Network settings for Kubernetes subnets, displaying clusterCIDR and serviceCIDR values.

Changing vRO Kubernetes IP range

I recently ran through an routing issue where the Kubernetes IP range in vRO 8.6 was used somewhere else on the network. I didn’t want to redeploy the appliance so I went through the below to get it updated First I identified what the ip range in use is by running vracli network k8s-subnets Lets check the status of the pods to make sure everything is running as it should. If any of the pods experience issues the change wont go through and it will cause additional issues ...

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VMware Identity Manager 3.3.5 environment setup in a global environment, with options to add components and change admin password.

vIDM 3.3.5 HA

In this guide we will go over the vIDM 3.3.5 HA configuration. The official documentation can be found here Im going to assume that the load balancer configuration is already completed, the vIDM appliance has a the required certificate in the LCM inventory. Please read the official documentation for the full requirements. Starting the Scale Out in Lifecycle Manager We will be using the scale out feature in Lifecycle Manager. To do so we can navigate to Lifecycle Operations -> Environments -> globalenvironment -> View Details -> Click on Add Components ...

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My Services UI showing Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, Marketplace, and vRealize Cloud options.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.6.1

In this guide I will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.6.1 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade ...

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.6.1
VRSLCM's service menu with options like Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, and Marketplace.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.6

In this guide I will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.6 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade ...

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.6
vRealize Lifecycle Manager dashboard with services like Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, and Marketplace.

vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) enable product and licensing downloads

In order to enable product and licensing downloads in lifecycle manager we need to go to Lifecycle Operations Settings -> My vmware Add my vmware account. Make sure the account added has a proper entitlement to perform downloads and patches. With the releases of 8.x and above we now have a password vault that we need to add the passwords to. When presented with the add my VMware Account Detail screen press on Click here to add a new password ...

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User interface for managing cloud organization settings in vRA Cloud, with options to change organization, view settings, and access user account details.

vROps cloud API getting started

I wanted to keep track of what needs to be done prior to actually being able to query API on vROps cloud. I’ve been having a hard time finding the documentation I needed in the past First step is to get an API token for the specific username. We can do this by going to My account under User Settings in vROps Cloud ...

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The image shows vRSLCM services: Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, and Marketplace.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.4.1.1

In this guide I will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.4 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade ...

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Services for managing lifecycle operations, locker, identity, content, and marketplace in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

Changing passwords for the vRealize suite via vRSLCM (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager)

In this guide I will go over one of the Locker feature in vRealize Lifecycle Manager specifically the password management. Passwords Managed by vRSLCM As a reminder vRSLCM can manage the following: Type of Password Change vRealize Product Name Admin Password Change vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Network Insight, vRealize Log Insight, VMware Identity Manager Root Password Change vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Network Insight, vRealize Log Insight, VMware Identity Manager Support Password Change vRealize Network Insight Console User Password Change vRealize Network Insight SSH User Password Change VMware Identity Manager Accessing the Locker Service The first step is to create a new password. We can do so by going to Locker from the welcome screen or the menu on top right ...

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Advanced vCenter Server settings displayed in vSphere configuration UI.

Disable vCLS (vSphere Cluster Services) in vSphere

While doing maintenance on my vSAN cluster recently I had the need to disable the vCLS in order to fully shut down the cluster. Doing some reasearch I found kb article 80472 that talk about temporarily disabling the service in order to perform maintenance. The steps are fairly easy First we need to get the Cluster id from vSphere. To do so all we need to do is select the cluster and look at the url. For example ...

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This image shows vRSLCM services: Lifecycle Operations, Locker, Identity and Tenant Management, Content Management, and Marketplace.

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.4

In this guide I will go over the steps of getting an existing 8.x vRSLCM appliance upgraded to the latest 8.4 release. The release notes can be found here The first step is to lo in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager under the Lifecycle Operations section Go to settings -> System Upgrade ...

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