General SSLEngine problem
Problem description: It generally happens when the Java program that you are running is unable to trust the SSL certificate assigned to the application URL. Reason could be- you are…
Read more »Location not available D:\ is not accessible Access denied D drive Windows 10
You get the error “Location not available” Access denied, when you try to access any drive except C: on your Windows 10 machine Even if you take ownership of drive…
Read more »Cannot stage patch to ESXi host
When you try to stage patches or re mediate ESXi host you get this error- cannot stage patch to ESXi host. Also if you stage some selected patches it may…
Read more »Could not connect to one or more vcenter server system 443/sdk VCSA 6.7
When you login to vCenter web client you do not see any inventory under Hosts & clusters. Also after login you will see error message- could not connect to https://vcenter.fqdn.domain:443/sdk…
Read more »Ethernet Authentication Failed
Problem Description: When you see network properties you may find red question mark on Ethernet connection with message “Authentication Failed” This issue occurs because your Windows machine is either trying…
Read more »Windows 10 unable to join domain
Problem Description : Windows 10 unable to join domain Solution: When you invoke a script to join Windows 10 machine to domain, the domain joining process may fail. Assuming you…
Read more »Error kerberos auth failure for principal when you run win_ping from Ansible to Windows
Problem Description: When you run win_ping from Ansible tower against Windows server and use domain credentials you get “Kerberos auth failure for principal” error. There could be multiple reasons behind…
Read more »Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman
Problem Description: When you run WIN_PING from Ansible tower against Windows server, you get the error certificate verify failed or max retries exceeded. It happens because the Windows WINRM certificate…
Read more »Fail to retrieve CIM memory Using Get-VMHostHardware PowerCli cmdlet
While retrieving hardware model information from VM Host using Get-VMHostHardware PowerCli cmdlet you may get error “Failed to retrieve CIM memory” This happens if you are working with ESXi 6.5…
Read more »The host returns esxupdate error codes: -1, Check the update manager log files and esxupdate log files
Problem Description: Part A. When you scan ESXi servers from Update Manager you receive error “esxupdate error codes: -1” If you check update manager log you will see something like…
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