Re-register VM without getting a new MOREF
I have see some VMware admins, that do a un-register / register of VM's if a host fails, and HA is not used, or for some reason fails. I have also see VMware admins remove ESXi hosts from the cluster to get the VM's un-registered. The problem with this method is that the VM will get a…
VMware NSX 6.3.5 and VMRC 10.0.2 Released
VMware has released NSX 6,3,5 and this fixes some bugs. What's new. For vCenter 6.5 and later, Guest Introspection VM's, on deployment, will be named Guest Introspection (XX.XX.XX.XX), where XX.XX.XX.XX is the IPv4 address of the host on which the GI machine resides. This occurs during the initial deployment of GI. Guest Introspection service VM will…
VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.6 Released
VMware has released vRealize Network Insight 3.6. What's new: Flow Support for Physical Servers (Enterprise Edition) ​vRealize Network Insight supports any device that sends NetFlow data. Netflow versions 5, 7, 9 and IPFIX are supported. The flows involving the physical entities are enriched with the information about the DNS domains, DNS Host names, Subnets, and Layer2…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1c Released
VMware released vCenter 6.5 Update 1c, this is a bug fix version that fixes a problem with replacing expired root password. See full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1c-release-notes.html
VMware vCenter 6.0 Update 3c Released
VMware has released VMware vCenter 6.0 Update 3c, this i primary bug fixes. but it also enables SMB2 for authentication. So it solves the problem i discibe earlier in this blog. https://www.virtual-allan.com/vcsa-6-0-and-earlier-may-uses-smb1-for-authentication/ See the full release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-60u3c-release-notes.html With this VMware also relesed Site Recovery Manager 6.1.2.1, and vSphere Replication 6.1.2.1 that supports the new vCenter. Release notes for Site Recovery Manager…
Matching Windows Disks to VMware VMDK Files
I have been looking for this for at long time and there are some script on, VMware forums and other places, that can do this, but I was satisfied with them, since they did not give me all the information i needed. So began to peace some of them tougher to a new one, And this…
VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1b released, and Other
VMware has released vCenter 6.5 Update 1b, this is a bug and security fix version. See the release notes her: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/65/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1b-release-notes.html vSphere Replicator VMware has also released vSphere Replicator 6.5.1.1, this is a bug fix release. See the release notes here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/6.5/rn/vsphere-replication-651-release-notes.html#6.5.1.1 App Volume: VMware has also released App Volume 2.13. What's new: Support for concurrent AppStack assignment…
VMware vSphere Web Client 6.x Craches in Google Chrome Version 61.0.3163.100
The VMwar vSphere Web Client 6.x craches in Google Chrom Version 61.0.3263. I have not testet 5.x vSphere Web Clients. VMware KB (This also have en temporery unsecure workaround): http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2151945 William Lam has a blog about it here: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2017/10/shockwave-flash-has-crashed-workaround-for-vsphere-web-flash-client.html Update 27th October: Google has released Chrome 62.0.3202.75, with has Adobe Shockwave Flash version 27.0.0.183 that fixes this problem. Update 18th October: Google Chrome 62.0.3202.62 is also…
VMware NSX 6.3.4 for vSphere Released
VMware has released NSX 6.3.4 for vSphere, this is a bug fix release. This issues har solved. Logical Networking and Edge Services Resolved Issues in NSX 6.3.4 Fixed Issue 1970527: ARP fails to resolve for VMs when Logical Distributed Router ARP table crosses 5K limit Fixed Issue 1961105: Hardware VTEP connection goes down upon controller…
VMware ESXi 6.0 Express patch 11 and 6.5 Express Patch 4 Released
This releases fixes some critical bugs in vSAN All-Flash and does also contain other fixes for 6.5. See the KB for 6.0 here: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2151043 See the KB for 6.5 here: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2151082