Troubleshooting
How to fix VMware Cloud Director relocate task timeouts
Fixing relocate taskt timeouts in VCD was never easier. Read the blog to find out.
VMware
Understanding the Usage Meter 9 collection issue on vSphere 8.0u3 and below
Introduction Recently we had to upgrade a lot of our Usage Meter estate from version 4.8 to version 9. After the upgrade, we had a lot of Usage Meters that did not complete collections correctly. It did not seem we Read more
VMware
How to fix VCF Usage Meter v9 connectivity issues after upgrade
Introduction Starting last month Broadcom announced the general availability for a new version of VMware Usage Meter. This time we were required to upgrade from v4.8 to v9 (inline with the upcoming VCF 9 release). This upgrade is mandatory for Read more
VMware
How to delete invisible RT based VM’s in VMware Cloud Director
Introduction Starting with VMware Cloud Director (VCD) 10.5 VMware made a new construct possible within the product. A replication tracking (RT) VM object. This is something that users that have seen VMware Cloud Director Availability (VCDA) do and use within Read more
VMware
Changing the Cloud Director DB dstore_moref value in bulk
As co-author Bryan described in great detail a situation can occur where the dstore_moref value of a VM in the cloud director database is empty. Preventing you from making any changes to that VM. Read all about it in this post: How to fix VMware Cloud Director ‘Index 0 out of bounds for length 0 error’ Recently I encountered that same issue but upon inspection I learned that the cloud director database had not one but quite a lot of VMs that had this symptom. This lead me to create a more extensive SQL query to solve this issue for all VMs.
VMware
How to fix a new VMware Cloud Director bug not being able to edit VM settings
Introduction It’s been a bit quiet lately on the blog! However that changes now that I’ve found a new bug in VMware Cloud Director (VCD). The bug is not yet known nor is there a KB for it, however I Read more
NSX
VMware NSX corfu certificates expired after upgrade to 4.1.2.3
Introduction The other day we were upgrading our VMware NSX environment to a fresh new version from 3.x to 4.x. After the upgrade, the first login we encountered many NSX Corfu certificates as expired from the alarm screen as can Read more
NSX
NSX Edge Transport Node upgrade gone wrong
Introduction The other day I was doing an NSX(T) upgrade from 3.2.3.1 to 4.1.1.0 on one of our environments. Everything went alright until the actual first stage in which you start upgrading your NSX infrastructure. As you know the first Read more
Event
Exciting new enhancements for VCF, vSphere and NSX!
Introduction Earlier this week I have had the opportunity to listen to the new enhancements announced today for the VMware products VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere and NSX! In this blogpost I will highlight the most important parts that apply Read more
Troubleshooting
How to fix VMware Cloud Director ‘Index 0 out of bounds for length 0 error’
Introduction The other day we received a fresh new warning in VMware Cloud Director (VCD) while editing a VM to add more disk space. The request failed with an java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0 message. In Read more