vCenter and Skyline Health Problem
If you enable CEIP on a vCenter, there will for the “some” installation come a alert that the UDP heartbeat not working. I have seen this in multiple installations, and do not see any disconnects, or any other problems. I have check driver/firmware for compatibility, NICs in en ESXi hosts port for packets drop/errors, the…
VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 1 Released
VMware has released vCenter 7.0 Update 1 and ESXi 7.0 Update 1. VMware vCenter 7.0 Update 1 What’s new: Inclusive terminology: In vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1, as part of a company-wide effort to remove instances of non-inclusive language in our products, the vSphere team has made changes to some of the terms used in the vSphere Client. APIs and CLIs…
New Releases from VMware
VMware has released vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3j, ESXi 6.5 Update 3 PO5, ESXi 6.7 Update 3 Build 16713306 and VMware Tools 11.1.5. vCenter 6.7 Update 3j What’s new: vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3j adds support to SMTP authentication in the vCenter Server Appliance to enable sending alerts and alarms by email in secure mode.…
ESXi 7.0b and Other Released
VMware has released ESXi 7.0b and also patches for ESXi 6.5 and 6.7. The ESXi 6.5 patch are primarily a security patch, see release notes here. The ESXi 6.7 patch are primarily a security patch, but also fixes a problem with false fan alerts on HPE Gen10 servers, see the release notes here. The ESXi…
vCenter Appliance 6.5 upgrade to 6.7 Error
I was upgrading a vCenter today, that was running on a Standalone ESXi host, that was using the free Hypervisor license. I always uses the CLI and JSON file for upgrading vCenter servers, since it’s easy to run the upgrade multiple times, without going thru the GUI. Bu when i did at this customer, I…
RVTools 4.0.4 released
Rob de Veij has released a new version of one of my favorit tools for VMware vSphere. Thanks to Rob for this great tool. What’s new: Upgraded RVTools solution to use VMware vSphere Management SDK 7.0 Upgraded RVTools solution to use CIS REST API, available since vSphere 6.5, to get tag information vInfo tab page…
VMware vCenter 6.7 Update 3g and ESXi 6.7 patch Released
VMware has released vCenter 6.7 Update 3g, and also a new patch for ESXi 6.7 Update 3 P02. vCenter 6.7 Update 3g What’s new: New alarms in vCenter Server: vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3g adds a Replication State Change alarm to the vCenter Server Appliance with an Embedded Platform Services Controller that displays when a replication state changes to…
VMware vSphere 7 Released and more
VMware has released vSphere 7.0, vSphere Replication 8.3, Remote Console 11.1.0 and PowerCLI 12.0. This mean that it bye bye to the Windows based vCenter External PSC, Flash/Flex web client and Linux style drivers. This is just an overview of some of the new features and enhancements. Before upgrading, please check compatibility/interoperability with other solutions.…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 3f Release and Patch for ESXi 6.5
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Updae 3f and a new patch for ESXi 6.5 update 3 P04. Also vCenter 6.0 Update 3j. vCenter 6.5 Update 3f This is a bug and cecurity fix version. See the release notes here: Release notes ESXi 6.5 Update 3 P04 This is a bug and cecurity fix version. This…
vCenter 6.7 Update 3, Unable to add Host
UPDATED February 11, 2020. The blog has been update, with new information and the recommended solution. I have had some customers with a problem that they can’ add ESXi hosts to a vCenter after upgrading to 6.7 Update 3/3a, and adding new ESXI 6.7 Update 3 hosts. When trying to add the host to the…