So the other day a had a very unpleasant experience when adding a few new ESXi hosts, version 5.5 U2 including the latest patch, to an existing vCenter Server (5.5 U2e) vNetwork Distributed switch (VDS). I used the wizard in the vSphere web client and followed the recommendation but i guess i could have made …
Updated 20170127 Apparently this applies to vSphere 6.5 as well according to a comment below. Thanks Joe for letting us know ———————————————————————– The other day i had an issue with vMotion migrations in my vSphere environment running the following versions: vCenter Server 5.5.0 build 2183111 ESXi 5.5.0 build 2143827 The error i was seeing happened at …
It’s about a week before this years VMworld event (30 August – 3 September) held in San Fransisco at Moscone Center. Nutanix will be at the solutions exchange as an event Gold sponsor. This gives you a great opportunity to step by our booth #1729 to meet some excellent Nutanix representatives and discuss pretty much anything regarding our …
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 …
Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor (AHV) was released a few months ago at the Nutanix .Next conference. AHV is included in every Nutanix software license (Standard, Pro and Ultimate) and can run on any Nutanix node. Yesterday, 2015-08-12, the announcement was made that AHV is now verified as Citrix ready for XenApp and XenDesktop. This is something really good …
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 …
Today i again received some were good news from VMTurbo. Now they have decided to also give away 2 free VMworld 2015 full conference passes for the Barcelona, Spain, event. VMworld in Barcelona will be held at Fira Gran Vira 12 – 15 October later this year. As i wrote in this blog post they also gave …
For the third year have been selected by the VMware vExpert team to get a free VMworld blogger pass. I’m really grateful for this since it’s given to a selected few VMware vExperts and makes it possible to attend VMworld in San Francisco or VMworld in Barcelona for free. The blogger pass is a full conference pass meaning you …
Name: Samir Roshan NPX Number: 004 Employer: Nutanix Inc Blog URL: thinkingloudoncloud.com Twitter: @kooltechies Virtualisation background: 10+ years of virtualisation experience Storage Background: Storage has been a continuous part of my journey in the virtualisation world sometimes mainstream some times not. I will say close to ~5 years overall. Hyper Converged Infrastructure background: Since my …
28 July VMware released a knowledgeable article describing a problem with ESXi 6.0 and the All Path Down (APD). The problem is that a LUN that have experienced an APD state never exist the APD state and the LUN is not accessible from the ESXi host even though the connection between the ESXi host and the …
As i wrote in this blog post my blog was voted as number 17 during the annual top vBlog voting contest held by Eric Siebert at vSphere-land and i’m really thankful to all my readers for this. Just wanted to let you know that i received the prize the other day and it was a nice …
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 …
It has only been approximately 1,5 months since the latest Nutanix Operating System (NOS) release and yesterday, 2015-07-22, Nutanix released yet another version of its operating system. Read more about the previous release 4.1.3 here. The new version, 4.1.4, comes with e.g. the following new features: Restore virtual machine (VM) locality after Acropolis host failure. …
I have been asked a few times what is actually included in the Nutanix Operating System (NOS) PreUpgrade check available before you conduct a NOS upgrade so i figure i write a short blog post about it. The NOS PreUpgrade check is available via the Upgrade Software link under the gear icon at the right …
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 …