VMware vCenter and LDAP Connection to Microsoft AD
Update (2/6/2020): On February 4, 2020 Microsoft changed their guidance for the March 2020 Windows Updates to indicate that the defaults will NOT be changing in that update. https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV190023 Microsoft will release new patches here properly in the 2nd half of 2020 thru Windows Update, that will disable simple authentication connection to domain controller over LDAP,…
VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.5.1 Released
VMware has released NSX-T Data Center 2.5.1, this contains maintenance corrections, and bug fixes. Maintenance Corrections VM Edge Node now supports vMotion. After fixing the support of Edge vNIC connected to trunk portgroup, vMotion is supported on VM Edge Node. NSX Edge Node CPU monitoring enhancement The NSX Manager API and CLI command for the…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 3f Release and Patch for ESXi 6.5
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Updae 3f and a new patch for ESXi 6.5 update 3 P04. Also vCenter 6.0 Update 3j. vCenter 6.5 Update 3f This is a bug and cecurity fix version. See the release notes here: Release notes ESXi 6.5 Update 3 P04 This is a bug and cecurity fix version. This…
vCenter 6.7 Update 3, Unable to add Host
UPDATED February 11, 2020. The blog has been update, with new information and the recommended solution. I have had some customers with a problem that they can’ add ESXi hosts to a vCenter after upgrading to 6.7 Update 3/3a, and adding new ESXI 6.7 Update 3 hosts. When trying to add the host to the…
VMware horizon View 7.11 and more Released
VMware has released Horizon View 7.11, Dynamic Environment Manager 9.10 and new Horizon View Clients. Horizon View 7.11 What’s new: Horizon Console (HTML5-based Web Interface)There are several enhancements to Horizon Console. These include: Horizon Console is now the primary and recommended web interface for Horizon 7. The existing Flash-based Horizon Administrator web interface remains supported but…
VMware Workstation 15.5.1 and Fusion 11.5.1 Released
VMware has released Workstation 15.5.1 and Fusion 11.5.1. both contains bug fixes and security updates. Release notes for VMware Workstation 15.5.1: Release notes Release notes for Fusion 11.5.1: Release notes
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…
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…
ESXi 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7 New Builds Released
VMware has released new builds of ESXi 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7, this are bug fixes, and security fixes, including new Intel CPU microcodes. The ESXi 6.7, also includes a fix for “Sensor -1 type hardware health alarms” that may fill the vCenter SEAT database disk, and other fixes. The ESXi 6.0 also includes a fix…
vCenter Stops with Database Error
Today I had to do some troubleshooting on a vCenter 6.7 that stopped working. The vCenter tried to start the vCenter service in a loop, but always stoppen. I looked at the logs for the vCenter, when it was stating and after a minuts I found the problem. 2019-11-12T10:00:32.752+01:00 error vpxd[13536] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=HB-host-276676@5660-594724f6] [Vdb::VdbField]…