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Could not parse OVF at URL http://<<hostname>>/<<filename>>.ova -()
Recently, bumped into an issue where users were trying to configure a blueprint to use ImportOvfWorkflow. When ImportOvfWorkflow is...

Arun Nukula
Sep 24, 2018


Failures during vRA patch installation
Was working on a brand new installation of vRA 7.4 where we were attempting to patch with the latest one under KB 56618 While...

Arun Nukula
Sep 24, 2018


VAMI portal changes in vRealize Automation 7.5
Just upgraded my lab to RA 7.5, so thought to blog on changes in VAMI from 7.4 to 7.5 TIP 1 When you take an SSH session to a vRA node,...

Arun Nukula
Sep 23, 2018
What's New in vRealize Automation 7.5
vRealize Automation 7.5 released on September 20, 2018. Below is the list of new features and enhancements which came up with this...

Arun Nukula
Sep 21, 2018


Installing vRealize Automation 7.5
There isn't a great deal of difference in deploying a simple instance of vRA 7.5. It's same as in it's previous versions. Sharing...

Arun Nukula
Sep 21, 2018


IaaS node upgrade fails with exception "The archive period of resource <<VMName>> i
Once IaaS upgrade kicks-off in some environments you might experience an error stating it cannot continue upgrading ModelManagerWeb...

Arun Nukula
Sep 10, 2018


Migrating vRA IaaS database to a NEW SERVER
This article details on what steps are to be taken in order to migrate vRA IAAS database from one node to another There are three places...

Arun Nukula
Aug 21, 2018
!!! Rabbitmq reported unrecoverable state , recovery.dets corrupted !!!
Unable to start rabbitmq after an outage? Are you seeing a similar exception as below 2018-07-26T09:39:17.273888+00:00...

Arun Nukula
Jul 27, 2018


Patching vRealize Automation after upgrade to version 7.4
VMware recently released HF3 as it's called internally to remediate few important bugs. Click here to checkout what bugs are fixed...

Arun Nukula
Jul 25, 2018
ehcache replication errors in horizon.log
Are you seeing similar exceptions in horizon.log? First step you do to troubleshoot elasticcache problem is to check if...

Arun Nukula
Jul 23, 2018


vRealize Automation Upgrade Guide from version 7.3 to 7.4
I shall be sharing a comprehensive guide for upgrading your existing vRealize Automation 7.3 to 7.4 Let's start by describing my...

Arun Nukula
Jul 23, 2018


! Error searching for Sync Results from Storage
When you browse directories in vRA UI and click on Sync Log , are you seeing a message stating ! Error searching for Sync Results from...

Arun Nukula
Jul 15, 2018


Removing stale Puppet entries from Configuration Items
When provisioning / destroy fails or is stuck due to whatever reason , there is every chance that we have to manually clean them. In our...

Arun Nukula
Jul 15, 2018


Removing an existing vRA License
Came across a situation where even though the product was licensed , it was stating that it's not found in the database. Re-applying same...

Arun Nukula
Jun 28, 2018
vRA portal "Machine" tab exception
We get following exception by clicking on Machine tab on vRA portal Error while retrieving resources from provider [Infrastructure...

Arun Nukula
Mar 26, 2018
Manually deleting a directory in vRA 7.x
There might be situations where you would not be able to delete directory from vRA portal Recently, was working on a issue where vRA...

Arun Nukula
Mar 23, 2018


vPostgres Database Failover Scenarios
Master Database constantly streams transactions to Replica servers Once Master fails, the active and working Replica is ready to proceed...

Arun Nukula
Feb 24, 2018
vRealize Automation Appliance High Availability
The vRealize Automation appliance supports active-active high availability for all components except the appliance database. Starting with the 7.3 release, database failover is automatic if three nodes are deployed and synchronous replication is configured between two nodes. When vRealize Automation appliance detects database failure, it promotes a suitable database server to be the master. You can monitor and manage the appliance database on the Virtual Appliance Management

Arun Nukula
Feb 24, 2018
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