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I’m a great fan of vSphere-Client a.k.a HTML5 client. The user interface based on project clarity is an eye catcher and the user experience is great. But sometimes you’re forced to use the old Flash based flex-client. Not with latest vCenter Server 6.7 but with older releases like vSphere 6.0.
We were facing compatibility issues between flex-client 6.0 and NSX 6.4.4 although it’s a supported combination.
Continue reading “NSX 6.4 UI problem with older vCenter versions”This article shows how to quickly enable SSH service on one, more or all hosts in a cluster.
Login to vCenter.
Connect-VIServer <myVC>
The command below will activate SSH on all hosts registered in in your vCenter.
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | Where Key -EQ "TSM-SSH" | Start-VMHostService
TSM means “Technical Support Mode”
To stop SSH service on all hosts, use the command below.
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | Where Key -EQ "TSM-SSH" | Stop-VMHostService -Confirm:$False
It’s possible to limit the scope of the command to one host. Just add the FQDN after Get-Host.
Get-VMHost myESX.myDomain.local | Get-VMHostService | Where Key -EQ "TSM-SSH" | Start-VMHostService
Recently I was trying to roll out an ESXi on Cisco UCS C240 which was equipped with a local twin-SD FlexFlash card. Destination disk was discovered by ESXi setup but during installation we encountered an error:
“partedUtil failed with message: Error: Can’t have a partition outside the disk! Unable to read partition table for device /vmfs/devices/disks”
Integrated remote management controllers (iRMC) in servers are priceless tools to manage hardware remotely. You can check the system state, reboot or shut down the hardware or open a remote console window withou being on site. Usually these systems have a web based user interface. Unfortunately sometimes webservers fail and stop responding. Good to know that it is possible to restart the iRMC from a SSH connection.
Continue reading “Reset Remote Management on Fujitsu Primergy Servers”