VMware: Script to automated offline snapshot of vCenters in ELM mode
Let me tell you a quick story.
A while back, I was on a call with VMware support, working through a pretty standard issue. Nothing crazy, until the engineer dropped this simple question:
“Did you take an offline snapshot of your vCenter before proceeding?”
And just like that, I froze 😐 !
Offline snapshot? Of vCenter? Never even crossed my mind.
That one question stuck with me. After the call, I went digging. Turns out, it’s not just a good …
VMware : Error no matching placement in VMware Aria Automation 8.18.1
If you are using VMware Aria Automation and encounter the error: “No matching placement. Error: No storage profiles are matching the disk requirements”, this guide will help you resolve the issue.
After updating VMware Aria automation to version 8.18.1, we reported this error when provisioning VMs for some cloud zones.
The primary cause is an inconsistency in storage profiles, but when we try to add a datastore to the storage profile, the operation turns into a timeout
The first …
VMware : What’s the difference between OVF and the OVA VM appliance?
One question that I received from the previous blog post was, “What’s the difference between OVF and OVA?“
What is an OVF file?
OVF: Open Virtualization Format. The Open Source Virtualization Format OVF file is a specification that describes an open-source, secure, efficient, and extensible portable virtual packaging and software distribution format.
It generally consists of several parts:
- OVF file: plays an essential role in the OVF file format. It ensures the correct mapping between the image
VMware : How to identifying VMs deployed from OVA/OVF in vCenter
Happy New Year!
Managing large VMware environments can be challenging, especially when dealing with thousands of VMs. One critical task for VMware administrators is identifying which VMs were deployed using OVA or OVF packages and this can be in relation of various subjects:
Compliance and Licensing: Some OVA appliances come with specific licensing terms. Identifying them ensures compliance.
Security: Imported VMs from OVAs/OVFs can introduce vulnerabilities. Tracking these VMs helps manage security risks.
Resource Management: OVA/OVF appliances often …
VMware: Licensing changes for VMware portfolio
In November 2024, Broadcom announced important updates to the licensing models for its VMware portfolio and introduced a new option for customers. 
VMware products can now be organized into four main categories: VCF, VVF, VVS, and VVEP:
- VCF : VMware Cloud Foundation
- VVF : VMware vSphere Foundation
- VVS : VMware vSphere Standard
- VVEP : VMware vSphere Entreprise plus (New)
VCF and VVF are for customers who use vSAN technology as storage providers. VVS and VVEP are for those …
VMware: Automating Aria automation VM Onboarding with PowerShell
VMware by Broadcom Aria Automation offers powerful automation capabilities, but sometimes, a custom script can further streamline your processes.
In this blog post, we’ll walk through a PowerShell script designed to automate the onboarding of VMs into a specific Aria automation project and change the resource owner.
Overview:
The script performs the following tasks:
- Connects to the vRA server.
- Imports a list of VMs from a CSV file.
- Retrieves the necessary project and VM details from vRA.
- Construct a JSON
VMware : Erreur lors de l’installation d’un cluster VxRAIL
Quick tip pour résoudre un problème avec la validation VxRAIL.
En effet, à chaque tentative de relance de la validation j’obtiens ce message d’erreur : Please wait for the previous instance <WORKFLOW ID> to complete.
Initialement, j’ai démarré les deux services sur le VxRAIL Manger, mais cela n’a malheureusement pas résolu le problème.
root@vxrailmanager:/home/mystic # systemctl restart runjars
(Updates information in the web interface)
root@vxrailmanager:/home/mystic # systemctl restart vmware-marvin
(Updates marvindb)
J’ai tenté de redémarrer les agents management et …
VMware : Skyline Health Diagnostics – Password expired
VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics est une plateforme de diagnostic qui permet de détecter et de proposer des solutions aux problèmes de nos infrastructures VMware.
Si le mot de passe shd-admin, qui permet d’accéder à l’interface graphique de l’Appliance, a expiré, les étapes présentées dans la vidéo ci-dessous vous permettront de le réinitialiser:
Si vous avez oublié le mot de passe que vous avez défini pour shd-admin, suivez les étapes ci-dessous pour définir un nouveau mot de passe
- Connectez-vous à SHD
VMware : Erreur de mise à jour VMware Aria Operations for Logs version 8.12
VMware a lancé une alerte de sécurité référencée sous le numéro VMSA-2023-0007.1, qui affecte le produit VMware Aria Operations for Logs (Operations for Logs) avec les CVE-2023-20864 et CVE-2023-20865.
Afin de corriger ces vulnérabilités, vous devez mettre à jour votre plateforme vers la version la plus récente, la 8.12.
Le processus de mise à niveau à l’aide de l’interface graphique reste le même : connectez-vous au nœud principal du cluster, puis lancez la mise à niveau. Une fois …
Hypervisor migrations are never just technical exercises. They impact operations, dependencies, tooling, and long-term strategy.
Here is my personal ranking of the most critical factors to evaluate before moving forward from most critical to least critical.