ESXi

New ESXCLI Commands in vSphere 7.0: What Changed in 7.0 GA, Update 1, Update 2 and Update 3

New ESXCLI namespaces in ESXi 7.0 GA vs 6.x, and what 7.0 U1, U2 and U3 added, verified against Broadcom's ESXCLI command reference.

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vSphere

vRops – Data Retriever is not initialized yet. Please wait … -> Replace expired internal certificate in vRealize Operations (71018)

vROps stuck on “Data Retriever is not initialized yet” or admin login fails? Check for an expired internal certificate and replace it (KB 71018 PAK).

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vSphere

How to Reset the admin Password in vRealize Operations / Aria Operations / VCF Operations (KB 2078313)

Reset the admin password in vROps, Aria Operations or VCF Operations with vcopsSetAdminPassword.py, and fix the CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED error when it fails.

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NSX

Cisco nenic Geneve Offload on VIC: Which Driver Introduced It (1.0.33.0 vs 1.0.35.0) and Current nenic for ESXi 8/9

Cisco nenic Geneve offload: introduced with VIC driver 4.1(2a)/nenic 1.0.33.0, extended in 1.0.35.0. How to enable, verify, and current nenic for ESXi 8.

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ESXi

ESXi 7.0 and Mellanox ConnectX 2 – support fix patch

Mellanox ConnectX-2 NICs stop working after upgrading a homelab host from ESXi 6.7 to 7.0. Why, and the patch that brings them back. Unsupported, lab only.

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UCS

Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (Version 3.0(4))

What's in version 3.0(4) of the Cisco UCS Manager plugin for the vSphere HTML client: view, manage and monitor Cisco UCS hardware from vCenter.

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UCS

FIX: The virtual machine is configured for too much PMEM. 6.0 TB main memory and x PMEM exceeds the maximum allowed 6.0 TB

Fix “The virtual machine is configured for too much PMEM” when testing SAP HANA VMs with 1 TB RAM and 1 TB Intel Optane PMem on vSphere.

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