Dashboard Shared Icon Legends

Once you have shared a dashboard through a URL, you might need to revoke or list all the URLs that the dashboard is shared with and how the dashboard is shared in each case. vRealize Operations 7.0 provides this functionality.

Customize Horizon VIew Connection Server Landing Page Background Image

 Default Landing Page

https://connectionserverFQDN

To Change Background of this Landing Page:-
1. Connect with Connection Server Machine
2. Navigate to this directory

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\broker\webapps\portal\webclient\icons-6510409

3. There you will get the file

bg_image = Resolution of this image is 2560x1440

Replace this file with Same Resolution another new file and give the same name to new file

4. Now restart Horizon VIew Connection Server Service
5. Open

https://connectionserverFQDN

Bingo!!!!! It's Succeeded

I have tried this on Horizon View 7.3 Version

How to Identify which Horizon Connection is installed as Standard or Replica?

Although it doesn't matter which connection server is standard and which one is replica, the only difference here is who creates the new ADAM database and who connects with the existing database.
To Identify this:-
1. Connect with One of the Connection Server
2. Run

Regedit

3. Then Navigate to this location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM

If the Value is :-
1 = It is Standard Connection Server
2 = It is Replica Connection Server

 

How to Find Out which Replica Disk is Used by Linked Clone VM

Scenario : Customer was looking for knowing that which Replica Disk your linked clone VM is using, so that they can power off one of vm associated with that replica  and recompose can create new replica disk only for that datastore VM.

How to Find Out this Info:
1. Login to ESXi Shell
2. Execute this command

find /vmfs/volumes/ \( -size -1500c \) -name *.vmdk -exec grep replica {} -H \; | grep 'parentFileNameHint=' > replicalist.txt

3. Then Execute this command

sed s/:/'-->>'/ < replicalist.txt >replicalist2.txt

4. Run this command

Cat replicalist2.txt

You will get output like this:-

Instant Clone Desktop Pool Provisioning Error - Instant Clone Desktop Pool Provisioning Error - Initial Publish Failed: Fault type is VC_FAULT_FATAL

My Instant Desktop Provisioning was getting Failed with Error Message "Initial Publish Failed: Fault type is VC_FAULT_FATAL"

Solution:-
In my case Issue was with Horizon Agent, as it was not installed with Instant Clone Agent. I have re-installed the agent and issue got fixed.

Horizon 7.7 Supports vCenter Deployed on VMC on AWS

Horizon 7.7 Supports vCenter Deployed on VMC on AWS, while adding the vCenter Server this will be asked.

What's New in VMware vRealize Automation 7.6 - In Brief

Install and configure

• New VAMI UI summary page
• New VAMI Additional cluster health alerts that are configurable
• SNMP service - facilitates the monitoring of the vRA node resources such as CPU, Memory and many other. Configurable to actively monitor resources and send snmp trap when certain threshold is exceeded, API available

Upgrade enhancements:

• Bug fixes and small enhancements
• Upgrade will back up all configuration files
• API improvements – fine grained progress reporting at API level
• Upgrade flow is now more configurable - some of the steps could be configured for later execution

Custom Forms Enhancements - Providing a higher level of flexibility for customers wishing to customize and enhance their request forms in vRA

• Datagrid Enhancements – Blueprint-defined disks are read-only, cell validation, and field refresh when rows are added, removed, or edited
• Added dual list selector component
• Added multiple selector component for complex objects
• Added link component

NSX Integration - Support NSX-V to NSX-T migrations

• On-demand private networks for NSX-V
• Support for NSX-T and NSX-V configured for different clusters on a single vCenter

vRO UI Enhancements - Improved user experience for customers creating workflows with vRO

• Enhancements across Design, Content Management and Troubleshooting in the Web client (refer to vRO What's new and release notes for more detailed information)

 Get More Details about Enhancements From Here

Releasing IP Addresses By Destroying Provisioned Machines

When you destroy a deployment, its IP addresses are deleted. The allocated IPs, for example the IPS in a network profile range, are released and made available for subsequent provisioning.

