Important information for vSphere 6.5 upgrade
Important infromation before upgrading to vSphere 6.5: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147548 Upgrade sequence for vSphere 6.5: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147289 Also remember to check for other third party integration for there support of vSphere 6.5, like backup / Virtual Desktop / Management / Operations / Hypervisor intergrated Antivirus / and other. Remember to check the hardware comparability guide for hardware support: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php Note: My colleague Brian…
VMware PowerCLI 6.5 R1 Released
VMware has released PowerCLI 6.5 R1, that has support for vSphere 6.5. See release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/powercli/65r1/vmware-powercli-65r1-release-notes.html See all changes in the change log: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/changelog.html#PowerCLI65R1
Veeam B&R 9.5 and ONE 9.5 Released
Veeam has released there new Availability Suite 9.5. What's new in Backup & Replication 9.5: Enterprise scalability enhancements Advanced data fetcher VMware vSphere infrastructure cache Highly optimized vSphere infrastructure queries Restore acceleration technologies Instant VM Recovery Parallel processing for full VM restore Data Domain accelerated restores Direct restore from tape Engine enhancements Major configuration database optimizations…
vSphere 6.5 and other Released
VMware has today released the new vSPhere 6.5 and other. vSphere 6.5 What's new: vCenter Migration Tool Improved appliance management Native high availability Native backup and restore HTML5-based vSphere Client Improved Appliance Management VMware vCenter High Availability Improved vSphere Web Client vCSA includes vSphere Update Manager Improved Host Profiles Improved Auto Deploy VMware Tools version now…
VeeamON Tour Virtual
If you did not attend your local VeeamOn Tour event, you can attend a virtual version. Register here: http://vee.am/XqPQFw
vCSA 6.0 Update 2 and vCSA Update 2M CIP not compatible
The vSphere Client Integration Plugin (CIP) from the vCSA Update 2M (Migration) is not compatible, i was installing a new vCSA today, and it failed when trying to login to the ESXi host for the deployment. After a little troubleshooting I downgraded the vSphere Client Integration Plugin til the older one from vCSA 6.0 Update 2, and it worked…
New VMware Hands-On Labs available
VMware has released all the Hands-On Labs from VMworld Europe. VxRail Introduction VMware Learning Platform: How You Can Deliver Your Own Hands-On Labs VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers: Build IaaS Platforms vSphere 6: Performance Optimization vSphere 6: Challenge Lab VMware Identity Manager 2.6: Application Management and Delivery User Applications: Delivery and Lifecycle Management F5…
New VMware Tools released
VMware has released 2 new version of VMware tools. Version 10.0.12 caters to the legacy guest operating systems VMware Tools support for Guest Operating Systems in version 10.0.12 winPreVista.iso supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003. linuxPreGLibc25.iso supports Linux guest operating systems earlier than RHEL 5, SLES 11, Ubuntu 7.04, and other distributions with glibc version earlier than…
VM operation not allowed in current state
I have see this message some times, specially after som storage problems, and it can be a little difficult to find out how to fix this. Here is a guide to, how i usually fixes it. The error can look like this: And the Machine can not be connected on thru the network, or pinged. The first…
Veeam SureBackup – DC starts in safe mode
I have customer using Veeam Backup & Replication, and they are using SureBackup for backup verfication. After upgrading version 9.0 with update 2, there verification of the Domain Controllers started to fail on check of "DNS", "Domain Controller", and "Global Catalogs" (TCP port connection check). After some searching i found this Community forum thread, that has a solution: https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/surebackup-dc-starts-in-safe-mode-t37064.html…