guest OS network adapter will be selected. Use Edit VM settings to add a network […]
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