This procedure will show you how to identify the HPE ProLiant iLO via ESXi CLI.
1 – Enable SSH on the host you need the ILO
2 – Login to the ESXi host by ssh
3 – Then type cd /opt/hp/tools
4 – Then type ./hponcfg -w /tmp/ilo-conf.txt
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After installing the patch 12.0.0.1420_20230718 we got this issue when open the console “could not create unique index “backups_tem_id_idx” checking the logs we can found this.
[23.08.2023 10:54:36.982] <21> Error could not create unique index “backups_temp_id_idx” (Veeam.Backup.Common.CPsqlException)
[23.08.2023 10:54:36.982] <21> Error [CExceptionHandlingDBAccessorDecorator]
[23.08.2023 10:54:36.982] <21> Error —————————————————————-
[23.08.2023 10:54:36.982] <21> Error Stored procedure execution failed:
[23.08.2023 10:54:36.982] <21> Error —————————————————————-
[23.08.2023 10:56:27.923] <01> Error Backup service has failed.
This is a known issue and Veeam provide the hotfix. Please download the hotfix from here and follow the next steps: https://storage.veeam.com/Fix_550096_f09100c493.zip
1. Make sure your build version is 12.0.0.1420 P20230718
2. Make sure no Jobs or Restores are running.
3. Run veeam_backup_12.0.0.1420_PrivateFix_TF550096.exe as Admin
Follow this procedure if you want disable root password expiration by cli and clear password history:
- chage -M -1 root;
- echo””> /etc/security/opasswd
Keeping CDROMs plugged into Virtual Machines can inhibit DRS/vMotion from working well for these Virtual Machines, as such it is best practice to remove CDROMs when not needed, so follow the commands to identify them.
List all Virtual Machine with CDROM connect:
Get-VM | Get-CDDrive | Where {$_.extensiondata.connectable.connected -eq $true} | Select Parent
Disconnect all CDROM from all Virtual Machine
Get-VM | Get-CDDrive | Where {$_.extensiondata.connectable.connected -eq $true} | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia -confirm:$false
You can’t put your host in maintenance due to this error “Failed to enter namespaces maintenance mode due to Error com.vmware.vapi errors.unauthenticated
It’s time to check if you have a certificate expired, login to VCSA over ssh and execute this command:
for store in $(/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli store list | grep -v TRUSTED_ROOT_CRLS); do echo “[*] Store :” $store; /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli entry list –store $store –text | grep -ie “Alias” -ie “Not After”;done;
The WCP certificate are expired
[*] Store : wcp
Alias : wcp
Not After : Jan 10 11:48:31 2023 GMT
To renew the certificate execute this command /usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager with option 6 “Replace Solution user certificates with VMCA certificates”
When we try to edit the Network settings through VAMI appears black Box, this situation happens with chrome the workaround is to use firefox.
When we try to update the VMtools we got an installation package vc_runtimeminimum_x86.msi’ error appears, to correct this problem you must follow the following steps.
Run regedit.exe as administrator
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products
Perform a search for the string {2E72FA1F-BADB-4337-B8AE-F7C17EC47D1D}
You should find the path being referenced in one of the subkeys (see attached example)
Delete the key {2E72FA1F-BADB-4337-B8AE-F7C17EC47D1D}. 
Unable to backup on version 7u2a, checking the logs from /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log is:
[VTSDBBackup:PID-117743] [VTSDB::BackupVTSDB:VTSDB.py:155] INFO: Starting the VTSDB backup
[VTSDBBackup:PID-117743] [VTSDB::get_init_files:VTSDB.py:344] INFO: Download Postgres initialize files: /storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/health_status_worker.conf,/storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.conf,/storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.auto.conf,/storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.conf.auto,/storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/pg_hba.conf,/storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/current_logfiles,/storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/pg_ident.conf
[VTSDB::_backup_postgres_init_files:VTSDB.py:366] INFO: Download Postgres initialize files: storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/health_status_worker.conf,storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.conf,storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.auto.conf,storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.conf.auto,storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/pg_hba.conf,storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/current_logfiles,storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/pg_ident.conf
[backupRestoreDispatch::dispatchFiles:backupRestoreDispatch.py:291] INFO: tarCmd = [‘/usr/bin/tar’, ‘-cz’, ‘-C’, ‘/’, ‘–ignore-failed-read’, ‘–no-recursion’, ‘–warning’, ‘no-file-ignored’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/health_status_worker.conf’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.conf’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.auto.conf’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/postgresql.conf.auto’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/pg_hba.conf’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/current_logfiles’, ‘storage/vtsdb/vtsdbdata/pg_ident.conf’]
[VCDB::BackupVCDB:VCDB.py:2057] ERROR: Encounter error during backup VCDB.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/applmgmt/backup_restore/py/vmware/appliance/backup_restore/components/VCDB.py”, line 1936, in BackupVCDB
raise Exception(‘Full backup not allowed during VM snapshot’)
Exception: Full backup not allowed during VM snapshot
2022-12-14T09:44:23.79 [20221214-094419-20395099] [VCDBBackup:PID-117740] [Proc::UpdateExceptionStatus:Proc.py:383] ERROR: Full backup not allowed during VM snapshot
This is generally caused by an interruption to the backup, or a restore from backup, leaving a flag file in place.
Remove or rename /etc/vmware/backupMarker.txt and re-run the backup.
Since the upgrade to version ESXi 6.7 U1 and newer, it’s impossible to enable Hardware-Assisted Virtualization with PCI Passthrough Devices by GUI and it’s not supported by VMware, but it’s possible to enable by editing the VMX file.
Follow the procedure:
1- Shutdown the VM
2- Add this configuration
- vhv.allowPassthru=”TRUE”
- vhv.enable=”TRUE”
3- Power On the VM
Issues with LifeCycle Manager where we could not download updates from VMware Depot and we got the error below. Communication with VMware is done by proxy.
The workaround is following:
- Edit /etc/sysconfig/proxy via vi /etc/sysconfig/proxy
- Modify HTTPS_PROXY to match HTTP_PROXY
- Reboot the appliance so that all services pick up the new settings