Unable to connect VMware Cloud director 10.4 through PowerCLI

While attempting to connect to VMware Cloud Director 10.4 using PowerCLI, I encountered the error message “The server returned the following: NotAcceptable: ”.”

 PS C:\Users\sreejesh> Connect-CIServer -Server vcd.sreejesh.lab -Credential (Get-Credential)
Connect-CIServer : 3/27/2023 8:01:29 AM	Connect-CIServer		Unable to connect to vCloud Server 'https://vcd.sreejesh.lab:443/api/'. The server returned the following: NotAcceptable: ''.	
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-CIServer -Server https://vcd.sreejesh.lab  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-CIServer], CIException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Cloud_ConnectivityServiceImpl_ConnectCloudServer_ConnectError,VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectCIServer 

This issue is a known limitation with PowerCLI versions prior to 13.0. The error occurs because PowerCLI versions earlier than 13.0.0 do not support VMware Cloud Director API versions greater than 33.0. To resolve this issue, the solution is to install the latest version of PowerCLI, version 13.0. If encountering this issue, first confirm that the current PowerCLI version is less than 13.0, and if so, uninstall and reinstall with the latest version to resolve the issue.

 
PS C:\Users\sreejesh> Get-PowerCLIVersion
WARNING: The cmdlet "Get-PowerCLIVersion" is deprecated. Please use the 'Get-Module' cmdlet instead.

PowerCLI Version
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   VMware.PowerCLI 12.7.0 build 20091289
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Component Versions
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   VMware Common PowerCLI Component 12.7 build 20067789
   VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.6 build 19601368
   VMware VimAutomation VICore Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.7 build 20091293
   VMware VimAutomation Storage PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.7 build 20091292
   VMware VimAutomation Vds Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.7 build 20091295
   VMware VimAutomation Cloud PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.0 build 15940183 


PS C:\Users\sreejesh> Remove-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Force
PS C:\Users\sreejesh> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI 

PS C:\Users\sreejesh> Get-PowerCLIVersion

PowerCLI Version
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   VMware.VimAutomation.Core 13.0.0 build 20797821
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Component Versions
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   VMware Common PowerCLI Component 13.0 build 20797081
   VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 13.0 build 20797636
   VMware VimAutomation VICore Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 13.0 build 20797821

Upgrade vRealize Operations Tenant App to 8.6 Using the Offline Upgrade Image

In this blog post, I am going to review the process of updating a vRealize Oprations Tenant App for VMware Cloud Director 2.6 virtual appliance to version 8.6.

  1. First, Download vROps Tenant App 8.6 offline upgrade ISO from VMware marketplace. The Upgrade bundle is available in following URL > Resource & Support > ‘Offline Upgrade: vRealize Operations TA 8.6’

    https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com/services/details/vrealize-operations-tenant-app-for-vmware-cloud-director-2-61211?slug=true
  2. Take a snapshot of the Tenant App appliance.
  3. Connect the ISO to the Tenant App appliance. You can use ‘Client Device’, ‘Host Device’, ‘Datastore ISO file’ or ‘Content Library ISO FIle’ for mounting the ISO.
  4. n a Web browser, log in to the virtual appliance management interface (VAMI). The URL for the VAMI is https:// tenantapp_appliance_address:5480
  5. Click the Update tab.
  6. Click Settings, select Use CDROM Updates, and click Save Settings.
  7. Click Status and click Check Updates. The appliance version appears in the list of available updates.

8. Click Install Updates and click OK. It will take a while to complete the upgrade.

9. After the updates install, click the System tab and click Reboot
10. After reboot confirm the Tenant App version is 8.6.

How to enable TKG in Container Service Extension (CSE) 3.1.1?

Step1: Download the TKG OVA

Starting CSE 3.1.1, CSE allows providers to import Ubuntu 20.04 based VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid OVA into VCD via CSE server cli. The following link provide different TKG Templates. Download the template with the K8s version you need.
Note: Ubuntu 20.04 Kubernetes OVAs from VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Versions 1.4.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.0 are supported.
Kubernetes OVAs for VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 1.4.0 are available here


I’ve downloaded Ubuntu 2004 Kubernetes v1.21.2 OVA since that’s the lates available version.
File Name : ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.21.2+vmware.1-tkg.1-7832907791984498322.ova

Step2: Import TKG OVA to VCD Catalog

Upload the downloaded OVA to the CSE server. Use the following command to import the OVA in Catalog.

# cse template import -c encrypted-config.yaml -F ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.21.2+vmware.1-tkg.1-7832907791984498322.ova

Required Python version: >= 3.7.3
Installed Python version: 3.7.12 (default, Nov 23 2021, 15:49:55)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)]
Password for config file decryption:
Decrypting 'encrypted-config.yaml'
Validating config file 'encrypted-config.yaml'
InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised.
Connected to vCloud Director (vcd.lab.com:443)
Connected to vCenter Server 'demovc.local' as '[email protected]' (demovc.local)
Config file 'encrypted-config.yaml' is valid
Uploading 'ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.21.2+vmware.1-tkg.1-7832907791984498322' to catalog 'cse-site1-k8s'
Uploaded 'ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.21.2+vmware.1-tkg.1-7832907791984498322' to catalog 'cse-site1-k8s'
Writing metadata onto catalog item ubuntu-2004-kube-v1.21.2+vmware.1-tkg.1-7832907791984498322.
Successfully imported TKGm OVA.

Step3: Restart CSE service.

I assume you’ve configured CSE to run as service. If yest restart the service.

Step4: Confirm TKG is available as option for Kubernetes Runtime

Login to the tenant portal and navigate to More > Kubernetes Container Clusters.

Click on New