Here are the steps outlined for upgrading the vSphere Data Protection (VDP) appliance. 1. Check the version of the VDP. SSH to the VDP appliance and use the following command: rpm –qa | grep vdr The current version of the VDP appliance is: vdr-1.1.53-53 2. The vSphere (web) client displays version …
Continue ReadingBefore upgrading to vSphere 5.1 it is important to check your existing hardware, firmware levels, drivers, vSphere versions, other VMware products that integrates and third party software if it is compatible with vSphere 5.1. Here is a list of third party software and it’s support for vSphere 5.1 . …
Continue ReadingVMware released the first version (1.0) of the vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager (MHM). MHM makes it possible to manage multiple heterogeneous hypervisors in VMware vCenter server. MHM supports only Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 as hypervisor! MHM requires vCenter …
Continue ReadingESXCLI commands are very useful for configuring and troubleshooting ESXi servers. The vSphere vCLI 5.1 includes the following namespaces: Here is a small list of some examples of ESXCLI commands: esxcli system Show ESXi version and build esxcli system version get Enter Maintenance Mode esxcli system …
Continue ReadingMigrating to a new fresh vCenter server using the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) prior vSphere 5.1 is not a easy task. The VDS is part of the vCenter configuration. If you try to import hosts that have a VDS configuration to a new vCenter server the following warning will appear: The distributed …
Continue ReadingI get a lot of questions from customers if the could use the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) in there production environments as replacement for the standard vCenter Server. With the standard vCenter Server is based on Microsoft Windows. you know for sure that all the other vSphere products …
Continue ReadingvSphere Data Protection (VDP) is replacing VMware Data Recovery (vDR). VDP is a more robust product based on the EMC Avamar product. Here are some VDP implementing tips: Each vCenter server can support up to 10 VDP appiances Each VDP appliance supports up to 100 VMs VDP stores deduplicated data on …
Continue ReadingBefore starting the upgrading to version 5.1 of the vCenter Server, the following steps can be taken to be able to successfully upgrade. The first step is reading the upgrade guides. After the RTFM stuff check the following: Make sure the SQL Server authentication checkbox is set to SQL Server and …
Continue ReadingToday vSphere 5.1 is released. I did an upgrade of my existing vSphere 5 vCenter server. During the installation of the vCenter Single Sign On (SSO) software the following warning occurred: Error 29115: Cannot authenticate to DB. After this error the installation stops and the rollback begins. To …
Continue ReadingNow Windows Server 2012 is release I tried to upgrade my lab environment from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 RC 8400 to Windows 2012 RTM. It is not officially supported to upgrade from Windows Server 2012 RC to Windows Server 2012 RTM by Microsoft. I did the following steps to upgrade: Downloaded the …
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