Settings page with various system administration and server management options.

Upgrading SSC (SaltStack Config) to 8.9.1 using vRSLCM

In this post I will go over upgrading my 8.x SSC appliance to 8.9.1. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest support pack can be found here. Downloading the 8.9.1 Upgrade Binaries To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) ...

Upgrading SSC (SaltStack Config) to 8.9.1 using vRSLCM
Settings page for vRA showing options like System Details, Logs, System Patches, and more.

Upgrading vRA (vRealize Automation) to 8.9.1

In this post I will go over upgrading my 8.x vRA appliance to 8.9. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2 Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest product support pack can be found here. Downloading the 8.9.1 Upgrade Binaries To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) ...

Upgrading vRA (vRealize Automation) to 8.9.1
Settings page with options like System Details, Logs, System Patches, and more for SSC upgrade.

Upgrading SSC (SaltStack Config) to 8.9 using vRSLCM

In this post I will go over upgrading my 8.x SSC appliance to 8.9. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest support pack can be found here. Mapping the Upgrade Binary in vRSLCM To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) ...

Upgrading SSC (SaltStack Config) to 8.9 using vRSLCM
Settings page for vRA 8.9.0 upgrade, showing options for system administration and servers/accounts.

Upgrading vRA (vRealize Automation) to 8.9.0

In this post I will go over upgrading my 8.x vRA appliance to 8.9. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2 Instructions can be found here. The upgrade doesn’t include the required Product support pack. Instructions on how to get the latest support pack can be found here. Downloading the vRA 8.9.0 Binaries To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) ...

Upgrading vRA (vRealize Automation) to 8.9.0
A plane cockpit dashboard with gauges and a quote about virtualization management.

Why Automate Virtual Infrastructure, Why Do it Now, and Why Do it with vRealize Automation

Our IT culture has shifted from managing infrastructure to the management of services. We deliver a self-service catalog to our consumers who manage their environment. Providing our consumers with the self-service catalog reduced delivery of workloads from weeks to hours and it significantly increased their overall satisfaction. Senior IT director and enterprise architect (Large Healthcare System in western Pennsylvania healthcare system) Automation is a journey. The primary reason to adopt automation is to streamline manual processes, enabling your information technology teams to focus on more valuable activities. The goal is to shift lifecycle management of workloads and day-to-day actions to the internal consumer. We look to the future to see where we want to end up and then plan how to get there. ...

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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. Finding Azure VMware Solution in the Azure Portal 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 ...

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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 Checking the salt-master Service Status The first step was to check the status of the service ...

SSC 8.8 Authentication failed: no Authorization header
List of ESXi versions with build numbers and 'standard' or 'no-tools' labels.

Patching/Upgrading ESXi 7.0 to ESXi 7.0 Update 3f via esxcli

This historical lab procedure updated an ESXi 7.0 host to ESXi 7.0 Update 3f, build 20036589, using esxcli. The target profile and release notes are for 7.0 U3f, not 7.0 U1. More details about that release are available in the ESXi 7.0 U3f release notes. Broadcom’s build-number table records later ESXi 7 releases through Update 3w, build 24784741. Broadcom also states that vSphere 7 reached End of General Support on October 2, 2025. Use this page only as a record of the pinned lab change, not as a current release recommendation. ...

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Patching/Upgrading ESXi 7.0 to ESXi 7.0 Update 3f via esxcli
Settings page with various options for system administration and server management.

Upgrading vRA (vRealize Automation) to 8.8.2

In this post I will go over upgrading my 8.x vRA appliance to 8.8.2. As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2 Instructions can be found here. The upgrade already includes the latest Product Support Pack so an update to the Product Support Pack is not required. Mapping the Upgrade Binaries To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) ...

Upgrading vRA (vRealize Automation) to 8.8.2
Settings page for vRLI upgrade via vRSLCM, showing various administration and server configuration options.

Upgrading vRLI (vRealize Log Insight) to 8.8.2 via vRSLCM

In this post I will go over upgrading my 8.x vRLI appliance to 8.8.2 using vRSLCM (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager). As a pre requirement we do need to have vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) upgraded to 8.8.2. Instructions can be found here. The upgrade already includes the latest Product Support Pack so an update to the Product Support Pack is not required. Downloading the 8.8.2 Binaries To get started we can go to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> Binary Mapping. (If you haven’t added your My VMware credentials you will need to do that first by going to vRealize Lifecycle Manager -> Lifecycle Operations -> Settings -> My VMware) ...

Upgrading vRLI (vRealize Log Insight) to 8.8.2 via vRSLCM