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Error stack shows a sync depot failure due to 'integrity.fault.HostPatchInvalidVendorCode'.

Unable to Sync Lifecycle Manager 'integrity.fault.HostPatchInvalidVendorCode'

After upgrading my vCenter Server to the latest vSphere 7.0 Update 1, I was unable to see ESXi 7.0 Update 1 Image. When I attempted to sync the updates I got the error “Download patch definitions task failed while syncing depots. Error: ‘integrity.fault.HostPatchInvalidVendorCode’.” Seeing as the error mentioned the depots, navigate to Menu->Lifecycle Manager and then select the Settings tab and then Patch Setup. ...

Recent Tasks shows "Power On virtual machine" with "Insufficient resources" error.

vCLS not starting with Insufficient resources message

With the release of vCenter 7 Update 1, VMware introuced the vCLS (vSphere Clustering Service). More information can be found here. The Insufficient Resources Error Looking at the error details it looks like it is looking for a feature called cpuid.mwait Root Cause: EVC on the vCLS VMs Reviewing the VMX file it seems like EVC is enabled on the vCLS VMs. I didn’t want to enable EVC on the whole cluster so I wanted to do it only on the specific VMs. ...

Extracting SSL Thumbprint

I recently ran in to an issue where I had to re-register my NSX server with vIDM. The ask was to extract the Thumbprint from vIDM. The command I ran to extract it was: echo -n | openssl s_client -connect hostname:443 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 This can be used across multiple products where the Thumbprint needs to be extracted

Error message shows server registration failure due to server error during vRealize Operation Endpoint Agent setup.

vRealize Operation Endpoint Agent (EPops) Unable to register error

While I was doing the operations endpoint install on a new vROPS environment I experienced an strange error that I didn’t see before - Unable to register the agent due to server error. In order to find the issue I had to log in to my vROPS server in order to review the logs. I was able to find the End Point Adapter log file here: ...

License tab in vRealize Lifecycle Manager with options to add or refresh licenses.

Adding keys in vRealize Lifecycle Manager in a VCF 4 Environment

From a lifecycle manager perspective we have a couple of ways to add keys to the environment If the my vmware user that is added to lifecycle manager has access to they keys, the keys can automatically discovered and imported. For this we can go to the locker from Home -> Locker -> License. If the keys are not discovered we can click on the refresh button up top to perform a manual sync ...

Creating a new environment in vRealize Lifecycle Manager for vRA deployment in a VCF 4 setup.

Deploying vRA with vRealize Lifecycle Manager in a VCF 4 Environment

If you followed my previous posts Deploying the vRealize suite using VCF 4.0 and enabling product downloads in vRealize Lifecycle Manager, you should now have vRA and vIDM already downloaded. In my previous post I went over the installation of vIDM which is a pre requisite for vRA. You can find the link here Creating a New Environment Next, we need to create a new environment that will be used to deploy vRA. For this we can go to Lifecycle Operations -> Create Environment. Fill in the necessary information and click next ...

Datacenter management UI showing options to add, view, and delete datacenters.

Deploying vIDM with vRealize Lifecycle Manager in a VCF 4 Environment

If you followed my previous posts Deploying the vRealize suite using VCF 4.0 and enabling product downloads in vRealize Lifecycle Manager, you should now have vRA and vIDM already downloaded. Creating the Environment in Lifecycle Operations Because im running on a deployment from VCF I can see that the datacenter was already provioned for me under under Home -> Lifecycle Operations -> Datacenters ...

vRealize Lifecycle Manager certificate management screen shows options to generate, import, and create a CSR.

vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) 8 Certificate Management

vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) includes a Certificate Management feature. Access it 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 ...

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Enable Product Downloads in vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM)

In order to enable product downloads in lifecycle manager we need to go to Lifecycle Operations Adding a My VMware Account 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 ...

Error message: X-Region Application Virtual Network not created.

X-Region Application Virtual Network is not created error

While trying to deploy vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager in VCF 4, I was prompted by an error X-Region Application Virtual Network is not created After doing some research I found out that the error is due to AVN not getting deployed part of the initial deployment. I remembered that VCF 4 doesn’t actually require it so after I did some research I was able to find a kb article that allowed me to continue with my install. KB 78608 ...