VCF9 – HTTP failure on Network Pools in vCenter
After setting up VIDB authentication and adding our AD groups to the administrators role we logged into vcenter with our own admin account and noticed we could not open the…
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VCF and vCenter Diagnostic Tool and Bundle Cleanup script for SDDC Manager
VMware has released diagnostic tools for vCenter and VCF to check your environments health quickly and easily. Find the official documentation here: Using the VCF Diagnostic Tool for SDDC Manager…
Reset vCenter root password without restarting!
VMware added a method to reset a locked/forgotten root pass without the need for restarting the appliance and having to go into GRUB to boot into single user mode. login…
FIX HOST ERROR STATE IN SDDC Manager
I was patching esxi hosts and had 1 host that was waiting to go into maintenance for hours because of a stuck vsan resyncing process (something with a stale object).…
Change ESXi License Keys
I made a script that will output the current license keys per cluster and changes them to a new one which the script will ask for. Just make sure you…
Remove a VIB from Offline Bundle
This describes the commands needed to remove a vib from a offline zip bundle that you aqcuired from vmware or maybe you exported it from the single image within vCenter.…
Change Network for multiple vm’s
I made a simple script for 1 job : changing the portgroup for multiple vm’s in the same portgroup.The script will ask which portgroup you want to move vm’s from…
PowerCLI checks on VM’s
I needed to make a automated way to check vm’s for mounted ISO’s, existing snapshots and running vmware tools for a cross vcenter migration. so i started to look for…
More Scripting work! now for VCF Post tasks
I have been scripting alot of post tasks after creating a new cluster for a existing Workload domain in VCF. Here they are : The first one is to join…
Expired vCenter Password with VCF
The quickest way to recover from a expired vCenter root password in a VCF environment is too connect to the vcenter with SSH and it will prompt you to enter…