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Getting Support Log Bundle using REST API

Getting Support Log Bundle using REST API

Starting from vSphere 7U1 we have got a new tool to generate and download a support log bundle from vCenter Server. It is REST API call used to achieve these tasks. It broadens an already wide range of methods of gathering vm-support log bundle. It has several interesting features. First, it works even if the vCSA service is offline, whereas a vCSA management interface should be up and running. Second, once started it generates a support bundle and stores it…

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dcli and how to shutdown vCSA

dcli and how to shutdown vCSA

Sometimes You want to shutdown vCSA or PSC gracefully, but You don’t have an access to GUI through vSphere Client or VAMI. How to do it in CLI? I’m going to show You right now using dcli, because I’m exploring a potential of this tool and I can’t get enough. Open an SSH session to vCSA and log in as root user. Run dcli command in an interactive mode. dcli +i Use shutdown API call, to shutdown an appliance, giving…

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VCSA Tools – Part 1 – journalctl. Better way for vCSA log revision.

VCSA Tools – Part 1 – journalctl. Better way for vCSA log revision.

There’s a plenty of great CLI tools in VCSA that modern vSphere administrator should know, so I decided to share my knowledge and describe them in the series of articles. The first one is journalctl. A tool that simplifies and quickens the VCSA troubleshooting process. Below I’m presenting how I’m using it, to filter the logs records. Log in to VCSA shell and run the commands below, regarding to the result you want to achive. The logs from the current…

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VCSA deployment and migration options

VCSA deployment and migration options

The vCenter Server Appliance deployment experience has been enhanced in the vSphere 6.5 release. Installation workflow is now performed in 2 stages. The first stage deploys an appliance with the basic configuration parameters: IP, hostname, and sizing information including storage, memory, and CPU resources. Stage 2 then completes the configuration by setting up SSO and role-specific settings. Once Stage 1 is complete we can now snapshot the VM and rollback if any mistakes are made in Stage 2. This prevents…

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vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 – new default deployment choice

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 – new default deployment choice

The vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 is the first VMware Appliance to run on Photon OS, it is a Linux OS optimized for virtualization which will become in near future  standard for all VMware virtual appliances. Photon OS provide many benefits to the performance of the vCenter Server Appliance, which includes about 3x performance gain over its Windows counterpart and significantly reduces boot and restart times. This also means no more dependency on 3rd party for OS patching and should greatly…

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vSphere 6.5 Installation – Part 4 – vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade

vSphere 6.5 Installation – Part 4 – vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade

In the previous parts I described the process of instalation new components of vSphere 6.5. In this article I’ll show you how the upgrade process looks like. It’s pretty straightforwar providing your DNS is working correctly 😉 During the upgrade process new appliance is deployed with temporary IP address to exchange the original appliance in the final step. This approach gives you the easy way to rollback, because you can turn off the new appliance and power on the original…

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vSphere 6.5 Installation – Part 2 – vCenter Server Appliance

vSphere 6.5 Installation – Part 2 – vCenter Server Appliance

In the previous Part I of the series, I described the installation process of external PSC in vSphere 6.5.  In this part I’ll go through the process of vCenter Server appliance deployment. The first step is to download the vCSA ISO image and mount it for instance to your desktop. Inside the ISO image go to D:\vcsa-ui-installer\win32 and run the installer.exe. (This is the same ISO image used for PSC deployment). Then we choose the Install option, as you can see there are also…

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