VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architect Exam (2V0-13.24) Tips
Kad I would say you either need to work with VCF everyday from a admin and architect level or at the very least have completed two courses such as VMware Cloud…
unlock accounts on SDDC manager cli on VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 AND older
VCF 5.2 /usr/sbin/faillock --user root --reset /usr/sbin/faillock --user vcf --reset old versions pam_tally2 --reset --user vcf passwd vcf grub menu process for root account 1. At the Photon screen, hit…
ESXi certificate update for vmware cloud foundation the CLI way
# powershell and powercli installed #turn on ssh on esxi hosts #copy CA certs root.cer / rui.crt / rui.key to sddc manager example /tmp/kad01-m01-esx01.kad.local # servers required in this vcenter,…
ESXi powercli script – testing flapping nic with vmnic1 interface up and down every 30 seconds in a loop
Connect-VIserver -Server vcenter1.vmware.local -User "administrator@vsphere.local" -Password "VMware1!" $esxiHost = "esxi-1.vmware.local" $vmnic = "vmnic1" $host1 = Get-VMHost -Name $esxiHost $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $host1 -V2 while ($true) { $esxcli.network.nic.down.Invoke(@{nicname=$vmnic}) Start-Sleep -Seconds…
Deploy VMware Aria suite lifecycle with VMware Cloud Foundation
Login to sddc manager > expand administration > click vmware aria suite > click deploy (This will require aria lifecycle manager to be download before hand otherwise it will greyed…
VCF 5.2 what my stretched cluster looks like
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/5.2/vcf-admin/GUID-7B4CC729-20BD-4CC9-B855-B38F02F74D40.html My esxi host management sit on 10.0.0.x/24 this is stretched. ESXi host management on AZ1 IP addresses – 10.0.0.101 – 10.0.0.103 – VLAN 10 ESXi host management on AZ2…
Stuck on configuration complete 100% in NSX-T Manager for a transport node
ERROR – Stuck on this for hours (reboot of esxi host, reboot of nsx-t manager doesn’t fix the issue) Get UUID of esxi host in nsx-t manager Resync host to…
Packet capture from NSX-T edge
Network packet capture for nsx-t edge for north / south traffic -------------------------------------------------------------- https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/345925/troubleshooting-nsxt-using-packet-captur.html Get bgp neighbor ip and edge interface ip from the nsx-t manager gui in the T0 settings…
vCenter error in SDDC Manager when doing prechecks
If you vCenter is showing as in error state in sddc manager during precheck or when your trying to upgrade VCF. If you believe there is no issue you can…
Create a new workload domain in VCF 5.2 via GUI
I’ll be following the following configuration mgmt, overlay – vds1 – vmnic0, vmnic1 vsan, vmotion – vds2 – vmnic2, vmnic3 Datacenter name and vsan datastore name are not an option…