{"id":8514,"date":"2022-02-13T23:17:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T22:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=8514"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:17:57","slug":"vmware-change-network-configuration-of-a-vcenter-appliance-vcsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/vmware-change-network-configuration-of-a-vcenter-appliance-vcsa\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware: Change network configuration of a vCenter Appliance (VCSA )"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_8514 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_8514')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_8514').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"VMware%3A%20Change%20network%20configuration%20of%20a%20vCenter%20Appliance%20%28VCSA%20%29\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Aa%20customer%20had%20the%20problem%20that%2C%20due%20to%20outdated%20DNS%20Server%20settings%2C%20vCenter%20didn%27t%20start%20all%20services.%20Connecting%20with%20a%20browser%20just%20show%20%22No%20healthy%20upstreams%22%20and%20the%20login%20to%20the%20VCSA%20GUI%20takes%20a%20long%20time.%0D%0A%20%28more%26hellip%3B%29\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. 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Connecting with a browser just show <strong>&#8220;No healthy upstreams&#8221;<\/strong> and the login to the VCSA GUI takes a long time.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nLogin by ssh, and checking the services, showed that the lookupsvc hangs during start:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nroot@myvCenter &#x5B; \/var\/log ]# service-control --status\r\nRunning:\r\n applmgmt lwsmd observability vmafdd vmcad vmdird vmware-eam vmware-envoy vmware-pod vmware-postgres-archiver vmware-rhttpproxy vmware-statsmonitor vmware-vdtc vmware-vmon vmware-vpostgres vtsdb\r\nStartPending:\r\n lookupsvc\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The attempt to change the DNS server with the VCSA GUI at port 5480 had also failed. So the only way was to change the network configuration is the command line. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nroot@myvCenter &#x5B; ~ ]# \/opt\/vmware\/share\/vami\/vami_config_net\r\n0)      Show Current Configuration (scroll with Shift-PgUp\/PgDown)\r\n1)      Exit this program\r\n2)      Default Gateway\r\n3)      Hostname\r\n4)      DNS\r\n5)      Proxy Server\r\n6)      IP Address Allocation for eth0\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>To change the DNS Server use option 4<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nroot@myvCenter &#x5B; ~ ]# \/opt\/vmware\/share\/vami\/vami_config_net\r\n4\r\noverwritten by information from the DHCP server.\r\n\r\nType Ctrl-C to go back to the Main Menu\r\n\r\nDNS Server 1 &#x5B;127.0.0.1]:\r\nDNS Server 2 (optional) &#x5B;]: 10.200.10.20\r\nDomain Name (optional) &#x5B;]: myDomain.org\r\nSearch Path (space separated) (optional) &#x5B;]: myDomain.org\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>After changing to a valid DNS server, it was possible to add a second DNS bei VCSA GUI.<\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, a customer had the problem that, due to outdated DNS Server settings, vCenter didn&#8217;t start all services. 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