Tag: vCenter Server

vCenter Server (Windows) to vCenter Server Appliance Converter

A couple of days ago, the clever bods at VMware Labs released a new fling that allows you to migrate from a Windows-based vCenter Server to the vCenter Server Appliance: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vcs-to-vcva-converter This is a great Fling idea as a lot of end-users are now considering the vCSA given the enhancements made to it in 5.5! (BTW, vCSA … Continue reading vCenter Server (Windows) to vCenter Server Appliance Converter

Need to know what version of VMware product relates to what build number?

So I'm always trying to correlate versions of ESXi or vCenter Server to the build numbers.... mainly when I'm running a health check and I need to determine what version of VM hardware or VMware Tools should be deployed for the version the customer is running. Anyways, I thought I'd share the webpages that I … Continue reading Need to know what version of VMware product relates to what build number?

vCenter Server – Appliance or Windows, which to deploy?

One of my New Years’ resolutions was to try and clear out the draft folder of my blog where I had started to write down my thoughts for different topics, only to get side-tracked…. Happens quite often as I'm the "Prince of Procrastination"…. =) After deleting loads of draft posts which have become redundant due to product … Continue reading vCenter Server – Appliance or Windows, which to deploy?

vSphere and vCenter Server 5.5 update 2 released

.... so instead of giving us all vSphere/vCenter Server 6.0, we're treated to another update of 5.5...... =( https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-55u2-release-notes.html https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esxi-55u2-release-notes.html Anyways, the new update now supports hosts with up to 6TB of RAM.... yes, that's 6 terabytes!!! (I'll be interested to find out if any of my clients will take advantage of this!!) vCenter Server … Continue reading vSphere and vCenter Server 5.5 update 2 released

Upgrading vCenter Server

Just a quick post today as I've had numerous clients call me recently regarding the same issue with upgrading their vCenter Server.....If you're upgrading from vCenter Server 5.5 to a later addition (like 5.5 update 1c), then if you mount the ISO and try to update vCenter using the "Simple Install", the installer will probably display … Continue reading Upgrading vCenter Server

Has your root password for your vCenter Server Appliance expired? No problems, check out this KB!!

So it slipped my mind that the root/admin passwords for the vCenter Server Appliance expires after 90 days by default..... and when I tried to access the admin webpage today in my demo environment so that I could update the appliance, I couldn't log in...... dammit.....!Surprisingly this must be a really common issue with customers … Continue reading Has your root password for your vCenter Server Appliance expired? No problems, check out this KB!!

vSphere Patch released to resolve APD errors

Finally VMware have patched the problem with the previous vSphere update that ended up causing All Paths Down errors with NFS storage which I blogged about here: https://thevirtualunknown.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/intermittent-nfs-all-paths-down-on-esxi-5-5-u1-upgrade/ ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 04 has resolved this issue and so any customers with NFS storage should be able to safely patch their VMware environment to resolve the … Continue reading vSphere Patch released to resolve APD errors

Intermittent NFS All Paths Down on ESXi 5.5 U1 upgrade

Those of you using NFS storage and planning to upgrade to the latest version of vSphere - 5.5 U1 - please hold off your upgrades as there is a bug within the code which is currently causing issues on paths to NFS volumes. The bug causes the intermittent loss of connectivity, which can lead to … Continue reading Intermittent NFS All Paths Down on ESXi 5.5 U1 upgrade

Thick Provisioned virtual disks – Eager or Lazy?

It's been a while since I posted anything, and that's just mainly down to how busy I've been since the turn of the new year!!I guess it's good to be busy as it occupies the mind! =)Although really busy, the MTI TAMs still managed to fly over to Cork to visit EMC's factory..... it was … Continue reading Thick Provisioned virtual disks – Eager or Lazy?