Cannot Remove vCLS Virtual Machine
Cannot Remove vCLS KB ID 0001863 Problem I had a NAS box fail on me and the NFS share it was presenting to my vSphere environment was no longer available. Which was fine, but there was a vCLS (vSphere Cluster Services) virtual machine in that datastore, that I could not get rid of, as the datastore was no longer available, and I could not remove the datastore because, (as far as VMware was concerned it had a VM in it). Solution:...
HPE MSA Cannot See LUN?
Cannot See LUN KB ID 0001862 Problem I finally got round to replacing the SAN on my test network, I setup the new one via direct cable connection (10Gbps iSCSI DAC). I created vDisks and volumes, presented those volumes. Setup iSCSI bindings in vSphere, all vanilla stuff. ESX hosts could not see the storage LUNS, they could see the SAN, but ‘add datastore’ showed me no available storage. Solution: Cannot See LUN Two...
Exchange Size Limits
Exchange Size Limits KB ID 0001368 Problem When attempting to send an email from Outlook via Exchange, you see a message like the one below. The following files weren’t attached because adding them would cause the message to exceed the maximum size limit of {Size} MB: {File-Name} Or, when someone attempts to send a message to one of your mailbox users they get an NDR that looks like this. Remote Server returned ‘550 5.2.3...
VMware Enable SSH (vSphere ESX)
VMware Enable SSH KB ID 0000299 Problem Should you wish to get SSH (remote secure console) access to your ESX hosts, you need to do the following. ESX Version 8 and Newer ESX Version 6.5 and Newer ESX version 5 and Newer ESX version 4.1.0 ESX version 4.0.0 and earlier ESX version 4.0.0 and earlier Solution VMware Enable SSH ESX 8.0 Directly on an ESX Host: If you have a stand-alone ESX Server running version 8.x, Log in via the...
vSphere Adding iSCSI Storage
vSphere Adding iSCSI KB ID 0001378 Problem iSCSI storage is nice and cheap, so adding iSCSI 10/1Gbps storage to your virtual infrastructure is a common occurrence. vSphere Adding iSCSI Solution (vSphere 7/8) Add a Software iSCSI Adaptor: Select the host > Configure > Storage Adapters > Add > Software iSCSI adaptor > OK. After a few seconds you should see it appear at the bottom of the list. Create a vSwitch and...
Remove Failed DC from Active Directory
Remove Failed DC KB ID 0001860 Problem To remove a ‘dead’ domain controller from Active directory you need to perform a metadata cleanup. In the context of Microsoft’s Active Directory, metadata cleanup refers to the process of removing remnants of a failed or improperly demoted domain controller from the Active Directory database. Active Directory is a directory service that stores information about objects on a...