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Init failed on Node – Critical alert found on IBM Flex x440

Found an error “Init failed” on one of the server IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node 7167 AC1 model. And I’m unable to connect to the remote management console. Logged into the chassis and verified the logs for the respective server. Found that, there is a communication error reported. And thought lets try to google… Read More »

Easy way to deploy an appliance with OVA or OVF file in the vCenter

How easily we can provision or deploy an appliance in the vCenter management console with a customer provided OVA or OVF file. Before you start, need to check the cluster capacity where the appliance can be accommodated. Based on the cluster capacity, you can plan the appliance deployment. Step 1: Go to the cluster and… Read More »

ME sensor status critical alert on Lenovo ThinkSystem SN550

Lenovo has released new server hardware models like ThinkSystem SN550 and SN850. There is an alert been received to my inbox for one of the SN550 model server. When looked at the logs, found the below error message – “SENSOR ME STATUS HAS TRANSITIONED TO CRITICAL FROM A LESS SEVERE STATE” error logged by ThinkSystem… Read More »

Error during quiescing snapshot backup failed with error code 4 status 156

The guest OS has reported an error during quiescing. The error code was: 4 The error message was: Quiesce aborted. Above said error reported in the vCenter server 6.5 management console on one of the Windows server. In the sense, VM snapshot was failed while creating the snapshot. It is a Veritas Netbackup software which… Read More »