Quick how to guide on VMware Update Manager that is now bundled into vCenter 6.5. To upload your update.vib file click on the Update Manager Tab and select to “Go to Admin View” Click on the Manage Tab and select Patch Repository button Click on the import patches And Select your Zip File. Once the… Continue reading Patching ESXi Hosts with Update Manager on vSphere 6.5
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New DellEMC RCM Train 6.5.x for VxBlock
For the past few weeks, I have been working with the Engineering teams and the Folks in Logical Build to get everything ready for the announcement of vSphere 6.5 support on VxBlock. It’s been eagerly anticipated by customers and colleagues alike. But vSphere isn’t the only product to get a new code level upgrade. The Cisco C2X0… Continue reading New DellEMC RCM Train 6.5.x for VxBlock
End of OVA file reached – Error Deploying OVA
Error: Unable to access file: D:\filename-disk1.vmdk. End of OVA file reached while looking for filename-disk1.vmdk. In order to deploy this OVA I unpacked the files into a new folder using 7ZIP The result will look like this You should now be able to deploy the OVA as an OVF
[Virtual Event] A New Era in Public Clouds
[Virtual Event] A New Era in Public Clouds Join us on 3/9 to see how cloud is fueling digital transformation! Sign up now to attend this FREE half-day online conference where you can choose from technical breakout sessions, hands-on labs, customer panels and more – straight from the comfort of your own desk! VMware Social… Continue reading [Virtual Event] A New Era in Public Clouds
Replacing PSC certificates with Microsoft CA generated cert
First of all. Let me just say I have an inane fear for certs, creating them, replacing them, requesting them I have always disliked them. So I decided to write this more so for myself so I could have something to reference in future. Few Notes on my infrastructure. I am running vSphere 6.5 vCenter… Continue reading Replacing PSC certificates with Microsoft CA generated cert
‘Replace a process level token Privilege.’ – Windows vCenter 6.5 upgrade error
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was upgrading some critical system over the weekend. Once I had the PSC Issue resolved I moved onto vCenter only to be greeted with this initial error. Please ensure extensions are compatible with the new vCenter Server and re-register extensions with the new vCenter Server after upgrade. Please… Continue reading ‘Replace a process level token Privilege.’ – Windows vCenter 6.5 upgrade error
An error occurred while starting service “vmonapi”- Windows PSC upgrade error
This weekend I spent upgrading our production environment within the DellEMC CPSD Vblock Logical Engineering group. We use vCenter extensively to run a lot of our in-house created automation workflows which help us logically build and configure Vblocks to our customer specifications and it also manages a Horizon View instance with some of our remote teams use during… Continue reading An error occurred while starting service “vmonapi”- Windows PSC upgrade error
Vision Intelligent Operations vCenter is grayed out.
Q: Why is my vCenter grayed out in the Vision Intelligent Operations MSM sunburst graphic? A: vCenter is expected to be grayed out in the sunburst chart as it is a logical element. If we drill down into the graph, we can view that all the other components are discovered and are in a healthy state.… Continue reading Vision Intelligent Operations vCenter is grayed out.
Configuring VMAX3 XCOPY VAAI settings by PowerCli
When VMware released vSphere 6.x they introduced 3 new VAAI claim rules that can be utilized with the VMAX and VMAX3. By setting these values you can change the max transfer size up to a maximum 240MB. A white paper released by dellEMC goes into the technology if far more detail than this post. Page 29 of the… Continue reading Configuring VMAX3 XCOPY VAAI settings by PowerCli
Run esxcli commands via PowerCli
Quick post on how to run esxcli commands via Powershell. 1 – Use PowerCli to connect to your Host Connect-VIServer 192.168.101.150 2 – Save your host as a variable. $myhost = get-vmhost 3 – Save a variable called $esxcli and use the Get-esxcli cmdlet and reference your newly created host variable as the -VMHost parameter. $esxcli… Continue reading Run esxcli commands via PowerCli
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