During the installation of windows vCenter 6.0 be it a Platform Services Controller or vCenter Server machine, at the very beginning of installation one might encounter a pop-up warning stating that: The user group “NT SERVICE/ALL SERVICES” does not have a log on as a service user right as shown below: In an effort to increase the security […]
vSphere6
Configuring vCenter 6 SSO Identity Sources
vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication broker and act as a security token exchange. vCenter Single Sign-On performs the following steps to authenticate a user: 1. A user logs in to vSphere Web Client with a user name and password to access the vCenter Server. 2. vSphere Web Client sends an authentication request to […]
Configure ESXiShell Timeout for ESXi 6 host
When the ESXi Shell or SSH services are enabled on a host they will run indefinitely. To avoid having these services left running set the ESXiShellTimeOut. The ESXiShellTimeOut defines a window of time after which the ESXi Shell and SSH services will automatically be terminated. If a user forgets to log out of their SSH […]
vSphere 6.0: Certificate Management for ESXi Hosts
In vSphere 6.0 and later, the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) provisions each new ESXi host with a signed certificate that has VMCA as the root certificate authority by default. Provisioning happens when the host is added to vCenter Server explicitly or as part of installation or upgrade to ESXi 6.0 or later. vCenter Server supports […]
VMware vSphere Management Assistant 6.0 (vMA) – Install and Configure
vMA – what is it? VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is appliance based on Linux system which can be used as centralized management point in VMware environment. It has several tools used in VMware environment like: vCLI, resxtop, vifs or vmware-cmd. vMA after initial configuration is quite handy if you manage several hosts. vMA – installation […]
VCSA deployment fails with invalid System Name; Error: Firstboot script Execution Error
Error: First boot script Execution Error During the deployment of vCenter Appliance 6.0 you are asked to enter the FQDN/IP for the appliance. If you enter FQDN instead of the IP address for the vCenter Server, it is important to note: Make sure DNS entry for the vCenter Server is done prior to beginning VCSA 6.0 installation. […]