When you destroy a machine that has a static IP address, its IP address is made available for other machines to use. Unused addresses might not be available immediately because the process to reclaim static IP addresses runs every 30 minutes.

If you are using a third-party IPAM provider, vRealize Automation deletes the associated IP addresses by using the vRealize Orchestrator workflow in the third-party IPAM provider plug-in or package.

Ping and vmkping - no longer two different commands in ESXi

Ping and vmkping used to be two different commands but these are not two different commands. Many years ago this change was made in the product. This is one of the feature which is not noticed by many of the admins.

Just check this directory:-
ls -l /bin/ping
ping is now linked with vmkping

Run:-
ping --help

Run:-
vmkping --help
Notice there is no change here in output

When Networking Configuration Operation Is Rolled Back and a Host Is Disconnected from vCenter Server?

In vSphere 5.1 or later, an attempt to perform a networking configuration operation on a vSphere Distributed Switch on a host, such as creating a virtual machine adapter or a port group, causes the host to disconnect from vCenter Server and results in the error message Transaction has rolled back on the host.

Reason
Under stressful conditions on a host, that is, if many concurrent networking operations compete for limited resources, the time to perform some of the operations might exceed the default timeout for rollback of network configuration operations on the distributed switch. As a result, these operations are rolled back.

For example, such a condition might come up when you create a VMkernel adapter on a host that has a very high number of switch ports or virtual adapters, all of which consume system resources on the host.

The default timeout to roll an operation back is 30 seconds.

To Change this Timeout 
1. Select vCenter Server in Inventory
2. Click on Manage Tab
3. Settings > Advanced Settings
4. Find out this Property ---- config.vpxd.network.rollbackTimeout 
If present Modify the Value. If not present create it and enter the value. Value will be in Seconds. > Click OK
5. Restart vCenter Server

 

Convert Minimal vRA Deployment to Enterprise Deployment

You cannot convert a minimal deployment to an enterprise deployment. To scale a deployment up, start with a small enterprise deployment, and add components to that. Starting with a minimal deployment is not supported.





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Switching VMware vCSA 6.7 Default Interface

1. Connect vCSA Appliance through SSH or Local Console

2. Switching from Appliance Shell  to bash  as default interface  

chsh -s /bin/bash root

3. Switching from  bash  to Appliance Shell as default interface

chsh -s /bin/appliancesh root

vRA Manager Service Automatic Failover

You can configure the vRealize Automation IaaS Manager Service to fail over to a backup when the primary Manager Service stops.

Starting in vRealize Automation 7.3, you no longer have to manually start or stop the Manager Service on each Windows server, to control which serves as primary or backup. Automatic Manager Service failover is enabled by default in the following cases.

• When you install vRealize Automation silently or with the Installation Wizard.
• When you upgrade IaaS through the administration interface or with the automatic upgrade script.

 Failover is not enabled when you use the standard Windows-based installer to add a Manager Service host or upgrade IaaS.

To enable automatic Manager Service failover after running the standard Windows installer, take the following steps.

Procedure

• Log in as root to a console session on the vRealize Automation appliance.
• Navigate to the following directory.
• /usr/lib/vcac/tools/vami/commands
• Enter the following command.
• python ./manager-service-automatic-failover ENABLE

If you need to disable automatic failover throughout an IaaS deployment, enter the following command instead.

python ./manager-service-automatic-failover DISABLE

Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing Commands in vCSA Bash Shell

