Enable debug logging for ESXi Hardware Status issues

The sfcbd (Small foot print CIM broker daemon) is responsible for reporting the hardware status that is viewed via the vSphere client. In order to enable debug logging: Stop sfcbd service by running the command: /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop Set the CIM log level to 7 by running the command: esxcfg-advcfg -s 7 /UserVars/CIMLogLevel Start sfcbd service by running the command: /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start Collect the vmsupport log bundle. In ESXi 5.1 and above, sfcbd logs to /var/log/syslog....

July 4, 2014 · 1 min · Jahnin Rajamoni

Error 1920. Service VMware View Composer (svid) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

Got this strange error while installing Horizon View Composer 6.0. "Error 1920. Service VMware View Composer (svid) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services." Manually starting the service also fails and does not report any errors. The view composer logs do not get created as well. Windows logs an error event To work around the issue turn off Automatic Root Certificates Update. In order to Turn off Automatic Root Certificates Update:...

June 29, 2014 · 1 min · Jahnin Rajamoni

Build your own Linux router

Things you need: 1. A Linux box 2. Two network adapters that connect to different networks that you wish to route. How: Enable IP Forwarding By default all modern Linux distributions will have IP Forwarding disabled. Use the following methods to enable and configure IP Forwarding. Check if IP Forwarding is enabled: We have to query the sysctl kernel value net.ipv4.ip_forward to see if forwarding is enabled or not: Using sysctl:...

May 12, 2014 · 2 min · Jahnin Rajamoni

Throttle SCP file transfers

Afraid that the scp transfer will eat up all available Bandwidth? To throttle scp file transfers, use the ‘-l’ parameter: For e.g.: To set the file transfer limit to 1Mbps scp -v -l 1024 useraccount@destinationhost:/path scp -v -l 1024 vmware.log root@10.10.10.101:/tmp

May 12, 2014 · 1 min · Jahnin Rajamoni

Is the Auto Deploy plugin 5.1 supported with vCenter 5.5?

The Auto Deploy plugin 5.1 has not been tested with vCenter Orchestrator 5.5. The Auto Deploy plugin 5.1 is supported only with vCenter Orchestrator 5.1.x and all the vCenter server versions that are compatible with vCenter Orchestrator 5.1.x. Likewise, the Auto Deploy plugin 1.0 has been tested only with vCenter Orchestrator 4.2 and all the vCenter server versions that are compatible with vCenter Orchestrator 4.2. For more information on the vCenter Server versions that are compatible with vCenter Orchestrator 4....

April 9, 2014 · 1 min · Jahnin Rajamoni