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Troubleshooting Legacy UI Redirects in VCF Operations 8.18

Posted on February 11, 2025April 16, 2026 by Don Horrox

After upgrading VCF Operations to version 8.18 you may encounter an issue where the legacy user interface is still presented. The solution is more straightforward than you may think!

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Problem Investigation: Excessive DNS Queries and etcd Failure Messages

Posted on February 4, 2025April 16, 2026 by Don Horrox

In a recent troubleshooting session, my team noticed an alarming surge in DNS queries and puzzling etcd error messages on two of our hosts. Despite having no firewall rules in place to block traffic, we discovered that the etcd service was rejecting connections. Had an old configuration change finally come back to haunt us? The answer may surprise you.

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RVTools Fails to Launch with FIPS Enabled

Posted on June 4, 2024April 16, 2026 by Don Horrox

In this post, we investigate an issue where RVTools fails to launch due to FIPS enablement on the Windows client device.

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Problem Investigation: Virtual Machines Intermittently Hang at Blank Screen on Reboot

Posted on May 1, 2024January 28, 2026 by Don Horrox

In this post, we discuss a real-world problem investigation where VMs experienced sporadic freezes during reboot, resulting in Production impact.

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ABX Action Fails due to Runtime Environment Mismatch

Posted on April 5, 2024January 28, 2026 by Don Horrox

In this post, we investigate a real-world issue which impacted a Production Aria Automation platform following a recent upgrade.

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