Unable to create VCAC database
I was having trouble creating database on vpostgres when tried to create VCAC database. When logged in as postgres user I typed psql at the prompt and was getting the following error: -bash: psql:...
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UIM/P with VMAX – unable to expand striped meta volumes
Currently UIM/P is unable to expand striped metavolumes on EMC VMAX. If you try to expand stripped metavolume, you get the following error message: Why is it not supported by UIM? Simple answer is...
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EMC RecoverPoint upgrade fails: Unable to distribute ISO file.
EMC RecoverPoint 3.5.1 to 4.0 P1 upgrade fails. During RecoverPoint “Prepare for Upgrade” wizard the RP upgrade ISO file were uploaded to the RPA. The problem was that the file name did not contain the...
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EMC UIM/P cannot start vCenter synchronization
Environment: EMC UIM 4.0 upgraded to UIM 4.1 You may get the following error messages when trying to start vCenter synchronization: * Error initiating synchronization. viu.error: key not found This...
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EMC RecoverPoint & VMware SRM/SRA compatibility matrix
I am currently upgrading VMware vSphere infrastructure from 5.0 Update 2 to 5.5 U1. As part of the upgrade, I need to upgrade VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0.1 to 5.5.1 which is quite straight...
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EMC UIM/P upgrade from version 4.0 to 4.1 may fail.
Please follow ‘HOW TO: Upgrade EMC UIM/P‘ blog post for instructions how to upgrade UIM/P. When performing UIM/P upgrade from version 4.0 to 4.1 it may fail with the following error message: Last...
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VCE™ Certified Professional Program
VCE have finally released VCE™ Certified Professional Program! Here is some Copy&Paste from the website: Program Overview As data center infrastructures converge, the VCE™ Certified Professional...
View ArticleNetworker quick script Mitrend assessment: type: NSR not found
I submitted the output of networkerquick.bat script file to Mitrend for assessment but it got rejected because ‘type: NSR‘ was not found in the output. This turned out to be an issue with the version...
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Vblock Setup Validation Failed. MDS is not enabled for NPIV
Environment: EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager/Provisioning – Version 4.1 P 01 (Build 4.1.0.1.598) All of a sudden I could not provision any more datastores or, on close inspection, perform any...
View ArticleEMC UIM/P 4.1: Unable to provision VPLEX service
Since version 4.0 EMC UIM/P is able to provision and manage VPLEX Services. EMC VPLEX is a great product for DR solutions, for more information check out www.emc.com/vplex In my case provisioning VPLEX...
View ArticleScripted installation / upgrade of VMware Tools
I needed to upgrade VMware Tools on a large number of virtual machine for a customer who is currently going through a migration from VMware ESX 4.1 to VMware ESXi 5.5. The customer is also going to use...
View ArticleCisco UCS: Add/Remove VLAN on vNIC using Powershell
Recently I worked in the environment where we needed to modify multiple UCS Service Profiles, adding and removing VLANs to/from vNICs. If you are using vNIC templates – it is just a few clicks and you...
View ArticleEMC UIM/P 4.1 – what’s new?
EMC released new version of UIM/P – 4.1 on March 25th 2014 and it’s in VCE RCM’s now. It contains whole bunch of new cool features: Support for Asset-Based discovery – UIM/P supports these Converged...
View ArticleAdd/Remove ISO images in EMC UIM/P 4.1
One of the new feature introduced in EMC UIM/P 4.1 is support for Linux installation. The procedure described in HOW TO: Add new VMware vSphere ISO image to UIM/P article needs to be updated with the...
View ArticleTrend Micro Deep Security: Prepare ESX operation failed – The installation...
Environment: VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 (VMware ESXi, 5.5.0, Build 1746974) Trend Micro Deep Security Manager 9.0 SP1 Patch 3 (Build 9.0.6500) Prepare ESX operation failed with the “The installation...
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Trend Micro Deep Security – Cancel Scheduled Malware Scan
I noticed some of the scheduled Malware Scans take too long to complete. It is not clear how to identify what VMs/Client are still being scanned. You cannot just click on the status bar and get...
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Unable to remove permissions in vCenter
One of my customers was getting a strange error when trying to remove permissions in vCenter: The “Remove Permission” operation failed for the entity with following error message. The object or item...
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EMC UIM/P 4.1.x – unable to launch Configuration Center
If you are using EMC UIM/P 4.1, 4.1 Patch 1 or Patch 2 and your UIM/P is not connected to the Internet you may have an issue with starting Configuration Center. It starts to load the client but then...
View ArticleConfigure DHCP reservation with Powershell
Quick Powershell script to add DHCP reservation for a VM on multiple DHCP servers: Please refer to DHCP Server Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell for more details. $DHCPservers = 'DHCP001', 'DHCP002' $Scope...
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Trend Micro Deep Security: Configure Deep Security Manager’s Maximum Memory...
I have been reading Trend Micro Deep Security Best Practice Guide and found this interesting fact – The Deep Security Manager (DSM) default setting for maximum memory usage is 4GB. In other words, even...
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