tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476273799489064722024-03-06T12:26:04.731+05:30RaviTechRavi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-9544534517561792832021-03-24T15:34:00.005+05:302021-03-24T15:40:59.297+05:30VROPS 8 - Importing "Clean Executive Summary" Dashboard. 1) Download the Dashboard as a zip file (Clean-Executive-Summary-Dashboard-master.zip) from the link.https://vdc-download.vmware.com/sampleExchange/v1/downloads/51912) Extract the zip file and you should see 2 zip files. Extract them to separate folders.2) Login to vRealize Operations Manager and Select "Dashboards" => "Manage Dashboards".3) Select the Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-74618598502006175632020-08-09T16:09:00.033+05:302020-08-09T18:34:43.812+05:30VRLCM VM Deployment fails on x-region network if no DHCP server for NSX VTEPs.If you did not utilize a DHCP server during the deployment of vCloud Foundation, one of the issues you will face is that the VRLCM VM deployment fails in the x-region network. This is because the SDDC manager is not able to reach the VRLCM VM since the Host Overlay tunnel is not established.The parameter sheet for Host-overlay is "N/A", and this is not the case for Edge-TEP parameters. Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-62035715524922009842020-07-09T10:24:00.000+05:302020-07-18T10:17:54.147+05:30Resetting vCloud Foundation 4.0 Cloud Builder.If you need to reset the Cloud Builder Appliance for any reason, the following command will work. I have used this on Cloud Builder 4.0.#sudo psql -U postgres -d bringup -h localhost#delete from execution;#delete from "Resource";\qRavi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-68505282202082453122019-06-30T23:22:00.001+05:302019-06-30T23:54:32.847+05:30How to Install Python 2.7.12 to run ESXi Learnswitch in WindowsPRE-REQUISITES:
1) Download ESXi Learnswitch using the below link:
https://labs.vmware.com/flings/learnswitch
2) Download python 2.7.12 using the below link: ( 32bit) works fines in 64bit machines.
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2712/
3) Download winscp using the below link:
https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
4) Download Putty using the below link:
https://Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-33157541195348694092017-02-28T22:34:00.003+05:302020-08-09T14:34:36.002+05:30EUC7601 - Advances in Remote Display Protocol Technology with VMware Blast Extreme. (Kiran Rao/Sean Samenfeld-Specht)NOTES:
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One of the Best Resources on the Internet for vSAN. ( Cormachogan.com).
VMware Horizon 7 on VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 All-Flash - Whitepaper
Horizon Sizing estimator - Tool for VMware Partners
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-35109521728927240802017-02-27T23:01:00.000+05:302017-11-27T21:23:57.062+05:30EUC8203 - Beyond the Marketing: Horizon Instant Clones Deep Dive - (Peter Björk & Jim Yanik)NOTES:
Domain Specific Permissions list for Instant Clone Desktops Administrator.
Put a Host with Instant Clones into Maintenance Mode. ( KB2144808)
What happens if the Parent VM Crashes? ( The Parent VM is restarted automatically and there is a downtime for the running VMs).
DEMO:
Instant Clones Demo - Increasing the Pools.
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-32881321899189552202017-02-01T23:34:00.001+05:302017-11-27T21:24:17.686+05:30EUC7998 - The Latest in High-Performance Desktops and Applications with Horizon 7, Blast Extreme Protocol, and NVIDIA GRID vGPU - ( Pat Lee/Luke Wignall )NOTES:
NVIDIA GRID and VMWare Horizon Deployment Guide.
VMware Horizon with View on Virtual SAN Reference Architecture.
NVIDIA GRID Certified Servers.
ESRI ArcGIS Pro App Guide with VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
Autodesk Revit App Guide with VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-32071151193845333322017-01-31T21:17:00.003+05:302017-02-28T22:37:52.184+05:30EUC7797 - How to Manage Personal Settings with App Volumes and ThinApp.( Stephane Asselin/Hilko Lantinga )
NOTES:
App Volumes backup Utility from VMware Flings.
