Veeam has Released Update 2a for backup & Replication 8.0
This is a minor update for the Veeam Backup & Replication Update 2. the updated release notes can be found here: http://www.veeam.com/kb2024
vSAN problem
I had a customer that is running vSAN, and had recently upgraded to vSphere 6.0. They wanted to upgrade VMFS-L to vSAN-FS (the new drive format). But they could not do this because 1 host had 2 defekt disk groups on it. The host had been a member of an old vSAN setup, that was scratched. So we…
VMware has Released some updates for vSphere 6.0 Products
This products has updates: VMware vSphere vCenter 6.0.0a, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere6/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-600a-release-notes.htm VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.2, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/orchestrator/doc/vrealize-orchestrator-602-release-notes.html VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0.0.1, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-releasenotes-6-0-0.html VMware vSphere Replicator 6.0.0.1, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere-replication/doc/vsphere-replication-60-release-notes.html
vRealize Orchestrator, VMs that Need Consolidation
I was creating a workflow that could find VM’s that need consolidation and the consolidate them. I did not find any actions or workflow for this so i created one, with this script: This is just a sample workflow, you can modify for your own usage, test before using it. Download: Finds-VM-that-Needs-Consolidation-and-Consolidate-them.zip
Veeam Releases update 2 for Backup & Replicator 8.0
Veeam har just released Veeam Backup & Replicator 8.0 update 2, which gives support for vSphere 6.0, but also have many other fixes and new features. This version also gives support for integrator with Veeam Endpoint Backup Free. Veeam Backup & Replicator 8.0 update 2 can be found here: http://www.veeam.com/kb2024 For integration with Veeam ONE 8.0 please install the new update 2 for this, this can…
Veeam, hotadd backup of VM with many disks
I recently had to configure a Veeam backup job for a virtual SQL server with 20 disks. The job failed with an error that there was not enough SCSI Controllers configured on the backup Proxy, that I used for the hotadd backup. So I add 3 extra controllers to the backup proxy, in the vSphere Web…
Veeam Endpoint backup – Free (Released)
Veean has released there free backup solution for backup Windows machine, physical or Virtual. This solution can be integrated with Veeam Backup and Replication 8 patch 2, so we just have to wait for the release of this patch, to see the integration. http://www.veeam.com/endpoint-backup-free.html
ESXi hardware status, false warnings/Alert
I have see on different servers, from multiple hardware vendors, showing false warnings/Alerts under the hardware status, like this. When looking at the hardware in IMM/ILO/iDRAC/… it does no show any errors. What I have found is that this might be inconsistense between Firmware/BIOS/…. on the hardware and the vendors CIM modules But it may…
Virtual Volume VVol interoperability
In the newly released vSphere 6.0 there is a nice new feature called VVol, this is a feature that's has been talked about for a long time. But before you implement this, you should check if it interoperability with features or other products that you are using. VMware has made a KB. with there interoperability: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2112039 You should…
Backup Interoperability Matrix
If your are interested in what backup software is support with vSphere 6.0 and other, Manfred Hofers Blog has an matrix, which he is keeping up to date, as new information is available. It can be found here: http://www.vbrain.info/information/backup-interoperability-matrix/