This is not used after 6.0. You will see a warning in VirtualCeneter that you have a certificate warning. And if you go in to service you have a serivice that has a yellow warning. Because this is not used you can delete this one. ssh to vcenter Command> shell Shell access is granted to... Continue Reading →
Upgrade to 6.5 from 5.5 gets update manager unknown error
To resolve this I did patch 5.5 first, reboot and then I was able to upgrade.
The host returns esxupdate error code:12. cannot read or write to the database. check the update manager log files and esxupdate log files for more details.
When remmidate you get this error. I installed the patches that I can stage. Stuck on Next step: esxcli network firewall unload esxcli software vib install -v http://vum.se:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/vmw/vib20/tools-light/VMware_locker_tools-light_6.5.0-1.33.7273056.vib [DatabaseIOError] Failed to create temporary DB dir: [Errno 28] No space left on device: '/locker/packages/var/db/locker/profiles.new' filename = /locker/packages/var/db/locker Please refer to the log file for more... Continue Reading →
Create USB bios bootble
geteltorito firmware.iso > firmware.img dd if=firmware.img of=/dev/sdb
Software Depo for HPE and Dell
Dell: https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml) HP: http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/getting_started.html#DepotContent http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/index.xml - latest HPE Value-Add components (for VUM) http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpe/<release date>/index.xml or http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpq/<release date>/index.xml - latest HPE Value-Add components for a specific release http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/index-drv.xml - latest HPE and 3rd party device drivers used in the HPE Custom Image (for VUM) http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpe/<release date>/index-drv.xml or http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpq/<release date>/index-drv.xml - latest HPE... Continue Reading →