In this quick blog post, I’ll go over how to reset the root password on How to reset the root password on VMware Cloud Director on v10.6. There’s been a slight change compared to previous versions, so here’s what’s new. In earlier versions, we used the pam_tally2 command to reset failed login attempts. However, with … Read more
In my previous, I wrote about my first encounter with Veeam in production and a story about why it was essential to backup all your Virtual Infrastructure, something that was not on the mind of many administrators at the beginning of Virtual Infrastructures. I started this Veeam Stories series, and the plan was to write … Read more
In this blog post about vCloud Director v10.3 vs NSX-T error Certificate is already trusted, I talk about an issue that is new when you install a new vCloud Director v10.3, or you upgrade your existing vCD to v10.3. In a new vCD install, when you try to add your NSX-T (or V), you will … Read more
In this deploy vCloud Director 10.2.x domain search_path issue I will talk about an issue, personally a bug, in vCD 10.2x. In previous versions of vCD, when deploying vCloud Director, after we add our domain, the parameter domain search path is not mandatory. And why is that, because vCD will assume our domain as its … Read more
Sometimes we need to change IP addresses in our systems, and some are easy than others. In his blog post, we will discuss how to change the IP address in a vCloud Director. I will show how to change the IP address in a vCloud Director in a Linux vCD and a vCD Appliance. Environment: … Read more
This blog post vCloud Director Migrations: Linux vCD to vCD Appliance – Part 3 is the third and final part of my blog post series about vCloud Director migrations. In the first part, I migrated a Linux vCD with an external SQL Server DB to a Linux vCD with an embedded PostgresSQL DB. I migrated … Read more
One of our had an issue vCloud Director stop working with partition root full. When the team informs me that one vCD (a Linux version) was down, I needed to troubleshoot what was happen (since it was working 1h before). The first thing was to login with ssh to vCD and check services. [root@vCloud ~]# … Read more
In this vCloud Director Migrations: Linux vCD external SQL DB to vCD Appliance – Part 2, I will migrate a Linux vCloud Director with an external SQL Server DB into a new vCloud Director Appliance with embedded Postgres DB. Before I start, honestly, I would like that VMware could write documentation that easy to read … Read more
In this blog post about vCloud Director Linux migration SQL DB to embedded PostgreSQL appliance – Part I, I will migrate vCD DB from an external SQL DB to embedded PostgreSQL DB and upgrade a Linux vCloud Director(vCD) to 10.x after I migrate this Linux vCD to a vCloud Director appliance. Since I need to … Read more
Runecast has launched on 19th of November a new version of their product. In this Runecast Analyzer v4.7.4 for NSX-T Kubernetes and vCloud Director review, I will go through all the new features and how Runecast can work and protect your NSX-T, Kubernetes infrastructures, and also vCloud Director (still in a kind of beta version). … Read more
