How To Backup vCenter Appliance – VCSA
1 So you want to backup your vCenter appliance? Here’s what I did to back up my vCenter appliance Backing up the VCSA My environment running on ESXi 6.5 and hosting various VMs, including...
Author: Jobi Samuel
How to Reset ESXi ROOT Password without Host Reboot (Step-By-Step)
Is it possible to reset esxi root password without rebooting ESXi host? Yes there is a way and I am going to share with you today. (Note: This method tested on ESXi 6.5) For...
How to remove a Driver from ESXi Host (VIB removal step-by-step)
Recently VMware asked me to remove a driver from my ESXi when she started behaving like a 25th Century horse. I thought to write my experience here because it’s my first time removing a...
Is your environment safe from this new vCenter Vulnerability
A new vulnerability announced by VMware on 25th May 2021 affecting vCenter server and vCloud Foundation. vCenter is a tool used to manage virtualization in large data centers. “This issue is serious IMO” Imagine...
Received too Large SFTP Packet-WinSCP Connection to VCSA failed
Connecting to WinSCP (a tool used to copy files or download files) is a straight forward process but some time things won’t work that easy. I just remember my life for a second… Anyway...
“Connection failed: ssl negotiation failed” VMware vCenter error
Are you getting “Connection failed:ssl negotiation failed” error while connecting to vCenter? I experienced the same issue recently and here is how I solved this issue. Our vCenter certificate was about to expire so...
Virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve VM creation options from the host (VMware ESXi vCenter Error) How to solve
Are you seeing “Virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve VM creation options from the host” on your ESXi host? Don’t worry! Here’s a quick troubleshooting tip for you Login...
A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreProcessReconfigureSpec: Unable to add new disk
Are you getting “A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreProcessReconfigureSpec:No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it” while adding a new disk? Don’t worry. One of the...
How to Find VCSA Installation Date
“I was searching more than 30 mins but couldn’t find”, a friend said to me So if you’re still searching – STOP I will help you save some time How to Find VCSA Installation...
Configure Management Network option grayed out on ESXi 6.5
On the other day I was playing with vmkernal adapters and noticed Configure Management Network option is grayed out but relax there is a way to solve this problem… Here is what I did...
