VMware has Released some updates for vSphere 6.0 Products
This products has updates: VMware vSphere vCenter 6.0.0a, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere6/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-600a-release-notes.htm VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.2, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/orchestrator/doc/vrealize-orchestrator-602-release-notes.html VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0.0.1, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-releasenotes-6-0-0.html VMware vSphere Replicator 6.0.0.1, see the release notes here: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere-replication/doc/vsphere-replication-60-release-notes.html
vRealize Orchestrator, VMs that Need Consolidation
I was creating a workflow that could find VM’s that need consolidation and the consolidate them. I did not find any actions or workflow for this so i created one, with this script: This is just a sample workflow, you can modify for your own usage, test before using it. Download: Finds-VM-that-Needs-Consolidation-and-Consolidate-them.zip
Veeam Releases update 2 for Backup & Replicator 8.0
Veeam har just released Veeam Backup & Replicator 8.0 update 2, which gives support for vSphere 6.0, but also have many other fixes and new features. This version also gives support for integrator with Veeam Endpoint Backup Free. Veeam Backup & Replicator 8.0 update 2 can be found here: http://www.veeam.com/kb2024 For integration with Veeam ONE 8.0 please install the new update 2 for this, this can…
Veeam, hotadd backup of VM with many disks
I recently had to configure a Veeam backup job for a virtual SQL server with 20 disks. The job failed with an error that there was not enough SCSI Controllers configured on the backup Proxy, that I used for the hotadd backup. So I add 3 extra controllers to the backup proxy, in the vSphere Web…
Veeam Endpoint backup – Free (Released)
Veean has released there free backup solution for backup Windows machine, physical or Virtual. This solution can be integrated with Veeam Backup and Replication 8 patch 2, so we just have to wait for the release of this patch, to see the integration. http://www.veeam.com/endpoint-backup-free.html
ESXi hardware status, false warnings/Alert
I have see on different servers, from multiple hardware vendors, showing false warnings/Alerts under the hardware status, like this. When looking at the hardware in IMM/ILO/iDRAC/… it does no show any errors. What I have found is that this might be inconsistense between Firmware/BIOS/…. on the hardware and the vendors CIM modules But it may…
Virtual Volume VVol interoperability
In the newly released vSphere 6.0 there is a nice new feature called VVol, this is a feature that's has been talked about for a long time. But before you implement this, you should check if it interoperability with features or other products that you are using. VMware has made a KB. with there interoperability: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2112039 You should…
Backup Interoperability Matrix
If your are interested in what backup software is support with vSphere 6.0 and other, Manfred Hofers Blog has an matrix, which he is keeping up to date, as new information is available. It can be found here: http://www.vbrain.info/information/backup-interoperability-matrix/
VMware NSX 6.1.3 Released
VMware has released NSX 6.1.3 with support for vSphere 6.0. There is some limitation in the support for vSphere 6.0, see this KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2110197 There are also other changes, for this see the release notes, they can be found here: https://www.vmware.com/support/nsx/doc/releasenotes_nsx_vsphere_613.html
RVTools 3.7 Released
One of my favorite tools, for collecting information about customers VMware vSphere environment, has been updated. This new version contains this fixes and new information: VI SDK reference changed from 5.0 to 5.5 Extended the timeout value from 10 to 20 minutes for really big environments New field VM Folder on vCPU, vMemory, vDisk, vPartition, vNetwork,…