Consolidating multiple clusters, on various ESXi versions, with various...
We have 4 vSphere clusters, each with their own storage. 1) 4 Host 6.0 cluster, with 11TB of all-flash Tintri storage over NFS via 10GB SFP+ Copper. 2) 3 Host 4.1 cluster, with 27TB of storage over 2...
View ArticleError in Scripted Upgrade from ESXi6.0 to ESXi6.5
Hi, I am trying a scripted upgrade from esxi 6.0 to esxi 6.5 on a remote disk (FC LUN) using iPXE server. Seeing this issue “upgrade –firstdisk specified, but no suitable disk was found”. However...
View ArticleLeaving CD in CDROM during Kickstart install
Unattended Kickstart Install Everything works fine with the exception of if I am not at the machine when the box comes up telling to remove CD media, the machine reboots right back to the beginning of...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5.5 can upgrade to 6.5 with no cost?
Hi friends, We have following Vsphere environment, Existing ESXI version - 5.5 U2vCenter version - vCenter Server 5.5 U2 Aslo we have following licenses, VMware vsphere 5 enterprise plus...
View ArticleVsphere upgrade from 5.5 to 6.5
Hello friends, I have a question.Our current ESXI version is 5.5 U2 and planning to upgrade to 6.5 U1.Total no of host is 32 no's with single license key (I don't want to split the license keys);Each...
View ArticleFirst steps in upgrade from 5.5 to 6.5
Hi all, Current plan to upgrade is: ADDED---- I need to upgrade my current vcenter server first to 6.5 yeah? New ESXi host to add to my current 4 in production.Build this as 6.5 hostCreate a vm on this...
View ArticlevSphere with a single ESXi host
I do understand that the question can sound crazy, but consider please a pure testing and selftraining environment with limited HW resources.I don't think in any way to implement the same configuration...
View Articlewhat happens to the license when upgrading from ESX 4.0 to 5.5?
So we have ESX server 4.0.0.171294 standard licnesed for 2 physical CPU. I understand with version 4.0, the highest i can go is version 5.5 U3. 1) How do i upgrade to 5.5? Do i just download the 5.5...
View ArticleVCSA 6.5: IPv6 settings lost after reboot. Know bug?
Hello, I can configure a VCSA 6.5 with dual IPv4+IPV6 stack.When I reboot the appliance, the IPV6 settings are lost. I still can see the adresses in /etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.networkbut a...
View ArticleVCSA 6.5, vsphere client and Active Directory
I am planning to replace a vCenter 5.5 based on a Windows machine with a VCSA 6.5 VM.Let me ask for two clarification:Can the VCSA 6.5 VM be member of an Active Directory domain? I would say "Yes", but...
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Errors and Delay logging into VCSA 6.5
I have installed ESXi 6.5 U1 and VCSA U1e.I installed the Enhanced Authentication Plugin.I then joined the VCSA to AD. When I use AD credentials to login to VCSA, it takes 50-70 seconds to login.Using...
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vshpare 6.7 install plugin
Hi All hope anyone could help on this one , we are trying to install a plugin on the vshpare 6.7 without any successi could find this link which points that the flex and web client are going to be...
View Articlevcsa migration fails
Hello all, Current version 6.0u2, two sites, onc vcenter and one psc at each site in ELM, one SSO site. All systems are Windows at the moment. I am using this image to preform the...
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VCSA 6.5 Web GUI Error
I have successfully upgraded my VCSA 6 to 6.5 - after the upgrade I was able to login and use the vsphere web client without issue. I then upgraded my single ESXi 6 host to 6.5, which was successful....
View Articlecan you migrate vitual machines from 5.1 host to 6.5 host
Our current VMware environment includes 4, ESXi 5.1 host servers running 58 virtual machines.For whatever reason, the previous VMware Admin, did not upgrade VMware and we are now getting ready to do a...
View Articleupdate manger 6.5
Hi All , can someone comment on the following . 1:with vcenter 6.5 appliance update manger is integrated so there is no requirement of separte update manger machine.traditionally when we patch esxi...
View ArticleExisting ESXI version - 5.5 AND 6.0 upgrade to 6.5
Hi friends, We have following 2 Vsphere environment, Existing ESXI version - 5.5 AND 6.0vCenter version - vCenter Server 5.5 GA (build 1312298) - vCenter...
View ArticlevCenter 6.5 > vCenter 6.7
Hi Admins, I have a test environment which containing approx 800 VMs.We have had a lot of issues with our current vCenter (database corruption etc.) Now we would like to "upgrade" our vCenter to 6.7 ,...
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