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 […]
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] […]
VMware has released vCenter 6.7 update 3a, vCenter 6.5 update 3d, VMware Tools 10.3.21 (this is for Linux) and VMware Tools 10.0.1 (this is for Windows and OSX). vCenter 6.7 Update 3a This new version i a bug fix version. See the release notes here for more information: Release notes vCenter 6.5 update 3d This […]
I have seen the error “ERROR: must be owner of relation vpx_vdevice_backing_rel_seq; ” a few times when upgrading from vCenter 6.0 til 6.5 or 6.7. This is a problem with the sequence owner ship. Brian Knutsson have a blog about how to resolv this here: https://vm.knutsson.it/2017/10/things-to-know-about-upgrading-vcsa-6-0-to-vcsa-6-5/ I do this a little different but the result […]
The alarms in vCenter can handle more events, then what is in the list, you just have to find the connect event sting. the first thing is to find the connect event string, also called the “EventTypeID”. This can be done thru Powershell/PowerCLI, in this example i am looking for the revert snapshot string. Before […]
VMware has released vCenter 6.7 Update 3, ESXi 6.7 Update 3, vSAn 6.7 Update 3 and vSphere Replication 8.2.0.1. Always remember to check for compatibility issues before upgrading/updating. vCenter 6.7 Update 3 What’s new: vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3 supports a dynamic relationship between the IP address settings of a vCenter Server Appliance and a […]
VMware has announced the upcoming vSphere 6.7 Update 3 and vSAN Update 3. What’s coming with this new version: vSphere Mulitiple NVIDIA vGPUs per VM AMD EPYC Generation 2 Support Ability to change vCenter Server PNID Support for changing the FQDN of the vCenter Dynamic DNS support Driver Enhancements VMXNET3 version 4 driver supports performance […]
VMware has released vCenter 6.7 Update 2c, this is a bug and security fix release. Before upgrading, see the Important notes later in the blog! What’s new: Publishing a VMTX template might fail if you do not specify a target ESXi host while creating a subscription When you publish a virtual machine template managed by […]
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 […]
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 3, ESXi 6.5 Update 3,vSphere Replication 6.5.1.4, App Volumes 2.17 and User Environment Manager 9.8.0. vCenter 6.5 Update 3 Important: Before updating to vSphere 6.5 U3, make sure to read the release Notes. Upgrades and migrations from vCenter Server 6.5 Update 3 to vCenter Server 6.7, including Update 1, […]