Veeam and SQL Backup, Truncate Log
I had a customer where we had installed Veeam backup and configured it to take backup of a SQL server,after some days the customer contacted med, that one of the log drives on the SQL was running full. The backup job was running with no errors and in job could we see that it had…
VMware Hands on Labs – news
After last weeks VMware Partner Exchange, whare there was some new labs, showing some of the new that was presented there, are now online on VMware HOL. One of them is vSphere 6 whats new. https://www.projectnee.com/HOL
vSphere Web Client 5.5 Update 2d
I have done the first upgrade til vSphere 5.5 update 2d today, and that went smooth. Afterward I needed to show the customer some things in vCenter and i used the vSphere Web Client, afterwards his first comment was, why is the vSphere Web Client running so fast on my machine, I had not noticed it, so i tried i againt,…
VMware vSphere 5.5 Patches
On January 27, 2015 VMware released new patches for vSphere 5.5, vCenter 5.5 Update 2d, and ESXi 5.5 update 2d. One of the resolved items in ESXi 5.5 Update 2, is the CBT bug, seen in this VMware KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2090639 This KB is not updated, with this information at the moment, but it is in one of the release notes…
Calculate disk space needed for Veeam B&R
I often get asked to calculate how much disk space is needed for backup data by Veeam Backup & Replication. what i have done is calculate this in a Excel spreadsheet. But I have found a online calculator for this made by Timothy Dewin, that will make this easier, but you still have to get…
vRealize Operations and vSOM Licens
If you have VMware vSOM licenses and want to install the vRealize Operations it's not available under the vSphere with Operation Manager download, but you can download i direct from the vRealize download page intend. For the licenses key, just use the same licenses key that you use for your ESXi hosts, not the vCenter…
Veeam B&R 8 Patch 1
Veeam has release the the first patch, for Veeam Backup & Replicater 8. This patch contains both enhancements and resolved issues. So if you are waiting for the first patch to be released before installing a new product or version, it's time now. For more information see the Veeam KB: http://www.veeam.com/kb1982
VMware ESXi 5.x and HP AMS module problem
There is a problem with the HP AMS module on ESXi 5.x, if your installation is affected by this problem, the only solultion might be to shutdown all running Virtual Machines, and reboot the host. If you want to check if your installation i affect you can se the version of the AMS module here, look under…
Cancel Remove Snapshot Task
* Disclamer: I'm not sure this is supported by VMware, and requires a deep knowledge of how VMware snapshots works, and this can vary in different versions. I had a customer contacting me that they had a problem. They had shutdown a Virtual Machine because it had a huge snapshot ~1.7 TB, and afterwards they had…
VMware vRealize Automation 6.2 and more Released
VMware har released there new version of vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) now VMware vRealize Automation 6.2 and vRealize Automation Application Services 6.2. What's New Supportability Enhancements Improved logging and event tracking for auditing. Included centralized log collection of all cluster logs, including IaaS. Added telemetry support. Added certificate validation and simplification in vRealize Automation Management console. Integration…