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This is basically a repost of Paolo Valsecchi’s excellent blog post (https://nolabnoparty.com/en/vcsa-6-5-fails-to-start-file-system-check-and-network-service-errors/). I ran into this issue today with a client and then commands are so obscure (to…
I received a call from a client asking for help removing maintenance mode from an ESXi host. The 5.5 host was put into maintenance mode, had some patches…
Got bit by a pretty annoying vCenter 5.5 Update 3 bug. https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2134141 Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely…
Interesting note from a buddy of mine. He logged into his VirtualCenter (5.x) and found almost all of his Virtual Machines with an error condition. Yet there were…
Just noticed this alert on the VMware support site. If you are upgrading to vCenter 5, be sure to verify that ALL of your hosts are running at…
While doing some seemingly straightforward patching via Update Manager on my Home Lab ESX servers, I got this strange message after a reboot. Cannot synchronize host Carlo-esxi2. Cannot…
Not sure if this one is new or not but I’ve NEVER seen the Boot Options before in vCenter for a host. I think it’s pretty cool! You…
There are lots of reasons a vCenter Service would not start up. The usual suspect is an unavailable SQL database. ESPECIALLY when the SQL database is LOCAL to…
While at a client, I received a really weird error while trying to add a brand new ESXi server to VirtualCenter. I was working on a fresh built…
