This is a security fix for vCenter 6.5a, addressing remote code execution vulnerability due the use of BlazeDS to process AMF3 messages See the full release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/65/vsphere-vcenter-server-650c-release-notes.html Share This:
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 […]
Important infromation before upgrading to vSphere 6.5: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147548 Upgrade sequence for vSphere 6.5: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147289 Also remember to check for other third party integration for there support of vSphere 6.5, like backup / Virtual Desktop / Management / Operations / Hypervisor intergrated Antivirus / and other. Remember to check the hardware comparability guide for hardware support: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php Note: My colleague Brian […]
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 […]
Today I had a call from a customer that could not get into there vCenter. When they opened the web backup https://vCenter.domain.local they got this message: 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x7f32a40624c0] _serverNamespace = / _isRedirect = false _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe) This i normal during restart of the vCSA or vCenter server. but […]
VMware has made a new version of the fling used for migration/convertion of Windows based vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance. This new version has the following improvements: Add support for Windows Server 2012R2 VC servers Allow specifying a different port for the SQL Server It can be found here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vcs-to-vcva-converter Note 1: Only works on vCenter 5.5. […]
I was upgrading a vCenter from 5.5 Update 2e to 6.0 Update 1. The first thing i did was to convert there vCenter 5.5 from Windows version to vCSA 5.5, and that went good after some certificate replacement. Then I tried to upgrade the vCSA 5.5 to vCSA 5.0 Update but, during the checks that done on the old vCSA […]
VMware has just published a new VMware Fling on VMware Labs, that can convert Windows installed vCenter using a external Microsoft SQL to vCSA (vCenter Server Appliance). This is something I have been requesting for at long time, and is looking forward to trying out. The tools can be found here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vcs-to-vcva-converter Share This: