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ARUN NUKULA
Arun Nukula is Technology Product Manager in the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Division at Broadcom. His primary focus is helping customers and partners build, run and operate a modern Private Cloud using the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform
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ABX actions are failing with "PAM:Authentication token is no longer valid" error
Symptom In ABX service logs you see similar error messages: abx-service [host='abx-service-app-5c578445f7-j2w6m' thread='parallel-47'...
Arun Nukula
Jun 8, 2021
Failures seen during implementing VMSA-2021-0007 (VMware KB : 83475)
Security build upgrade is failing because of space issue in /boot filesystem. Please follow the below workaround 1. SSH to vRB VA. 2....
Arun Nukula
May 12, 2021
There was a problem with Messaging service. Error retrieving rabbitmq status.
Seeing exceptions in the integrated components section of the system Diagnostics page.. Exceptions states There was a problem with...
Arun Nukula
Apr 13, 2021
Custom Resource does not reflect the parameter changes in the Workflow
We have a Custom Resource which has a Create and Delete workflows mapped to it in vRealize Automation 8.x Suppose there is a need in...
Arun Nukula
Apr 13, 2021
Duplicate VM get's detected but Original VM get's deleted when Content-Library Template is used
We had a use-case where user accidentally passed VM name which was already provisioned and existing on vCenter through vRA 8.x The moment...
Arun Nukula
Apr 13, 2021
Validations not being honored for Day-2 actions on Custom Resources
We have a workflow in vRO called "Add Firewall Rules" or anything for that matter. In the input form we have set a validation to one of...
Arun Nukula
Apr 13, 2021
Behind the Scenes: vRealize Automation Upgrade 8.2 to 8.3
I delivered a training recently about the process which occurs in the background when we upgrade vRealize Automation 8.2 to 8.3 Thought...
Arun Nukula
Apr 13, 2021
Unable to run deployments with AD integration in vRA 8.3 if OU path is more than 50 characters
If there is AD integration inside vRA 8.3 and then you attempt to deploy a machine to an OU relative path that is more than 50...
Arun Nukula
Apr 8, 2021
Unable to update resource elements in vRealize Orchestrator
We've recently seen issues while trying update resource elements in vRealize Orchestrator 7.x Some of the exceptions you would see when...
Arun Nukula
Mar 23, 2021
vIDM Inventory Sync fails after implementing workaround to fix CVE-2020-4006 (KB 81731)
Came across an issue where we see vIDM Inventory Sync fails after applying KB 81731 which talks about fixing CVE-2020-4006 vIDM...
Arun Nukula
Mar 16, 2021
AutoConfigurer cleaned up resource <xxxxxx>
AutoConfigurer is a process of deleting "RETIRED" resources from vRA 8.x environment. The moment it's marked as retired in the next data...
Arun Nukula
Feb 10, 2021
vRA 8.x PostgreSQL pods showing down ?
I was doing analysis on a problem where PostgreSQL pods were showing down. vRA 8.x deployments were stuck and not working as expected In...
Arun Nukula
Feb 3, 2021
Deployment failures are seen when cloud-init based config added to the blueprint
When a user attempts to deploy a virtual machine from a blueprint that has cloud-init commands in it we then see the following exception...
Arun Nukula
Jan 21, 2021
What is Cirruswave?
Cirruswave is a Cloud Enablement Platform that allows us to develop, document, test & deploy enterprise-grade, secure robust, and...
Arun Nukula
Jan 17, 2021
What is Application Modernization ??
Application modernization is the process of taking existing legacy applications and modernizing their platform infrastructure, internal...
Arun Nukula
Jan 16, 2021
Changing the IP Address of vRLCM after it's deployment
Is there a use-case where one needs to change the IP Address of vRLCM after it's already deployed and running. Let's discuss the...
Arun Nukula
Jan 8, 2021
Unable to "Cancel" tasks on certain deployments
I'll try to explain a certain use-case where we forcefully had to clean up an in-progress task from the database in vRealize Automation 8...
Arun Nukula
Jan 5, 2021
vRealize Automation 8.1 P3 deploy.sh is failing with Error: cannot connect to Tiller
Deploying vRealize Automation 8.1 P3 fails at the "checking helm version" step with the error: cannot connect to Tiller. This issue...
Arun Nukula
Jan 5, 2021
While trying to execute /sbin/ldconfig child terminated abnormally
Was working on an issue where vRA Upgrade from 7.5 to 7.6 failed due to an exception during the upgrade phase. As we all know vRA upgrade...
Arun Nukula
Dec 20, 2020
package horizon-service-rpm-xx.noarch (which is newer than horizon-service-rpm-xx) already installed
I was working on a patch implementation this morning and encountered an exception almost when we were at the finish line Exception...
Arun Nukula
Nov 27, 2020
Configuring a vRO 8.x Cluster
In this blog, I shall share the procedure to create a vRealize Orchestrator cluster on version 8.2 The recommended number of nodes that...
Arun Nukula
Nov 24, 2020
Being a Good Product Manager .....
#1 Listen to your customers, spend more time listening to your customers maniacally focus on their problems have more than a basic...
Arun Nukula
Oct 11, 2020
Difference between Wifreframes, Mockups, and Prototypes
Wireframes, mockups, and prototypes are terms that are often used synonymously, and they are indeed quite confusing. This article...
Arun Nukula
Oct 11, 2020
Behind the scenes: vRLCM upgrade 8.1 to 8.2
I always had a passion for reading logs and understanding what really happens in the background when a user clicks or performs an action...
Arun Nukula
Oct 9, 2020
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