VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 1.1 Released
VMware has released VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 1.1, this version includes some new features and bug fixes. What's new: In-product Marketplace that allows you to browse and install VMware Marketplace content for all the vRealize products. It not only filters the content as for the available environments and product versions, but also notifies you of…
Veeam SAN mode Backup failure
I was troubleshooting a strange Veeam backup problem. I could not get Veeam to do SAN mode backup. The installation was. vCenter 6.5 Update 1c ESXi 6.5 update 1 Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 2 Backup server Windows 2012 R2 Backup Proxy server Windows 2016 Subsystem Device Driver Device Specific Module 2.5.0.0 storage IBM Storwize V7000 FC Hyperswap VMFS-6…
VMware Horizon View 7.3.2 Released
VMware Has released a new build of Horizon View. This is a bug fixes version. Fixed in this version Instant-clone operations fail with Horizon 7 version 7.3.1 or version 7.3 while connecting to vCenter Server in some situations. This failure can have significant consequences in production and is now handled gracefully in Horizon 7 version 7.3.2. Here is…
Re-register VM without getting a new MOREF
I have see some VMware admins, that do a un-register / register of VM's if a host fails, and HA is not used, or for some reason fails. I have also see VMware admins remove ESXi hosts from the cluster to get the VM's un-registered. The problem with this method is that the VM will get a…
VMware NSX 6.3.5 and VMRC 10.0.2 Released
VMware has released NSX 6,3,5 and this fixes some bugs. What's new. For vCenter 6.5 and later, Guest Introspection VM's, on deployment, will be named Guest Introspection (XX.XX.XX.XX), where XX.XX.XX.XX is the IPv4 address of the host on which the GI machine resides. This occurs during the initial deployment of GI. Guest Introspection service VM will…
VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.6 Released
VMware has released vRealize Network Insight 3.6. What's new: Flow Support for Physical Servers (Enterprise Edition) ​vRealize Network Insight supports any device that sends NetFlow data. Netflow versions 5, 7, 9 and IPFIX are supported. The flows involving the physical entities are enriched with the information about the DNS domains, DNS Host names, Subnets, and Layer2…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1c Released
VMware released vCenter 6.5 Update 1c, this is a bug fix version that fixes a problem with replacing expired root password. See full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1c-release-notes.html
VMware vCenter 6.0 Update 3c Released
VMware has released VMware vCenter 6.0 Update 3c, this i primary bug fixes. but it also enables SMB2 for authentication. So it solves the problem i discibe earlier in this blog. https://www.virtual-allan.com/vcsa-6-0-and-earlier-may-uses-smb1-for-authentication/ See the full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-60u3c-release-notes.html With this VMware also relesed Site Recovery Manager 6.1.2.1, and vSphere Replication 6.1.2.1 that supports the new vCenter. Release notes for Site Recovery Manager…
Matching Windows Disks to VMware VMDK Files
I have been looking for this for at long time and there are some script on, VMware forums and other places, that can do this, but I was satisfied with them, since they did not give me all the information i needed. So began to peace some of them tougher to a new one, And this…
Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 New Features
Veeam are Beta testing the upcoming Update 3 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5. I have been looking thru different medias like Forum, "Word for Gostev", and other, for information about the update. And I have compile a list of the new features, that it looks like will be a part of the update. I have no release date for the…