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VSPHERE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

version 1.1.4 — March 30, 2022
Diagnostics
troubleshooting
vSphere

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Flings are experimental and should not be run on production systems.

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CONTRIBUTORS 11

 * Andrew Klopp
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Broc Yanda
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Chris Morrow
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Cody Carlson
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Fouad Sethna
   GS - Solution Architect
 * James Walker
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Justin Moynihan
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Keenan Matheny
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Kevin Hagopian
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Nathan Small
   GS - Solution Architect
 * Paul Clark
   GS - Solution Architect

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Release Date: November 17, 2021


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SUMMARY

vSphere Diagnostic Tool is a python script that runs diagnostic commands on the
vCenter Server Photon Appliance to return useful troubleshooting data while
running within the confines of the local environment with out upstream
dependencies.

The motivation behind this tools is to provide multiple Pass/Fail tests to
quickly facilitate the rapid isolation of issues encountered in the vSphere
environment.

This tool has already been tested by a select group within Support to assist us
in looking for bugs as well as provide feedback to the vSphere product team.
The tool itself is currently a set of self contained python and bash scripts
that can perform the following tests for vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 or newer:

 * vCenter Basic Info
 * Lookup Service Check
 * AD Check
 * vCenter Certificate Check
 * Core File Check
 * Disk Check
 * vCenter DNS Check
 * vCenter NTP Check
 * vCenter Port Check
 * Root Account Check
 * vCenter Services Check
 * VCHA Check

We use a simple Pass/Warning/Fail status for each test as well as include KBs or
other knowledge sources for Warning and Fail results which provides next steps
to solving the issue.

Each test should be self-explanatory in its meaning, findings, and directions.
If any check isn’t clear in its direction, please report the issue to our team
at project_pulse@vmware.com and we will address it.

This tool is considered to be in the Alpha phase so it is possible that false
positives could be present, though we haven't encountered any to date. Please
provide any and all feedback.

The team are continuing to add new capabilities and checks into this tool as we
have a backlog of over 100 new features that we are developing. We have a long
term goal to have this tool made available in all current and future VMware
products with PhotonOS appliances as well as ESXi.


REQUIREMENTS

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 or Newer


INSTRUCTIONS

1) Download the ZIP file from the link on the top of this page.

2) Upload the ZIP file to the vCenter system to be analyzed.

3) Use the file-moving utility of your choice (WinSCP for example) to copy the
entire ZIP directory to the /root directory.


NOTE: If you have troubles connecting to a vCenter appliance using WinSCP,
please see Error when uploading files to vCenter Server Appliance using WinSCP

4) Change directory to the location of the file, and unpackage the zip:

$ cd /root/
$ unzip vdt-version_number.zip

5) To run the tool, first make sure you have unzipped the ZIP file, and have
changed to the newly created directory for Pulse/VDT. Then, run the following
command:
$ python vdt.py
The tool will prompt for the password for administrator@sso.domain. Many checks
will run even if credentials are not supplied.



Review the output by scrolling up and down in the window. Each test should be
self-explanatory in it's meaning, findings, and directions. If any check isn't
clear in its directions, report the issue to project_pulse@vmware.com and our
team will address it.


CHANGELOG

vdt-v1.1.4.zip - SHA256 -
992F380B2AD0BDB5ACDA0E60A3B3830C806C6B2B8369427FC6A8199CF99A433F

   v1.1.4 Release Notes:

   VC Disk Space Check:

 * Now ignores proc

   VC vmdir Check:

 * Fixed issue with special characters in password

   VC Info Check:

 * Reformatted output and added external PSC output

   VC Core Check:

 * Enhanced core file check

vdt-v1.1.3.zip - SHA256
-f91fdf32fff192cdf26ea664e5b521225fd8e746ba1cf897fc3030341b8aefd3

   v1.1.3 Release Notes:
 * Fixed issue with encoding compatability in VC6.5

   VC Cert Check:

 * Fixed error when root cert has no key usage

vdt-v1.1.2.zip - SHA256 -
60dfaaca9bcc864e0a422bb678bac5fa89e1b68a65e19854969b262bb0632803

v1.1.2 Release Notes:
   House Keeping/General:
 * Most tests timeout at 10 seconds by default. Use -f to bypass timeouts
 * Title of check now displays before it actually runs
 * No longer causes problems when password contains certain special characters

   VC Cert Check:

 * Resolved issue encountered when cert contains non-ascii characters

vdt-v1.1.1.zip - SHA256 -
390982e6edaf9d04040bea78c79811d9256bc99bf9e57cf5d5a99f2495f05881

   v1.1.1 Release Notes:
 * Initial version launched as Fling.


CONTRIBUTORS

ANDREW KLOPP

GS - Solution Architect

BROC YANDA

GS - Solution Architect

CHRIS MORROW

GS - Solution Architect

CODY CARLSON

GS - Solution Architect

FOUAD SETHNA

GS - Solution Architect

JAMES WALKER

GS - Solution Architect

JUSTIN MOYNIHAN

GS - Solution Architect

KEENAN MATHENY

GS - Solution Architect

KEVIN HAGOPIAN

GS - Solution Architect

NATHAN SMALL

GS - Solution Architect

PAUL CLARK

GS - Solution Architect


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