First of all take proper snapshot of the vCenter before making any changes. Check the content of file “/storage/applmgmt/backup_restore/backup_schedule.json” and verify the value of parameter “max_count”. It should be equal to the “number of backups to retain” in VAMI page. If the value is anything other than the retention policy setting or if the parameter […]
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vPostgres service fails to start on vCenter Appliance with FATAL error “bogus data in lock file postmaster.pid” on VCSA
This article helps to get the vPostgres service up if the service is failing to start with FATAL error “bogus data in lock file postmaster.pid” # service-control –start vmware-vpostgres Perform start operation. vmon_profile=None, svc_names=[‘vmware-vpostgres’], include_coreossvcs=False, include_leafossvcs=False 2019-11-06T21:38:14.283Z Service vmware-vpostgres state STOPPED Error executing start on service vmware-vpostgres. Details { “resolution”: null, “detail”: [ […]
vSAN Encryption
vSAN provides feature to encrypt the data at rest. Below are pre-requisites to enable vSAN encryption – You will need a Key Management Server (KMS) vCenter should establish a trusted connection with the KMS server and vice versa User should have privileges on vCenter :Host.Inventory.EditClusterCryptographer.ManageEncryptionPolicyCryptographer.ManageKMSCryptographer.ManageKeys To enable encryption, Go to cluster -> Configure tab -> […]
vpxd service crashes with ODBC error “ERROR: integer out of range” on vCenter 6.5
vpxd service may crash due to out of range integer value for surr_key after long usage vpxd log will show error message like below :-[Vdb::IsRecoverableErrorCode] Unable to recover from HY000:1102020-06-12T19:46:47.037Z error vpxd[7FD1CE34C700] [[email protected] sub=Default opID=HostSync-host-39197-3811cb39] [VdbStatement] SQLError was thrown: “ODBC error: (22003) – ERROR: integer out of range;–> Error while executing the query” is returned […]
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vSAN TRIM/UNMAP
Automated UNMAP/TRIM feature is available in VSAN 6.7U1 onwards. However it is disabled by default, and has to be enabled. This feature is supported only on VMs with Hardware version 11 or later (Windows) and Hardware version 13 (Linux VMs). Virtual Machines needs to be Power cycled after enabling TRIM/UNMAP. Enabling TRIM/UNMAP on cluster is […]