removed vib driver for vmnic - will a vib update restore functionality
So i have recently been having issues with upgrading from esxi 6.0 to 6.7 due to some vibs which i believe are from the original dell 5.1 image that was on the host. i had been going through removing...
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Need Help for Procedure Upgrade vCenter 5.5 Windows to vCenter 6.0 Appliance
Hi All, I plan to upgrade our vSphere Environment from existing 5.5 to vSphere 6.0 and then upgrade it again to vSphere 6.7. In our environment there are:- 1 vCenter 5.5 Windows (with external PSC...
View ArticlevCenter migration from 6.5 to 7.0 error
Hi, the migration from vCenter 6.5 to 7 aborts during step 2 "Set up target vCenter Server and start services".I can SSH into the new vCenter appliance and see that the firstboot script can't start the...
View Articlevcenter 6.5 update2 to 6.7
Is it true I cannot upgrade from 6.5update 2 to 6.7? if so is vmware going to fix this issue in the future? I upgraded my vcenter to 6.5u2 all on windows vcenters. Now i am planning on going to 6.7...
View ArticleHow can I use an unsupported networkcard in vSphere 7?
Hello Everyone,When I tried to install vSphere 7 on my PC it said: "No Network Adapters were detected. Either no Network Adapters are physically connected to the System, or a suitable Driver could not...
View ArticleVMvisor installer ISO for 6.7 update01 upgrade. Does this installer also...
I want to update an old AMD Phenom II system running the free version version of 5.0 so I can test more modern OSes. When downloading the 5.5 free hypervisor (VMvisor installer ISO (for upgrade of my...
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Upgrading to vCenter Server for Windows 7 from 6.5 on Hyper-V
I am preparing to upgrade our current vSphere 6.5 to 7.0. We currently have a single 6.5 ESXi host running on an HP ML350 G6 server, and vCenter Server is running on a Windows 2016 VM on a Hyper-V...
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upgrade to vcsa 7.0(b) - pre-checks alerts
Hi, Got the attached alerts: will I still be able to upgrade ESXi's to 6.7 using VUM (especially those which are not supported by 7.0)? what does the https://unset extension relate to as this is not...
View ArticleVCSA 6.7 install OVF Tool Failed to transfer "Bad return code from POST...
Hoping someone can help me here. Doing a new deploy on a single ESXi 6.7 host (build 16316930) using VMWare-VCSA-all-6.7.0-15132721. All DNS is setup locally and both ESXi host and VCSA resolve/ping...
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Moving ESXI to new gears (Server and SAN)
Hi all, I am planning to move our ESXI 6.5 hosts to new Servers (7.0). Can you please advise me of the best practice?I had done migration previously which was with the same version, no issues....
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Upgrading vSphere to 7.0 before upgrading ESXi hosts
My VCSA's are currently running v6.7.0 build 15976728; my hosts are running 6.0 and 6.7.0, 13004448. This may seem to be a dumb question, but: Is there any disadvantage to upgrading the VCSA's to the...
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do i create a datastore for every physical disk or add the extra disk space...
I am a newbie in this subject so please take it easy on me. I have vsphere esxi hyper-v 6.7 on a dell poweredge r620 server with 4 - 500gb sas drives. I couldn't configure the raid properly so...
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Multiple vCenter upgrade from 6.5 to 7.0 with external PSCs
Hi, I have successfully upgraded 2 out of the 3 vCenter's that are connected in Enhanced Linked Mode. The third vCenter server is failing validation in Upgrade Stage 2.What am I missing?
View ArticleDo you migrate or build new VCSA 6.7 if most of the current vCenter 6.0...
Hello everyone, Happy holiday, What are your thoughts and best practice for my question above. Current environment uses Essential Plus running on vsphere 6.0. Current environment:1. 5 esxi 6.0...
View ArticleVCSA 6.5 to 6.7 Upgrade failing -
Hi All,I am not that experienced in VMware but I am currently having an issue when attempting to upgrade my current VCSA 6.5 U2b (Build 8815520) to VCSA 6.7 Update 3 (Build 14367737).Just got to the...
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VCSA 6.5: Failed to start vmware-rbd-watchdog.service (AutoDeploy)
Hey guys, Faced a bug, when trying to start AutoDeploy while connected over SSH to VCSA 6.5 appliance:Failed to start vmware-rbd-watchdog.service: Unit vmware-rbd-watchdog.service is masked.When do the...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0
Hello,I am asking some information on upgrading from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0. There are currently 16 running Hosts. How can i go ahead from here.We have been using ESXi since 2013, Please assist with...
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realtek driver upload issue to Esxi 6.7 [Dependency-error]
Hello Experts, I am not able to initialize realtek LAN driver to ESXI 6.7 host. When I apply the command " esxcli software vib install -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/net.zip"I got dependency Error as...
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Solved: couldn't reinstall or remove VMWare Tools in Fusion 11.x on Windows 10
For over 12 months, Fusion's VMWare Tools in a 64-bit Windows 10 Home vm wouldn't update and I just left it alone since shared folders with macOS worked and so did other stuff. But after updating to...
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