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06.08.2025

vSphere 8 Update fails: Error in method invocation Timout happens while sending message to microservice

This error occurs due to an outdated PID file of the update microservice or an error during staging of corrupted media. Strangely enough, I requested the update via the VAMI interface (port 5480), so it may have been corrupted during download. As always, there is a solution, and this time there are even three. The first solution is to restart vCenter, but this did not […]

01.08.2025

Looking for a specific VMware Build ISOs @ Broadcom Support Portal?

One of my esteemed colleagues asked me today about a specific vCenter version and told me that, in his view, he can only download the major release of 8.0 U3. The reason why my colleague cannot see the specific versions is that he looked for the ISO images under Product in the VMware vSphere product category, but they can be found under Solutions. Once you […]

01.08.2025

VxRail: VxVerify – ntp_reach: NTP not reachable…

VxRail: VxVerify – ntp_reach: NTP not reachable from vCenter (Bug) – irgNET VxRail: VxVerify – ntp_reach: NTP not reachable… Another Day and another VxVerify Challenge, this time we will talk about the above mentioned Failure. Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

01.08.2025

How to Disable Physical Display Ports on NVIDIA…

How to Disable Physical Display Ports on NVIDIA GPUs Using the Display Mode Sele… How to Disable Physical Display Ports on NVIDIA… In this post, I’ll walk you through how to use the NVIDIA Display Mode Selector Tool to disable the physical display ports on NVIDIA GPUs. I’ll be demonstrating this on a VMware ESXi host, passing the GPU through to a virtual machine (VM) […]

01.08.2025

VxRail: VxVerify – kube_diff: Kubectl Client…

VxRail: VxVerify – kube_diff: Kubectl Client data mismatch found – irgNET VxRail: VxVerify – kube_diff: Kubectl Client… During another deployment and HealthCheck by VxVerify on my favorite HCI appliance, VxRail, I ran into the warning above. Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

28.07.2025

VxRail: VxVerify – suoders: Missing permissions…

VxRail: VxVerify – suoders: Missing permissions in ‘/etc/sudoers’ – irgNET VxRail: VxVerify – suoders: Missing permissions… During a vSphere 8 patch from 8.0 U2 to 8.0 U3, I was confronted with the above mentioned challenge from VxVerify. […] Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

27.07.2025

VxRail: VxVerify – kube_diff: Kubectl Client data mismatch found

During another deployment and HealthCheck by VxVerify on my favorite HCI appliance, VxRail, I ran into the warning above. If you look at Dell’s KB 212809 article, you can only perform various test command to see if it is a issue that only support could fix, these include: With the following command, we can see how long various rke2 services have been running and pay […]

26.07.2025

VxRail: VxVerify – ntp_reach: NTP not reachable from vCenter (Bug)

Another Day and another VxVerify Challenge, this time we will talk about the above mentioned Failure. VxVerify checks the NTP Connection between vCenter and NTP Server by using SSH, if this connection cannot be established, VxVerify will display a corresponding message. However, this may be a VxVerify bug. You can check whether the NTP connection from vCenter and VxRail Manager is working. To do this, […]

25.07.2025

Failed to move a VM out of maintenance mode…

Failed to move a VM out of maintenance mode candidate host since the VM is in ma… Failed to move a VM out of maintenance mode… The vSphere 7 to 8 upgrade (and soon to vSphere 9) series continues successfully, this time I had the above-mentioned challenge during the Check Compliance or Run Pre-Check State inside Image Based Patching. The error message says that there […]

25.07.2025

VxRail: VxVerify – suoders: Missing permissions in ‘/etc/sudoers’

Even though I find it very sad how the fantastic hyperconverged and VMware-integrated solution Dell VxRail is currently being handled, there are still plenty of customers who are thrilled with it. During a vSphere 8 patch from 8.0 U2 to 8.0 U3, I was confronted with the above mentioned challenge from VxVerify. Don’t know what VxVerify is? See here: This warning occurs when the configuration […]