SDDC SaltStack Modules - vRA edition

In this blog post I will go over the steps I took in order to to be able to query my vRA components from SaltStack using the SDDC SaltStack Modules. The SDDC SaltStack Modules were introduced in 2011. You can find the technical release blog here. The modules can be found on GitHub here. There is also a getting quick start guide that can be found here. The vRA module which needs to be installed manually can be found here. ...

November 15, 2022 · Cosmin Trif

SDDC SaltStack Modules - vSphere edition

In this blog post I will go over the steps I took in order to to be able to query my vCenter components from SaltStack using the SDDC SaltStack Modules. The SDDC SaltStack Modules were introduced in 2011. You can find the technical release blog here. The modules can be found on GitHub here. There is also a getting quick start guide that can be found here. I am using the pre packaged ova for deployment which includes most of the components however it does have some outdated packages. The first step for was to upgrade pip: ...

November 7, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
My Services UI showing Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRealize Cloud options.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.10

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.10 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade ...

October 13, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
The image shows vRSLCM services: Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRealize Cloud.

vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) Product Support Pack

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance to support the latest product releases available. Here is a great blog that goes in to the details about what the Product Support Pack is https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2019/01/vrslcm-pspak.html. Typically the newer Product Support Pack is included part of the upgrade for LCM, however sometimes there are product releases in between releases where product support packs come in handy. ...

September 8, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
My Services UI showing Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRealize Cloud options.

vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) Product Support Pack

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance to support the latest product releases available. Here is a great blog that goes in to the details about what the Product Support Pack is https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2019/01/vrslcm-pspak.html. Typically the newer Product Support Pack is included part of the upgrade for LCM, however sometimes there are product releases in between releases where product support packs come in handy. ...

September 8, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
Azure portal search results for "azure vmware solution" showing services and marketplace options.

Deploying an AVS cluster on Azure

In this post we will go over the steps for deploying an AVS cluster on Azure. The first step was to log in to the azure portal at portal.azure.com. Once logged on we can search for “azure vmware solution” Then I tried to create a cluster by clicking on the Create button on the top left ...

July 20, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
UI shows SaltStack Config dashboard with accepted master key, fingerprint, and state.

SSC 8.8 Authentication failed: no Authorization header

I recently upgraded my LCM deployed SSC server to 8.8.x. If you need a guide to go through the upgrade you can find my other post here. After the upgrade was completed i was noticing strange behavior in the SSC UI so i checked the status the of the services. Here are the errors i found and how i fixed them The first step was to check the status of the service ...

July 17, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
The image shows a list of ESXi versions with build numbers and "standard" or "no-tools" labels.

Patching//Upgrading ESXi 7 to ESXi7U1 via esxcli

With the latest release of ESXi7U1 i wanted to get my lab up to date. I dont have enough resources in my lab to migrate the vCenter to another ESXi server so i want to perform the upgrade via cli. More details about the release can found here The first step was to open the firewall for outgoing traffic for http esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient Second step was to list the updates by executing ...

July 17, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
My Services UI showing lifecycle operations, locker, identity management, content management, marketplace, and vRealize Cloud options.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.8.2

In this guide i will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.8.2 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section ...

July 13, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
vRealize Lifecycle Manager certificate management interface with options to generate, import, or generate CSR.

vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) 8 certificate management

vRealize Lifeycycle Manager (vRSLCM) come with a Certificate Management feature. We can access the certificate management from Home -> Locker -> Certificate We can generate Self Signed certificates for products managed by Lifecycle Manager as well as certificate requests to be signed by a certification authority Generate a new CSR ...

June 6, 2022 · Cosmin Trif