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QuickTip: Installation error during vCenter 5.5 Simple Install setup on fresh Windows Server 2008 R2
Symptom: “There is a problem with This Windows Installer package,A DLL required for install to complete could not be run….” Resolution: Install Visual C++ Redistributable package from “DVD location”:\Single Sign-On\prerequisites\vcredist_x64.exe
QuickTIP: Check physical disk BAY in DELL R730 using naa identifier from ESXi
I tested this on: DELL PowerEdge R730 DELL PERC H730 Mini (Embedded) iDRAC 8 – Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Version 2.15.10.10 (Build 08) ESXi 5.5 u3 Part 1 – Gathering naa. numbers related from physical disks from ESXi console and iDRAC console: On host where we use VSAN namespace: On host without VSAN namespace Commands […]
QuickTip: vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) – How start configuration console ?
Sometimes when you want change something in configuration after first boot you can using special console: Command to use: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net
QuickTip: Add vCenter Appliance 5.5 to domain – Error: Invalid hostname
If during adding vCenter Appliance 5.5 server to domain you received error: Error: Invalid hostname. FQDN is required for joining a domain. Check if you dont have hostname without domain name: Fix it and save settings: Try again add to domain: Done.
QuickTask: Create vSSwitch, configure port groups, VLAN, security policy by esxcli
ESXCLI command to create a standard vSwitch named vSwitch3 that has 128 accessible ports. esxcli network vswitch standard add -v vSwitch3 -P 128 ESXCLI command to attach vmnic3 as an uplink to vSwitch3. esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch3 -u vmnic2 ESXCLI commands to create two port groups named Prod-201 and Prod-202 on vSwitch3. esxcli […]
QuickTip: Sitemap of all VMware KB URLs
Sometimes helpful when we looking some VMware KB by word. For example “consolidation” Link: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/google/searchpage.jsp If you don’t like always you can use https://kb.vmware.com or Google 🙂
