Packet Capture on VCSA 6.0
Whilst working with a customer recently, we encountered a situation recently where we were required to run a packet capture on a VCSA (vCenter Server appliance) version 6.0. Being a Linux appliance underneath, the tool to use is tcpdump, but by default tcpdump is not actually installed by default. There are a few steps you need to follow to get it installed. SSH into the VCSA which should get you to the standard appliance shell ...