Hi there, I had uninstalled and removed Support Assistant from my lab, and when bringing it back hit a snag. This occurred when installing 6.0.2.1. During the config I got this odd permissions error. When I investigated, I found the following error in Recent Tasks in vCenter. So this permissions error is more about something … Continue reading Failed to grant permissions on the following vCenter Server
Tag: Support Assistant
Newsletter: July 23, 2016
Hi all, Very happy to be writing this. It means the week is over and it was a tough week. I am not sure when I will finish this. I have - shortly - a full day of hiking, and Sunday I head to our dev center in St-Petersberg in Russia - which I am … Continue reading Newsletter: July 23, 2016
After install of Support Assistant, trying to configure gets long red error
Hi there, Still working on bring back to life my home lab. I love the Support Assistant tool, and while I will not be able to use it to create / manage support incidents - as a vExpert we get licenses but not support, but it still does something very handy indeed. It allows me … Continue reading After install of Support Assistant, trying to configure gets long red error
Newsletter: May 16, 2015
Hello all, It has been a while since I did a newsletter. Between PTO, and traveling it has been difficult to have the time to do one (it takes roughly 1 day to do a newsletter). But this weekend I am at home and should get it done. I have so much to share I … Continue reading Newsletter: May 16, 2015
Newsletter: April 12, 2015
Hello all, I am still writing to you from Nashua. Supposed to head home this weekend but instead spend almost the whole thing in the lab. Exciting times. It should be done soon and I can head home this week. But with it so late in the weekend I will be doing a much shorter … Continue reading Newsletter: April 12, 2015
Internal error has occured – unable to load resource….
After you upgrade your vSphere 5.5 U2d vCenter to vSphere 6, the very first time you log in you get right after the log in an error like below. This error occurs a lot. Really a lot. It occurs on both Windows and Mac, and in either of the browsers I tried. And this just … Continue reading Internal error has occured – unable to load resource….
Newsletter: January 4, 2015
Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well - and remembering to write or type 2015? It was nice to have some time off lately and I even actually took it off in the mountains. But home early and lots of work in the lab. I have some co-workers who have not used vC Ops, … Continue reading Newsletter: January 4, 2015
Newsletter: November 16, 2014
Hello all, I am a little behind on my newsletters - that old excuse of life interrupts is true. I have been able to do some smaller articles recently so that has been good. But I have a lot of stuff to share today and as always I hope everyone finds something of interest. And … Continue reading Newsletter: November 16, 2014
Upgrading vCenter Support Assistant
Hello all, I talked about using the vC Support Assistant before. I think it is a great tool. It makes it easier to start and update SR's and supply logs as necessary. Yesterday, in my monthly report from it I saw there was an update. See below what I saw in my email. The first … Continue reading Upgrading vCenter Support Assistant
Learning more about VMware vCenter Support Assistant
Hello all, This is one of those cool things not enough people are using. VMware support did a great job producing this very nice little tool. When I used to work for VMware and visit people I always asked if they used it and almost always they didn't. So I have talked a lot of … Continue reading Learning more about VMware vCenter Support Assistant
Notes from MWhite 