Category: ESXi

New Releases from VMware

VMware has released vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3j, ESXi 6.5 Update 3 PO5, ESXi 6.7 Update 3 Build 16713306 and VMware Tools 11.1.5. vCenter 6.7 Update 3j What’s new: vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3j adds support to SMTP authentication in the vCenter Server Appliance to enable sending alerts and alarms by email in secure mode.…

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By Allan Kjaer August 24, 2020 0

ESXi 7.0b and Other Released

VMware has released ESXi 7.0b and also patches for ESXi 6.5 and 6.7. The ESXi 6.5 patch are primarily a security patch, see release notes here. The ESXi 6.7 patch are primarily a security patch, but also fixes a problem with false fan alerts on HPE Gen10 servers, see the release notes here. The ESXi…

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By Allan Kjaer June 24, 2020 0

vCenter Appliance 6.5 upgrade to 6.7 Error

I was upgrading a vCenter today, that was running on a Standalone ESXi host, that was using the free Hypervisor license. I always uses the CLI and JSON file for upgrading vCenter servers, since it’s easy to run the upgrade multiple times, without going thru the GUI. Bu when i did at this customer, I…

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By Allan Kjaer May 7, 2020 0

RVTools 4.0.4 released

Rob de Veij has released a new version of one of my favorit tools for VMware vSphere. Thanks to Rob for this great tool. What’s new: Upgraded RVTools solution to use VMware vSphere Management SDK 7.0 Upgraded RVTools solution to use CIS REST API, available since vSphere 6.5, to get tag information vInfo tab page…

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By Allan Kjaer May 3, 2020 0

VMware vCenter 6.7 Update 3g and ESXi 6.7 patch Released

VMware has released vCenter 6.7 Update 3g, and also a new patch for ESXi 6.7 Update 3 P02. vCenter 6.7 Update 3g What’s new: New alarms in vCenter Server: vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3g adds a Replication State Change alarm to the vCenter Server Appliance with an Embedded Platform Services Controller that displays when a replication state changes to…

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By Allan Kjaer April 30, 2020 0

VMware vSphere 7 Released and more

VMware has released vSphere 7.0, vSphere Replication 8.3, Remote Console 11.1.0 and PowerCLI 12.0. This mean that it bye bye to the Windows based vCenter External PSC, Flash/Flex web client and Linux style drivers. This is just an overview of some of the new features and enhancements. Before upgrading, please check compatibility/interoperability with other solutions.…

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By Allan Kjaer April 2, 2020 0

VMware vCenter and ESXi 6.7 Update 3b Released

VMware has released vCenter 6.7 Update 3b and ESXi 6.7 Update 3b. VMware vCenter 6.7 Update 3b This is bug fixes and security fx version. See the release notes here: Release notes VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3b This is bug fixesand security fixes version. One of them is a fix for the Revert snapshot CBT…

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By Allan Kjaer December 6, 2019 0

Virtual Machines Hangs

i been helping a customer troubleshooting a problem where some virtual machines was hanging. The VM’s just stopped answering on the network, and could not be accessed in the console. The VM’s hang for around <1 minut, but some time i after a few seconds, it hang again, and could repeat this over a long…

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By Allan Kjaer November 21, 2019 0