You recently updated your vCenter SSL certification. Everything was working great with vSphere replication before you changed the SSL certificate. You check the /opt/vmware/hms/logs/hms.log and you see errors related to…
DotNet .NET SDK For FreeBSD
It doesn't exist from MicroSoft, but FreeBSD devotees have created it. Long discussion here: https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/issues/1139 GitHub Page with scripts on how to build from source on a Linux machine for…
vSphere Replication VSRA Bad Exit Code: 1
This is related to a new SSL thumbprint. You have tried to "Save and Restart Service". You tried rebooting. None of it works. Power off the VM. Leave it off…
Windows XP TLS 1.2 and other things to make it usable in 2020.
You have an ancient Windows XP you need to access and keep online. Run Windows Update 2. A working browser is crucial. Firefox ESR 52.9.0 32 bit works great and…
VMX grayed out and VM can’t be added to inventory.
You are browsing a VMware ESXi datastore and attempting to "Add to inventory", but the VMX is grayed out. There is a problem in your VMX file. The VMX files…
Letsencrypt ACME using BIND DNSSEC Cerbot
8/31/2020 - Work in progress. Should be done by 9/3/2020 These instructions are for FreeBSD, but the only difference for Linux is how you install the needed packages for CertBot.…
Enable RDP on Windows 8 Home or Windows 10 Home
You have a need to enable RDP on an old machine running Windows 8 Home and discover that only Windows 8 PRO has RDP abilities. The solution is to install…
vSphere Replication Appliance won’t reconnect to vCenter
For a multitude of reasons your VR appliance is not connected to vCenter, such as: You updated the SSL certificateYou disconnected the ESXi host that had the vSphere Replication applianceYou…
FSCK LVM on CentOS Won’t Boot
Your VM won't boot. FSCK needed on an LVM. You don't have root and are screwed. Boot the rescue disk. Scan all disks for partiitions: lvm pvscan Scan all disks for…
zfs: cannot import : I/O error Destroy and re-create the pool from a backup source
Your FreeNAS, or FreeBSD, ZFS zpool lost power and can't be accessed. Boot the machine and enter the boot loader menu and set these: set vfs.zfs.debug=1set vfs.zfs.recover=1set debug.bootverbose=1 boot -s…