Veeam has release Update 1 for B&R, One and Office 365
Veeam has released 3 updates today. Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 1 This gives support for vSphere 6.5, and have other fixes. Solution Platform support Dell EMC Data Domain OS 6.0, including synthetic full backup performances optimizations, backup retention and health check reliability improvements. HPE 3PAR 3.2.2 MU3, including multiple API interaction improvements for…
vSphere 6.5 Backup Interoperability
We are still waiting for the backup vendors to support vSphere 6.5. At the moment VMware VDP 6.1.3 and Veritas Backup Exec 16 has support. Veritas Backup Exec 16 does not support vSAN 6.5 (see the Software Compatibility list here: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000115689) Veritas NetBackup 7.7.3 has a limited support, see here. https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000116592 Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 1 will have support and is…
vCenter 6.5 Image Builder Stops Working after Changing Certificates
I was looking at VMware vCenter 6.5 i my lab, and wanted to change the certificate, but after change the certificate the Image Builder failed with some error. Before i change the certificate i had added some things to the Image Builder “Software Deopts”. VMware HA Agent and HPE ESXi 6.5 customized image depot file. After i changed…
vCenter 6.0 Update 2a and ESXi 6.0 Express Update 8 Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.0 Update 2a, this is a minor update, that contains only bugfixes and security updates. See the release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/60/vsphere-vcenter-server-60u2a-release-notes.html And there is a new build of vSphere ESXi, this contains some important fixes for vSAN and other. See the release notes here: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2146984 and: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2146985
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…
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…
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…
VMware PSC in HA script
VMware has released a script, that makes it a lot easier to configure the Platform Services Controller (PSC) in High Available (HA) configuration. These scripts can be used for both the vCSA (Appliance) and Windows version. You can find the scripts here: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=PSCHA600&productId=491 There is a white paper on how to configure this using the scripts, you can…
Storage vMotion Error “SYMC-FULL” method is disabled
I had a customer getting this error when trying to Storage vMotion a virtual machine. This is due to Symatec BackupExec has failed to reverse this setting on the VM after backup of it. VMware has a KB on how to resolve this, but this do not have a solution for vCenter Server Appliance 6.0…
VMware has released vCenter migration tool
VMware has released a vCenter Migration Tool to migrate Windows vCenter Server 5.5 to vCSA 6.0. I recommend all my customer to use the vCSA 6.0 when posible, so this is great news, I have been using the Fling, but VMware removed the download from the Fling site, so looking forward to testing this GA version. It only need's…