Sunday, September 30, 2012

Unlocking and resetting vCenter SSO admin account



The default administrator login which is created with SSO installation is admin@system-domain on vCenter Server installed on Windows Server or root@system-domain on vCenter Applicance. Don’t worry if you lock out the admin account (like it happened to me :-) as it unlocks automatically after 15 min.

If you want to reset the password you can do that by running the below commands:

To reset the SSO administrator password on a Windows server:
  1. Login as an administrator to the vCenter SSO server.
  2. Click Start > Run, type cmd, and click OK. The Command Prompt window opens.
  3. Navigate to the directory SSOInstallDirectory\utils. By default, the installation directory is  C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\SSOServer.
  4. Run this command:

    rsautil reset-admin-password
  5. Enter the master password when prompted.

    Note: This is the password selected for the SSO administrator during the SSO installation. If you have changed your SSO administrator password later, the master password is still the original one chosen.
  6. Enter the SSO administrator name for which you want to reset the password. For example, admin.
  7. Enter the new password for the user and then confirm it a second time.

    You should see the message
    Password reset successfully.
To reset the SSO administrator password on the vCenter Server Appliance:
  1. Log in as root to the vCenter server Appliance. 
  2. From the command line, navigate to /usr/lib/vmware-sso/utils directory. 
  3. Run this command:

    ./rsautil reset-admin-password
  4. Enter the master password when prompted.

    Note: By default, this is the root password.
  5. Enter the SSO administrator name for which you want to reset the password. For example, admin.
  6. Enter the new password for the user and then confirm it a second time.

    You should see the message Password reset successfully

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Please upgrade vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 immediately to the 5.1.1 release


The vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 release can go into an Edge disk full state approximately 14 days after the first edge is deployed.


Resolution

To resolve this issue, upgrade to the vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.1 release. This release will be available before October 4, 2012.
If you have deployed an edge, run the script below before the 14 days expire (beginning from the time the edge is deployed).

  • This script must run every 14 days. However, it is not necessary once you upgrade to vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.1.
  • The script will be available for download by September 25, 2012 and attached to this article. It is currently in the final stages of testing. 
For more information click here:

Friday, September 21, 2012

vCloud Connector 1.5 is NOT supported with vCloud 5.1 and vSphere 5.1



The current release of VMware vCloud Connector (vCloud Connector 1.5) does not support VMware vSphere 5.1 or VMware vCloud Director 5.1. 

For more information go to http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2035504


Is vSphere 5.1 Support with VMware View 5.1


vSphere 5.1 is not supported with any versions of VMware View


VMware vSphere 5.1 is not currently supported with any versions of VMware View.

Do not upgrade vSphere above the supported versions listed in the VMware View 5.1 Release Notes.
vSphere 5.1 is in the process of being certified against VMware View

For more information http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2035268