As i wrote almost two years ago here, VMware labs got a VMware Tools fling for nested ESXi. This fling is still relevant when running ESXi 5.5 but for ESXi 6.x it is installed by default. A few days ago a new version was added including the following enhancements: Guest Time Synchronization Larger resource pool …
Category Archive: vSphere
vShield Manager disk 100% full
A few days ago my vShield Manager, VSM, virtual machine (VM) disk system was filled up to 100%. Yes i know this is due to poor monitoring but it’s in my lab and i’m using it for a specific reason from time to time. At least i had some reporting of the issue so i …
Upgrade to vSphere ESXi 6 via command line
The other day i had to upgrade my lab ESXi mgmt server from version 5.5 to 6.0 host via the command prompt and it’s actually pretty straight forward. I took the following steps to perform the upgrade: Download the latest ESXi version from the VMware website Log on to the ESXi server using SSH Verify running ESXi version …
Heads up! Quiescing operations cause a Windows virtual machine to panic
I usually don’t create blog post with bug related information but i think VMware KB 2115997, Quiescing operations cause a Windows virtual machine to panic with a Stop 24 error on ntfs.sys, updated July 9 2015 is something that i need to share. I have been contacted a few times over the past weeks in regards of …
vCenter Server won’t start
This is actually the second blog post with the same name. I had the same problem, vCenter Server didn’t start, about a year ago and you can read that blog post here. This blog post applies to vCenter Server 5.5.0 build 2442329 and the problem was that the vCenter Server service didn’t start after an unexpected reboot of …
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.0b released
Yesterday, 2015-07-07, VMware released a patch for their vCenter Server 6 and it’s called vCenter Server 6.0.0b. As always, evaluate if the fixes included in a release is required for your environment and if it is the patch can be downloaded here. Some of the issues resolved in this release includes: VPXD SSL certificates might not be migrated after upgrade …
VMware ESXi 6.0.0b released
Yesterday, 2015-07-07, mwMware released a patch for their ESXi 6 and it’s called ESXi 6.0.0b. As always, evaluate if the fixes included in a release is required for your environment and if it is the patch can be downloaded here. Some of the issues resolved in this release includes: NTP package updated Unable to monitor hardware status …
vSphere 6.0 – Performance Best Practices Guide Released
This is just a very short blog post but i know that a lot of you have been waiting for the content/topic of this one. VMware recently released an updated version of their popular Performance Best Practices guide and this version addresses vSphere 6.0. You can download the pdf here and by doing so you …
vSphere 6.0 Security Hardening Guide
Yesterday, 2015-06-15, VMware released the vSphere 6.0 security hardening guide. I know a lot of you have been waiting for this one so it’s nice that it’s now available. As usual, read through the doc (excel document) and find out the security hardening configuration required for your company and /or your customer. Download the vSphere 6.60 …
Horizon View certificate management
This blog post is mostly for myself so i can remember how to do this next time so i don’t have to spend 2 hours trying to find the information needed once more. If i just did more Horizon View implementations i guess i would know this by heart but honestly and as you might understand if …
ESXi 6.0 Change Block Tracking patch released
Great news, yesterday 2015-05-14, VMware released the patch for the ESXi 6.0 Change Block Tracking (CBT) patch that affected all customers running ESXi 6.0 no matter if you upgraded to ESXi 6.0 or did a fresh install of ESXi 6.0. The patch will make it possible to backup your virtual machines (VMs) when CBT is turned …
Heads up! Critical Security Patches released by VMware
I know it’s a few days late but i wanted to make a short blog post about this anyway. 2015-04-02 VMware released a security advisory (VMSA). The VMSA addresses the critical vulnerability in JRE which is used in many VMware products. Some of the affected products includes Horizon View 6.x or 5.x Horizon Workspace Portal Server …
vSphere 6.0 blog – vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
As many of you know i have been using the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) in my home lab for years now and in some customer (both production & test) environments as well. It doesn’t require a Windows installation since it is just a virtual appliance (VA) and deployed as a ova or ovf. However, the deployment …
vSphere 6.0 blog – Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware (vHW 11)
Another short blog post on the vSphere 6.0 theme. This one will describe the new features and the configuration options for the new virtual machine (VM) virtual hardware version 11 that comes with ESXi 6. Configuration 128 vCPUs 4 TB RAM to 12 TB RAM (depending on partner) 62 TB VMDK size ? (not yet …
vSphere 6.0 blog – Configuration maximums
Just a very short blog post with some of the vSphere 6.0 maximums. Most of my customers does not even come close to the vSphere 5.5 configuration maximums but a few of them were pretty close considering they run some pretty intensive workloads and large cloud environments. One thing that has been discussed as a potential …
vSphere 6.0 blog – Multi Site Content Library
This is the third part of the new vSphere 6.0 improvements and or new features blog series. The first part covered the vMotion improvements and can be found here and the second part covered the vSphere Fault Tolerance feature and can be found here. VMware vSphere 6.0 documentation page including release notes, installation documents, upgrade documents, component …