Arun NukulaMar 242 minThe remote server returned an error: (403) ForbiddenYou might end up in a situation where your IAAS service is not REGISTERED on VAMI Repository.log [UTC:2020-03-18 03:20:56 Local:2020-03-18 03:20] [Error]: [s...
Arun NukulaMar 181 minVAMI login lockoutsIf an incorrect password is entered a couple of times on VAMI it would lock you out from logging in again for a couple of minutes. Here's the procedure to co...
Arun NukulaJan 31 minThird-Party Plugins are not visible on all vRO nodes after we disable & enable from ControlCenterCame across a problem where the plugin was not visible on all the nodes part of embedded vRO cluster, version 7.6 This issue is seen usually on third-party p...
Arun NukulaJan 31 minA useful command to list only patch logs while implementing vRA HF'sExecute below command which would list only patch logs during HF implementation tail -f /var/log/vmware/vcac/vcac-config.log | grep cluster.patch
Arun NukulaJan 11 minEnabling debug logging for vRA's horizon Execute below commands to enable debug logging for vRA's horizon and connector components. sed -i 's/rootLogger=INFO/rootLogger=DEBUG/g' /usr/local/horizon/c...
Arun NukulaJan 11 minCheck vRO heap usage Browse to path /var/log/vmware/vco/app-server/ and then execute below command grep heap.usage metrics.log* | grep -v non | sed 's/.*value=//g' | perl -e 'use...
Arun NukulaJan 11 minUseful Postgres commands which can be executed on vRA appliance databaseList of few commands which can help in troubleshooting database related issues Login into Database /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql vcac postgres Exit ...
Arun NukulaOct 30, 20192 minPLAIN login refused: user 'vcac-server_XXXX'- invalid credentials & RabbitMQ Unrecoverable ExceptionLast week I was working on 2 such issues where RabbitMQ configuration was messed up. The circumstances which led to these problems were entirely different th...
Arun NukulaOct 29, 20193 min"Change Lease" for Multiple Deployments A Machine blueprint is a standalone blueprint that other architects can reuse as a component in application blueprints, and catalog administrators can includ...
Arun NukulaSep 18, 20191 minFailed to save workflow schema, vRO HTML5 client exceptionOne of the major enhancements vRealize Automation 7.6 brings to the table is HTML5 functionality in vRO. To name a few on what it brings to the table Build ,...
Arun NukulaSep 17, 20191 minMultiple/duplicate requests are being requested automatically post submitting a single XaaS bpNote : Timestamps mentioned below is just an example When the user submits request for the first time on [UTC:2019-08-19 23:49:05,475 Local:2019-08-20 11:49...
Arun NukulaSep 16, 20194 minNSX data collection unavailableIn preparation for using NSX network, security, and load balancing capabilities in vRealize Automation , at first we have to create an NSX endpoint I was ask...
Arun NukulaSep 10, 20192 minAccessing Custom Groups cause System exception in vRA UII was involved in a problem recently where a tenant admin tries accessing custom groups and he encounters a system exception Cause of this problem is unknown...
Arun NukulaSep 4, 20191 minStale Business Groups show up while using filters on Deployment tabCame across a bug in version 7.5 where unneeded and unused business groups which no longer exists in vRA , still show up under deployments tab Created two bu...
Arun NukulaSep 4, 20191 minScript to replace ESXi host certificates for version 6.5 & laterUse this script below to replace ESXi 6.5 and later version of host certificates seamlessly When you have vSAN cluster, network partition can occur and vSphe...
Arun NukulaAug 1, 20191 minIncreasing /storage/log partition size inside a vRealize Automation applianceFollow below steps to successfully increase existing partition size of /storage/log of a vRealize Automation appliance Pre-Requisites Full backup or clone of...
Arun NukulaJul 26, 20192 minThe target principal name is incorrect. Cannot generate SSPI contextWe recently stumbled upon an issue where database server had to be restored a date where it was working as expected after patching somehow screwed it up. A...
Arun NukulaJun 27, 20191 minTimed out while waiting for Event Broker responseCame across a problem recently where provisioning and reconfiguration of virtual machines through vRealize Automation were failing Exceptions seen in catalin...
Arun NukulaJun 26, 20191 minThe number of nics you requested are more than specified in the blueprint that was used to provisionReconfiguring a virtual machine managed by vRealize Automation fails with an exception stating "The data specified within the request is invalid.The number o...
Arun NukulaJun 26, 20191 minAfter upgrading vRA from 7.5 to 7.6 several services show up as unavailable in the VAMIAfter upgrading vRA from 7.5 to 7.6 , following services might show up as unavailable advanced-designer-service - UNAVAILABLE o11n-gateway-service -UNAVAILAB...
Arun NukulaMay 17, 20191 minResource not found for the segment 'VirtualMachineExts'Requests fail during allocation phase with exception catalina.out ( vRA Appliance ) com.vmware.vcac.iaas.service.impl.BaseCompositionRequestServiceImpl.proce...
Arun NukulaMay 17, 20191 minA newer version of the product is already installed on this machineAfter installing vRA 7.5 HF5, it is not possible to install any additional IAAS components - e.g. proxy agent / DEM. Attempt to launch the installer fails: ...
Arun NukulaMar 29, 20192 minShared swap vMotion of a fully reserved VM with swap file fails due to failure to extend swap file I was trying to migrate a virtual machine which had around 60 GB memory to a host which had no virtual machines registered on it , failed with below exceptio...
Arun NukulaMar 29, 20191 minUnable to delete a vRO endpoint Are you trying to delete a vRO endpoint and is it throwing an exception Error Unable to delete a vCO endpoint of type 'AD'. Reason 'TypeError: Cannot read pr...