DEMO:
Creating Application Profile using User Environment Manager.
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-17759547046613839782017-01-30T22:26:00.001+05:302017-02-28T22:38:03.284+05:30EUC7453 - Horizon for Linux Technical Deep Dive.( Hiko Lantinga/Yanzhao Zhang )NOTES:
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-34878133712968947712017-01-30T21:24:00.001+05:302017-02-28T22:38:12.043+05:30EUC8584 - vRealize Operations for Horion and Citrix XenApp on vSphere. - ( Alex Birch and Jim Yanik )EUC8584 - vRealize Operations: The Authoritative Source for Monitoring and Reporting for Horizon and Citrix XenApp Deployments on vSphere. - Alex Birch and Jim Yanik ( VMware )
Notes :
1) vRealize Operations Manager Sizing Guidelines (2093783)
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-11612567933083006492016-08-30T12:46:00.003+05:302016-08-31T02:58:08.145+05:30Gathering Logs from "Nutanix NCC Health Check"To gather the logs from Nutanix NCC, you can follow the below simple steps. In Version 4.5, the NCC is built into the Nutanix controller VM and hence no additional steps are required.
1) Login to the Nutanix Cluster using the admin username and password.
2) Go to Home => Hardware => Table. You can get the list of controller VMs IPs here. In case you don't remember them that nano second. :Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-84241476577361870172016-08-14T22:19:00.000+05:302016-08-14T22:20:34.951+05:30 " Cannot truncate SQL logs for database: model " Veeam BackupWas setting up Veeam for one of our clients and found the below Warning message in a SQL Server backup. The below steps helped me resolve the issue. Hope it helps you too..
Issue:
You will see the below warning message in a Veeam backup Job with SQL VMs. " Failed to truncate Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs. Details: Error code: 0x80004005 " .
The complete error message is a Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-71602455503499088542016-06-04T16:13:00.004+05:302016-06-04T16:13:49.222+05:30Nutanix Bible notesWell, my learning has started with the "Nutanix Bible" which contains a wealth of information around how Nutanix has been designed and other components.It took me a whole day to go through the entire content, not that I can remember all of it now. I will be going through this the second time hopefully over the next weekend.I hope it was always so easy to find good information on all the other Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-16388022700088677102016-02-16T01:16:00.001+05:302016-02-16T01:16:12.166+05:30" partedUtil Failed with message:Error " During ESXi Installation on HP ConvergedSystem 242-HCRecently, I was delivering a POC using the HP ConvergedSystems 242-HC and ran into the below issue. I was not able to find any solution online or on HPE's Website and hence decided to share this information in case anyone else runs into this issue. I don't think all customers would face this as the 242-HC comes pre-installed with VMware ESXi.If, you have had to reinstall the entire unit fromRavi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-46976648053583486732015-12-30T13:50:00.000+05:302016-01-06T00:30:13.313+05:30" Internal Error: Unexpected error code: -1. " During SRM upgrade to 5.5.1I have been involved in an SRM upgrade from version 5.1 to 5.5 and I faced this issue during the upgrade, hope this information helps anyone who is currently planning on upgrading their SRM infrastructure to 5.5.
Background: One of our customer had an vSphere 5.1 setup along with their SRM on 5.1 and they requested that the setup be upgrade to 5.5. So, I started off with the upgrade as below:
Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-31156592472978075652014-10-30T13:26:00.001+05:302014-10-30T13:48:29.381+05:30VMware tools installation will fail with Error - The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete installationCame across this issue during a P2V migration of a Windows 2008 machine.
Issue : VMware tools installation will fail with Error " VMware Product Installation" - "Setup cannot continue. The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete installation."
