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vSphere 6 came with SMP FT. There has been quite a few questions regarding the same. A few things to note: 1. It uses shared datastore to keep shared.vmft. 2. It uses shared datastore to keep virtual machines configuration files 3. It uses shared datastore to keep virtual machines disk files. It asks for the location of above files when you enable Fault Tolerance on a VM. Pre-requisistes 1. vSphere HA cluster. 2. FT logging network. (Gives a warning with 1 Gbps but works great with 10 Gbps) Situations: 1. Host running the primary virtual machines go down. A. The Virtual Machine is successfully failed over to host running secondary VM using the same set of virtual machines which were originally placed on shared datastores.

Provider :No provider available                  This dependency is required. Resolution:  (Applicable for Windows Based vCenter Server) Start "VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices" Deploy vSphere Replication again. Note: It is work checking if you have configured the vCenter Management IP address. Please don't forget to leave a comment.

Error: You must have a role in at least one Business Group. You get the above error when you try to reclaim machines in your environment. Resolution: 1. Login with tenant administrator. 2. Go to Business Group. 3. Click Edit on any of the business groups listed. 4. Add the tenant administrator to the "Group Manager" Role. 5. Try the activity to reclaim machines. Please don't forget to leave a comment as it helps me to know if the resolution works for all!

For a specific Virtual Machine: Follow the steps below: 1. Install vmware tools 2. Power Off virtual machine. 3. Go to edit settings, vm options tab. 4. Click Advanced settings, click edit parameters     add two new fields as given below:     isolation.tools.copy.disable = false     isolation.tools.paste.disable = false For all virtual machines on an Esxi host: Follow the steps below: 1. Log in to the ESX/ESXi host as a root user. 2. Open the /etc/vmware/config file using a text editor. 3. Add these entries to the file:    vmx.fullpath = "/bin/vmx"    isolation.tools.copy.disable="FALSE"    isolation.tools.paste.disable="FALSE

Resolution: 1. Login to the console of Applications services appliance. 2. Login with root user. 3. Type the command           faillog -u darwin_user -r

Resolution: Perform the following steps on IAAS server: 1. Run command prompt as administrator 2. Navigate to the following directory: ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vCAC\Server\Model Manager Data\Cafe’ 3. Run the following command             Vcac-Config.exe registercatalogtypes -v 4. Logout and Login

Resolution:  Perform the following steps on IAAS server: 1. Run command prompt as administrator 2. Navigate to the following directory: ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vCAC\Server\Model Manager Data\Cafe’ Run the following command to update the vRA certificate for the IAAS server: ‘vcac-config.exe UpdateServerCertificates -d vCAC -s servername’ Where ‘vCAC’ is the name of the vCAC database (vCAC by default), and servername is the name of the SQL database hosting the vCAC database. e.g: ‘vcac-config.exe UpdateServerCertificates -d vCAC -s sqlserver.mylab.local’ 3. From the command prompt, type: IISReset

Installing vRealize Automation 6.2 (previously known as vCAC) What will you need? 1. vRealize Automation Appliance from www.vmware.com 2. Windows server 2008 R2 64-bit machine. 3. SQL server 4. Identity appliance from www.vmware.com Where to start? 1. You will need an Esxi host for deploying vRealize Automation Appliance. Import the    .ovf template file and deploy the virtual machine, 2. Similarly deploy identity appliance using Identity Appliance .ovf template file. 3. Create a virtual machine with Windows Server 2008R2 64-bit Operating System. 4. You can install the SQL server on the same machine deployed in step 3 or on a separate windows machine. Configuration of vRealize Automation Appliance! 1. Launch a browser (preferably Firefox) and browse to https://FQDN/IP(of vRealize automation appliance):5480 (VAMI [Virtual Appliance Management Interface]) 2. Login with username root and the password you specified. 3. Click Admin and configure time settings (preferably use time s...