Keyboard Shortcut	Details
Tab	Completes the current command. If you enter a part of the command name and press the Tab key, the system completes the command name. To view the commands that match a set of characters that you enter, type a character and press the Tab key.
Enter (at the command line)	Runs the command that you entered.
Enter (at the Moreprompt)	Displays the next page of output.
Delete or Backspace	Deletes the character that is on the left of the cursor.
Left arrow or Ctrl+B	Moves the cursor one character to the left. When you enter a command that extends beyond a single line, you can press the Left Arrow or Ctrl-B keys to go back to the beginning of the command.
Right arrow or Ctrl+F	Moves the cursor one character to the right.
Esc, B	Moves the cursor one word back.
Esc, F	Moves the cursor one word forward.
Ctrl+A	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line.
Ctrl+E	Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
Ctrl+D	Deletes the character selected by the cursor.
Ctrl+W	Deletes the word next to the cursor.
Ctrl+K	Deletes the line forward. When you press Ctrl+K, everything that you entered starting from the cursor location to the end of the command line is deleted.
Ctrl+U or Ctrl+X	Deletes the line backward. When you press Ctrl+U, everything from the beginning of the command line to the cursor location is deleted.
Ctrl+T	Changes the places of the character to the left of the cursor with the character selected by the cursor.
Ctrl+R or Ctrl+L	Displays the system prompt and command line.
Ctrl+V or Esc, Q	Inserts a code to indicate to the system that the following keystroke must be treated as a command entry, not as an editing key.
Up arrow, or Ctrl+P	Recalls commands in the history buffer, beginning with the most recent command.
Down arrow or Ctrl+N	Returns to more recent commands in the history buffer after you use the Up arrow or Ctrl+P to recall commands.
Ctrl+Y	Recalls the most recent entry in the delete buffer. The delete buffer contains the last 10 items you have cut or deleted.
Esc, Y	Recalls the next entry in the delete buffer. The delete buffer contains the last 10 items you have cut or deleted. Press Ctrl+Y first to recall the most recent entry, and then press Esc, Y up to nine times to recall the remaining entries in the buffer.
Esc, C	Capitalizes the character selected by the cursor.
Esc, U	Changes the casing for all characters in the word selected by the cursor, up to the next space, to uppercase.
Esc, L	Changes the capitalized letters in a word from the character selected by the cursor to the end of the word to lowercase.

Plug-Ins in the vCenter Server 6.x Appliance Shell

The plug-ins in the vCenter Server Appliance provide you with access to various administrative tools. The plug-ins reside in the CLI itself. The plug-ins are standalone Linux or VMware utilities, which do not depend on any VMware service.

Plug-In	Description
com.vmware.clear	A plug-in that you can use to clear the terminal screen.
com.vmware.cmsso-util	A plug-in that you use for orchestrating changes to PNID, Machine Certificate, unregistering a node from Component Manager, vCenter Single Sign-On, reconfiguring vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller, and repointing vCenter Server to an external Platform Services Controller.
com.vmware.dcli	vAPI based CLI client.
com.vmware.nslookup	A plug-in that you can use to query the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or for any other specific DNS record.
com.vmware.pgrep	A plug-in that you can use to search for all named processes.
com.vmware.pgtop	A plug-in that you can use to monitor the PostgreSQL database.
com.vmware.ping	A plug-in that you can use to ping a remote host. Accepts the same arguments as bin/ping.
com.vmware.ping6	A plug-in that you can use to ping a remote host. Accepts the same arguments as bin/ping6.
com.vmware.portaccess	A plug-in that you can use to troubleshoot the port access of a host.
com.vmware.ps	A plug-in that you can use to see statistics on running processes.
com.vmware.rvc	Ruby vSphere Console
com.vmware.service-control	A plug-in that you can use to manage VMware services.
com.vmware.shell	A plug-in that allows access to the appliance Bash shell.
com.vmware.showlog	A plug-in that you can use to browse the log files.
com.vmware.shutdown	A plug-in that you can use to restart or power off the appliance.
com.vmware.software-packages	A plug-in that you can use to update the software packages in the appliance.
com.vmware.support-bundle	A plug-in that you can use to create a bundle on the local file system and export it to a remote Linux system. If you use the plug-in with the stream command, the support bundle is not created on the local file system, but is directly exported to the remote Linux system.
com.vmware.top	A plug-in that displays process information. Accepts the same arguments as /usr/bin/top/.
com.vmware.tracepath	A plug-in that traces path to a network host. Accepts the same arguments as /sbin/tracepath.
com.vmware.tracepath6	A plug-in that traces path to a network host. Accepts the same arguments as /sbin/tracepath6.
com.vmware.updatemgr-util	A plug-in that you can use to configure VMware Update Manager.
com.vmware.vcenter-restore	A plug-in that you can use to restore vCenter Server.
com.vmware.vimtop	A plug-in that you can use to view a list of vSphere services and their resource use.