For a vCenter Server environment I replaced the default SSL certificates with CA signed SSL certificates. The Platform Service Controller (PSC) is configured as VMCA subordinate CA. When opening the vSphere Web/HTML5 Client, Firefox displays the following warning: Your connection is not secure. This …
Continue ReadingIn this blog post I highlight how to patch or update a single vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) without having an internet connection. The patch will be stored on a temporarily web server that is installed on a Windows machine. In this example we update the vCenter Server Appliance version from 6.0 …
Continue ReadingIn vCenter Server 5.x the embedded SQL Express database supports a maximum of 5 hosts and 50 Virtual Machines. With vCenter Server 6 the embedded database is changes from SQL Express to a vPostgress database. The vPostgres database supports a maximum of 20 hosts and 200 VMs. In comparison the …
Continue ReadingWhat’s new in the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6.0: ISO with an easy guided Installer Different deployment options possible during the guided installer such as: Install vCenter Server Install Platform Services Controller Install vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Controller (default) …
Continue ReadingIn my lab environment I still have a Windows XP with the vSphere Client 5.5 installed. When I try to connect with the vSphere Client or vSphere PowerCLI it faisl to connect to the vCenter Server 5.5 or vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 5.5. The following errors appears (The OS has a Dutch language …
Continue ReadingWith vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) 5.5 there is no requirement for a SQL database anymore. SSO 5.5 uses a own VMware Directory Service (VMdir) database. So after the upgrade to SSO 5.5, the Single Sign-On 5.1 database and users can be removed. This is a manual process. In SQL Management Studio remove …
Continue ReadingHere are some deployment tips and tricks for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA): The VMware vCenter Server Appliance is a preconfigured Linux-based virtual machine. The VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) is available as OVF/ OVA It based on Suse Linux Enterprise 11 64-bit Linked Mode, …
Continue ReadingBack in 2012 I wrote a blog post “What about the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version 5.1 ”. One of the limitations with VCSA 5.1 was that the embedded vPostgres database only supports 5 hosts and 50 VMs. So it was only supported in test and very small environments. Now with vSphere 5.5 …
Continue ReadingDuring the installation of the Windows vCenter Single Sing On (SSO) service you must provide a password for the SSO admin user named “admin@System-Domain ”. The password you enter is called the master password. If you change the master password, the password entered during the installation of the …
Continue ReadingWhen deploying the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) it will default look for a DHCP address. When there is no DHCP server available the following error is displayed: O NETWORKING DETECTED. it is possible to manually configure a static IP address by using the command line. Here are the steps: …
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