You will see an error message “Setup failed to install the SVGA driver automatically. This driver will have to be installed manually“.
Even if you try to install the VM tools with Complete or Custom modes, you will end up with the above error. In order to resolve the issues, you can follow below workaround (just 3 simple steps).
Step 01: Try installing the VM tools by deselecting the Video Driver (Custom Installation)
Step 02: Installing the SVGA driver (the manual way). Make a copy of the VM drivers, by accessing the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers path
Step 03: Manually install the VGA driver using the device manager console.
This should resolve the SVGA driver installation issue.
The root account of the ESXi hosts can be locked due to many failed login attempts. In this instance, you will not be able to connect to the host via web GUI or SSH. This can be due to many reasons, such as expired credentials / Brute force attacks and can cause Monitoring systems. Most of the time, I ended up with monitoring system related issues.
So, today we will look at the resolution steps.
There are requirements to be checked in advance following the below steps
Need physical console access or DCUI access (either using the iLO/iDRAC console)
The steps are as below (commands are in Italic and Bold)
1. Login to the DCUI console with the root credentials (do not worry you can access)
2. Enable SSH and shell access under the “Troubleshoot options”
3. Go to view logs and select syslogs and find the causing IP address
4. Then come back to DCUI main menu and press Alt + F1 to get the console
5. Execute the command pam_tally2 –user root to check how many failures and to identify the causing the IP address (in my case, the IP address of the monitoring system)
6. If you are confident on the source IP, you may unlock the root account by executing the pam_tally2 –user root –reset command
7. Just monitor for 15 minutes, if you notice re occurring failed attempts, you will have to change the IP or Power off the source (which we identified in step 3 & 5)
8. If you don’t notice any issues, you are good to go.
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