The Logs for the VMware tools is located in temp Directory of the Machine as vminst.log. You can access the log by typing %temp% Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-26688266643310156602014-05-31T23:28:00.001+05:302014-05-31T23:30:04.853+05:30P2V Migrations using VMware Converter - Things to rememberP2V migrations needs Planning and Preparation if you need to be successful. So, I wanted to consolidate some of the helpful links around P2V Migration and share my experience.If you have any feedback\suggestions, please feel free to comment or contact me and I will add any additional information.The majority of the steps mentioned here are for Windows Machines.
HelpfulRavi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-64856870958412416892014-05-30T13:07:00.002+05:302014-08-04T21:51:35.755+05:30vCloud Director 5.5 - Configuring vCloud Director - Module 5 - Part 1
vCloud Director 5.5 - Configuring vCloud Director.
Module 1 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying VC Appliance v5.5
Module 2 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying vCloud and vShield Appliance
Module 3 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing for vCloud Deployment
Module 4 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing vShield and vCloud Director
Module 5 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Configuring vCloud Director - Part 1Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-47729855356850729662013-11-29T13:04:00.000+05:302014-05-30T13:15:21.065+05:30vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing vShield and vCloud Director - Module 4Module 1 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying VC Appliance v5.5Module 2 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying vCloud and vShield ApplianceModule 3 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing for vCloud Deployment
Module 4 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing vShield and vCloud Director
Module 5 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Configuring vCloud Director - Part 1
Preparing vShield and vCloud Director - Module 3
After Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-32258538836217329132013-11-14T00:56:00.000+05:302014-05-30T13:14:16.224+05:30vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing for vCloud Deployment - Module 3Module 1 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying VC Appliance v5.5
Module 2 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying vCloud and vShield Appliance
Module 3 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing for vCloud Deployment
Module 4 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing vShield and vCloud Director
Module 5 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Configuring vCloud Director - Part 1
Configuring VM Storage Profiles and vSphere Distributed Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-25171047921828344422013-11-09T14:54:00.001+05:302014-05-30T13:12:18.664+05:30vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying vCloud and vShield Appliance - Module 2Module 1 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying VC Appliance v5.5
Module 2 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying vCloud and vShield Appliance
Module 3 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing for vCloud Deployment
Module 4 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Preparing vShield and vCloud Director
Module 5 - vCloud Director 5.5 - Configuring vCloud Director - Part 1
Deploying the vCloud and vShield Appliance: Module 2
1) Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-45058080974456895102013-11-09T04:08:00.001+05:302014-05-30T13:11:23.337+05:30vCloud Director 5.5 - Deploying VC Appliance v5.5 - Module 1I am writing this blog to assist my customers with their vCloud Deployments on version 5.5 and also hoping that these posts will be helpful to anyone who wants to setup a small test environment to understand the features of vCloud before implementing the solution in their Production environment.Since, the environment I would be deploying would be within a Single ESXi server, this configuration isRavi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-15227479411377054912013-09-09T11:48:00.001+05:302014-11-15T00:15:13.264+05:30vSphere 5.x Notes1) The Integrated databases on vCenter virtual appliance and Windows based vCenter.
The supported limit on all these databases is: 5 Hosts and 50 Virtual Machines.
a) Windows based vCenter :
vCenter Server 5.x is bundled with SQL Express 2008
vCenter Server 4.x is bundled with SQL Express 2005
b) Linux Based vCenter :
vCenter 5.1 is bundled with embedded DB2 database
vCenter 5.0 is Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547627379948906472.post-60884708191719476132013-08-03T00:35:00.002+05:302013-08-26T18:34:02.132+05:30Veeam One - Part One - InstallationI have been working on Veeam Products for sometime now and wanted to share my experience hoping my blogs will be helpful to anyone looking for info on Veeam. Since, Veeam offers a number of products, I have decided to write multiple posts that cover Installation, configuration and the features of all the products. I wanted to start with Veeam One for now.
Introduction to Veeam One:Ravi Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17524795422501267654noreply@blogger.com0