Category: vCenter
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Are you seeing the below error when connecting to a vCenter server? If yes, it’s easy and simple to resolve this issue. I’m on my local Windows OS machine using Chrome browser, so I’m going to install this locally. In a production environment with a larger deployment, best practice would be to install using the…
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So, I must admit, I was in a hurry and messed up when removing a datastore from my vSphere environment. Now I have an inaccessible, and orphaned, datastore in vCenter…meaning the datastore is gone on the storage side, and now I also cannot delete it from vCenter: When attempting to delete from vCenter I receive…
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VMware vCenter Server 8.0U2 was released on 9/21/2023 [Release Notes] [Download] and it’s time to upgrade the vCenter in my lab. There’s a couple of different ways to to this, and I wanted try try using the Reduced Downtime Upgrade (RDU) function new to vSphere v8U2. Let’s give it a try! What exactly is Reduced Downtime…
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A very common task I run into is checking and verifying what version a build number of vCenter, ESXi and Tools (and Horizon on occasion) are installed in an environment, including my own lab, so I wanted to put a few helpful links out there. Below are links to VMware KB’s that list out the…
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So, you renamed a virtual machine in vSphere, and now the containing folder and associated VM files don’t match the new name of the virtual machine. Can that be changed? Yes – vSphere makes that task very easy utilizing Storage vMotion. First off, be sure to reference this KB for all the information needed: Renaming…
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Using host profiles with ESXi hosts with version 7 So…why would I want to use host profiles? The answer is, easier administration, easier management, and easier troubleshooting and avoidance of configuration drift. Many times in my career, I have seen examples of misconfiguration of incomplete host configurations with items like NTP. Miss one of those…
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vSphere: Wondering how to enable NetFlow in VMware vSphere? Well, it’s pretty easy – you’ll need to have your collector up a running (I’m using ManageEngine’s NetFlow Analyzer trial for testing purposes https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/?pos=MEhome&loc=ProdMenu&cat=ITOM) From there, let’s get into setting up NetFlow in the virtual distributed switch (VDS). In vSphere, click on the Network icon (#1),…
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Do you use Chrome (v105+) with Windows and have been having recent issues using the Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP) when logging in to vSphere? Well, now there’s a fix. Here’s a link to the KB: The Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP) stops functioning in Google Chrome versions 105 and above. (90333) (vmware.com) Yep, I’m running v109.0.5414.75…
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Let’s talk a little bit about VM CPU reservations. I recently had a question about reserving X number of CPU’s for a VM, which was required for a vendor specific virtual machine for some software that was being installed on a server. So, what exactly is a CPU reservation? To put it simply, a reservation…
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VMware Patch Update 7.0U3i