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 had any other issues that made obvious what was happening. 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 all Pinnacle Partners and their respective White Label Partners within 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 VCD. However, there is not much documentation online that explains Read more
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 am here to help. Lately we’ve encountered a situation in 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 be seen below: You can see these alarms on the 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 step in upgrading your NSX Fabric is the step in 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 to my day to day work and and view my 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 this blogpost I will discuss how to fix this issue. Read more
Troubleshooting
How to fix Usage Meter 4.8 not uploading consumption data
Introduction The other day we updated our UsageMeter environment to 4.8. We have a couple and all of them including this appliance worked fine after the upgrade. After a couple of days I received a message that the Usage Meter consumption data is no longer being uploaded to the VMware Read more