After Restore of vCenter7.0 Update 2d Task Shows Label
I have just Restore of a vCenter 7.0 Update 2d, from a VAMI backup. Not sure if this is the only version that have this problem. After I was restored the tasks was only showing the “Task Label” and not the normal text, on some of the vCenter tasks, it looked like this. Apparently the…
VCSA Restore Problem
I was just today doing at restore of a vCenter 7.0 from a VCSA backup, and in stage 2, when it validated the backup file and checks the newly deployed VCSA, it returned the following error/failure. Metadata and system validation failed. Error: Unknown system resource type seat Error: Unknown system resource type vtsdb This error…
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…
vCSA Upgrade to 6.7 Failure
Yesterday I was upgrading a vCSA 6.0 to 6.7 Update 2, I ran into a strange failure. I was using a JSON file for the upgrade, because I better can choose the size and, it’s easier to do multiple tries, and don’t have to go thru the wizard every time. When i ran the upgrade…
vSphere 6.7 Update 2 and updated vRealize Suite 2018 Released
VMware has released a new versions for there vRealize Suite 2018 (Operations Manager 7.5, Automation 7.6, vRealize Orchestrator 7.6, Log Insight 4.8, Business for Cloud 7.6 and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.1) and vSphere 6.7 Update 2 (vCenter 6.7 Update 2, ESXi 6.7 Update 2 and Replication 8.1.2). Before updating/upgrading, check your compatibility and Interoperability…
New Announcements from VMware
VMware has today announced vSphere 6.7 Update 2, vRealize Operations 7.5, vRealize Automation 7.6, vRealize Lifecycle Manager 2.1, vRealize Network Insight 4.1, and some new support Persistent Memory Technology, in vSphere 6.7. vSphere 6.7 Update 2 What’s new: Deprecation of external PSC vCenter linked mode topology view Overview of vCenter and PSCs Health Replication modified…
vSphere 6.7 and more Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.7, ESXi 6.7, vSAN 6.7, VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1 and VMware vSphere Replication 8.1. VMware vCenter and ESXi 6.7 What's new: VMware vCenter HTML5 Client is the primary client including: vSphere Update Manager, Content Library, vSAN, Storage Policies, Host Profiles, vDS Topology Diagram and Licensing Improved vCSA Lifecycle Faster migration Better monitoring vCSA backup can now…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1g, 6.0 Update 3e and 5.5 Update 3h Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 1g, vCenter 6.0 Update 3e and vCenter 5.5 Update 3h. These releases fixes a problem with EVC mode problem, when adding new hosts, and some security fixes. See the full releasen notes for vCenter 6.5 Update 1g here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1g-release-notes.html See the full releasen notes for vCenter 6.0 Update 3e here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-60u3e-release-notes.html See the full releasen…
New releases from VMware
VMware has released some new version of different products. vRealize Network Insight 3.7 This version contains new features plus security and bug fixes. What's new: Increase in Scale for Micro-Segmentation Planning You can do micro-segmentation in vRealize Network Insight now for 4 million flows. Centralized Upgrade (Offline) vRealize Network Insight supports the single-click offline upgrade from…
vCSA 6.5 Resize Disk during Migration/Upgrade/Restore
I have seen this a few time, that the Migration/Upgrade fails if the database or seat (Statistics, event and task) database runs out of disk space. you can solve this by extending the disk between Stage 1 and Stage 2. UPDATE: There is now a VMware KB with a official solution: Not sure if this…