vSphere 6.7 U1 – vB(art)log

patch vCenter HA 6.7 U1

Maybe you think, we’ll how hard can it be ??
Yes, that was the same question I had. And to be honest… it is not that hard.
But there are some quarks or gotchas.
In this post I’ll explain the route I took for patching a vCenter HA setup.

Why don’t you use the VAMI ?

VAMI stands for ‘ Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure ‘. It can be accessed via port 5480 like https://<FQDN VMware appliance>:5480 .
The VAMI of a vCenter Appliance (VCSA) has an update section, which you can use to patch the VCSA. This is a nice and easy way for patching the VCSA, but when you have vCenter configured as vCenter HA then this option won’t work. (I know from experience….)
After trying (and failing) I thought, why not read the manual….
VMware has a nice article about patching a vCenter in HA and you can find it here.
I still use the VAMI, but not for patching but for making a backup.

Set Email notificions on vCenter Alarm definitions

One of the task when configuring a vCenter is to setup the alarm notifications. But to configure 268 alarms by hand…. well it is just a scary task when you do it via the gui / webclient.
In short I created this script that you can find on my github.

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VMware Enhanced Authentication Plugin Not Working

For several versions of vSphere vCenter it is possible to logon with your windows credentials. Making it easier to only tick a box and logon instead of typing your username and password.
This nice and neat trick is done via the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plugin.
The only issue… it does need to work every time, else it is going to be an annoyance.
And , yes, it became an annoyance for me… especially when using Firefox.
So let me give you to possible solutions

Why don’t you use the VAMI ?

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