Tag: vCenter

Removing/updating vCenter Trusted Root Certificates

24 januari 2024 Solutions VMware
Last month I had to update the machine certificate of vCenter (SSL). I prepared the new certificate and the certificate chain. In the end, I was able to change the machine certificate but the Trusted Root certificate of the Intermediate CA was not updated and needed to be replaced. However,…

Using ADFS with vCenter 7

20 november 2020 VMware
A while ago I wrote an article about using LDAPS to connect vCenter to Active Directory. In that article, I mentioned a second (secure) option to connect to AD: by using ADFS. In this article, I will give you the steps to change your vCenter Identity Provider from Embedded to…

Using LDAPS with vCenter and AD

12 oktober 2020 VMware
Most companies that connect vCenter to Active Directory are using the Integrated Windows Authentication. At least, that’s what I see. But both VMware and Microsoft have announced changes that are going to change the way you connect your vCenter to AD. VMware announced in the vSphere 7 release notes that…

Migrating ESXi Hosts to Another vCenter Server

6 maart 2020 PowerCli Script VMware
As part of a migration project, ESXi hosts needed to be migrated to a new vCenter appliance. The Cisco 1000v distributed virtual switch was stripped out and converted to standard switches. So basically it was a matter of disconnecting, and removing the hosts from the old vCenter and adding them…

Building a lab – recurring issues

1 februari 2020 Solutions VMware
As I am preparing for an exam (VCAP Network Virtualization Deployment) is started a rebuild of my lab. During this process, I encountered several issues. With this post I keep track of all the issues and solutions. Keep in mind that I try to write them down in the order…

vCenter Update Manager gives error status 404 in IE 11

27 september 2019 VMware
I was working in my home lab testing a migration of hosts from vCenter 6 (Windows) to the 6.7 VCSA. The steps outlined in the article “How to move ESXi/ESX host from one vCenter Server to another” (1004775) worked flawless but for some reason Update Manager didn’t work… I tried…

vCenter not using SMTP smarthost but DNS

8 juni 2019 Solutions VMware
The other day I had scheduled a task for a VM and I wanted to get an email notification about the status of that job. So I configured the notification. But the next morning I didn’t find a confirmation email in my inbox. Strange! So I checked the email settings…