Today I did a Healthcheck of a VMware ESX environment. The environment was still VMware ESX 3.0.0 build 42531. In ESXTOP the uptime was 570 days! WOW the last time I saw systems with such a long uptime was in the Netware days. Make sure to install the required security patches frequently!
Continue ReadingSRM 1.0 Update 1 has the following new features: New Permission Required to Run a Recovery Plan SRM now distinguishes between permission to test a recovery plan and permission to run a recovery plan. After an SRM server is updated to this release, existing users of that server who had permission to …
Continue ReadingVMware released the following six new pathes: Patch nameDescriptionTypeESX350-200811401-SG
Continue ReadingVMware released two new handy KB articles about how to move or migrating the SQL VirtualCenter database to different server. To move the database When relocating your SQL database: To move SQL Server databases to a new location by using Detach and Attach functions in SQL Server, see Microsoft KB …
Continue ReadingA week ago i upgraded a customers environment to VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3 and VC 2.5 Update 3. After the upgrade some Virtual Machines (VM) spontaneously rebooted. After investing the problem we saw that after a VMotion action the spontaneously reboot occurred. We disabled in HA the option …
Continue ReadingVMware has released Update 3 for ESX/ESXi. This new release of ESX/ESXi 3.5 comes with the following enhancements: Increase number of vCPUs per Core Limit (from 8 to 20) New supported servers, NICs and storage IO controllers New supported Guest Operating Systems … and many more improvements …
Continue ReadingToday I tested the VI Toolkit extensions. The VI Toolkit extensions are cmdlets that makes your life easier. Here are some functions of what the cmdlets can do: The VI toolkit extensions require PowerShell V2 CTP 2 and the VI Toolkit. Example: list all VMs by name and list the size of the snapshots …
Continue ReadingAfter rebooting the VMware VirtualCenter (VC) server, i was unable to logon using the VI-client in VC. In the Windows event log the following Error is listed: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031 Date: 25-9-2008 Time: 13:39:58 User: N/A …
Continue ReadingVMware has released VI Toolkit Update 1. There where performance problems with the get-VM command. Some users had reported slowness when using the Get-VM cmdlet . The reason turned out to be an odd quirk in querying some types of network adapters, so many people weren’t affected at all. On the …
Continue ReadingHealthcheck is a PowerShell script that reports information like snapshots, VMware tools version, datastore space, CDROM and/or floppy drives connected etc. to HTML and e-mail the output to a person or distribution list. Reason for creating this script: As VMware Consultant I see a lot of common …
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