VMware VCSA 6: FSCK Failed on Boot

This past weekend I decided to do some rewiring of my home lab and  accidentally pulled the power to the host that my VCSA was running on. While booting my VCSA 6 was booting back up I received the following error:

VCSA Boot Error 1 - VCSA Boot Error

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VMware Guest Customization – Could not parse or process the unattend answer file

While deploying a virtual machine from template I received an … Read more…

Microsoft WMI – Invalid Class Error [0x80041010]

You can receive error 0x80041010 from multiple applications that call WMI. For my example it was received in SCCM while patches were being applied.

WMI - Configuration Manager Trace Log Error

No matter where you got the error the underlying issue is probably with WMI. Here is how to check!

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A General System Error Occurred: Cannot get user info

After a fresh deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance 6 (VCSA) I got the error below when using “Use Windows session credentials” check box on the thick and web client. After some searching I found VMware KB 2050701 which states this is a known issue affecting vCenter Server Appliance 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0.

1 VCSA 6 - Cannot get user info Error

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Lost connectivity to the device backing the boot filesystem

One of our HP Gen 9 blades had the following … Read more…

Deprecated VMFS volume(s) found on the host

One of my ESXi 6 hosts had the configuration issue message stating: “Deprecated … Read more…

Unable to kill DCUI – ESXi 5.1

One of our ESXi 5.1 hosts entered a disconnected state with … Read more…

Not able to see the SD Card on HP Gen 9 during ESXi 5.5 Installation

When trying to install HP ESXi 5.5 customized image on … Read more…

Guest customization runs on every boot

In our vSphere 5.1 update 2 environment we found that … Read more…

Authorize Exception Error when logging into vCenter

If you get the following error when logging into vCenter(5.1U5): “A … Read more…