VCSA – Marco Schiavon

VCSA password reset 5.5 and 6.0 …

Published by Marco Schiavon on 4 July 2019

If you have a 5.5, 6.0… otherwise https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147144 shutdown the VCSA Now, press the bar to stop auto boot and press P to enter the GRUB Password. From vmware KB: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2069041 If the vCenter Server appliance is deployed without editing the root password in the Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), the default GRUB password is …

Upgrade from VCSA 5.5 – 6.0 to VCSA 6.5 U2G or more!

Published by Marco Schiavon on 13 June 2019

This is our VCSA version. We need to upgrade the VCSA from 6.0 to 6.5. VMware does not carry an in-place upgrade and for this reason it will be necessary to go through two stages. This guide also applies if you want to migrate from 5.5 to 6.5 and I also think of 6.7 .. …

VCSA disable password expiration and change expired password

Published by Marco Schiavon on 28 December 2018

Log in to your VCSA’s console through SSH or directly. issue this commnad to check the root state : passwd -S rootThis is the output This is the meaning : sudo grep root /etc/shadowif there is a “*” or “!” after “root:” the account is disable!! Finally, to check if is it disable, type this command: …

Joing VCSA to your AD – Procedure to add Active Directory as your identity source in your VCSA environment.

Published by Marco Schiavon on 4 December 2018

Procedure to add Active Directory as your identity source in your VCSA enviroment.

Procedure to add Active Directory as your identity source in your VCSA 6.7 . Go to Administration, System Config Select your VCSA , Manage,Settings and AD. Put in the form your Domain,OU,Id and pw with admin rights. Wait the join process. Verified that your VCSA appears under …

Setting up VCSA 6.7

Published by Marco Schiavon on 17 September 2018

First, before strarting the install process, you have to create a record typa A under your internal DNS server. In our case, I’ve created a record “A” VCSA.customer.local 192.9.215.x (192.9. ????? why this wrong address in a LAN enveriement? I’m sorry, but at the beginning, this customer was supported by someone that didn’t understand the networking …