How To’s

How to Fix the vSphere UI Login Button Greyed Out After Upgrading to vCenter Server 8.0 U3 After patching your vCenter Server to version 8.0 Update 3, you may encounter a peculiar issue: the vSphere UI login button is greyed out, and the “Use RSA SecureID” option is automatically enabled, even though RSA SecureID is…

**Introducing the Reduced Downtime Upgrade** Let’s talk about one of the standout features: the Reduced Downtime Upgrade. If you’ve ever patched a vCenter instance, you know it can be a lengthy process, with vCenter services going offline during the update. VMware’s Reduced Downtime Upgrade, first introduced with vSphere+, is now available for on-premises vCenter instances…

VMware Horizon SSL/TLS CSR Certificate Directions   Using RDP Login to the first Horizon Connection Server. Right Click the Windows Start Menu and click Run. Type MMC into the Open box and press OK. Go to File -> Add/Remove Snap-in Under Available snap-ins select certificates and press Add to add to the selected snap-ins Select…

 VCD Upgrade Procedure 10.4.x to 10.5.x In a Web browser, log in to the appliance management user interface of a VMware Cloud Director appliance instance to identify the primary appliance, https://appliance_ip_address:5480. Make a note of the primary appliance name. You must upgrade the primary appliance before the standby and application cells. You must use the…

NSX-ALB / AVI Load Balancer Application Certificate SSL/TLS CSR Horizon Open a web browser and navigate to avi management web interface avi.example.com Navigate to Templates -> Security -> SSL/TLS Certificates Here is where you can manage Root / Intermediate CA Certificates as well as Application Certificates. Click Create and select Application Certificate Under General Add…

  Of course the first step we will have to do would be to identify which host is warning of a failed drive.For my example, I will be using host 4 in my cluster. Since I do not have any currently failing drives, we will pretend drive 1 is our problem drive. Step 1: Put…