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upgrade esxi 5.5 to 6
Hello, I have a simplequestionto makeupgadeESXi5.5 to6need Ianylicensesorit is connectedwith additional costs? Is it justenoughin my profilepagevmwaredoupdatesof keys/license?? I have: vCenter Server 5...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Migration to External SSO from Embedded
As part of the migration from vCenter 5.5 to 6.0, we need to move our SSO from embedded to an external installation. During the re-pointing of vCenter I ran into issues with openssl java paths...
View ArticleDifference between HP and HPE ISO
So, I am trying to download the 6.0 U1 ISO for ESXi and in the custom ISO list, I see HP custom ISO and HPE Custom ISO. I am running a HP Server, and quite not sure which ISO to go for. Are there any...
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How to perform "side-by-side" migration from vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 U1?
Hi, I got question regarding "side-by-side" upgrade and/or migration from Windows Server 2008 R2 VM with vCenter Server 5.5 with SQL Express and Update Manager to new fresh Windows Server 2012 R2 VM...
View ArticlevSphere ESXi 5.1 (free) Installation Error
I'm attempting to install vSphere ESXi 5.1 (free version) from a USB thumb drive as this computer doesn't have a CD/DVD drive. I've created a bootable USB drive, copied the ISO to it and configured my...
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Error after upgrade VCSA 5.5 to 6.0
hi, I updated my VCSA to 6.0 all seems to completed succesfully.but the CPU usage is very high for many hours per day and it need to rebooti checked the service and all is good i found only 2 warning....
View ArticleExternal Windows based SSO 5.5 to PSC 6.0 upgrade - how to validate if the...
I am in the process of upgrading the vSphere 5.5 environment to 6.0 update 1. My virtual environment consists of 2 vSphere sites, Production and DR. At present, each site has external Windows based...
View ArticleVSphere upgrade from 4.1 to 5.5 - Third Party VIB Warning
Greetings, I am attempting to upgrade a "Cisco" ESXi host from version 4.1 to 5.5 and I get a warning that I have third party VIB's installed that are not on the .iso that I am using to upgrade. I am...
View ArticlePlatform service controller (PSC) 6 HA behind F5 big-ip with Custom...
Need some hand holding on this one. I've got the whole LB setup going in production but using the vmca without any custom certs. Replicating the setup in Dev, and trying to convert the machine certs to...
View ArticleBest approach to upgrade from vShpere 5.1.0 to vSphere 6.0?
Is it possible to upgrade from 5.1.0 to 6.0 in one go? Or do I need to "put in" 5.5 in between? I am actually planning til remove one host - upgrade this to ESXi 6.0, install latest vCenter and then...
View ArticleUpgrade 5.5u2 to 6u1 with clean install on new server
I am doing some research to upgrade vCenter 5.5 update 2 to the latest vCenter 6 update 1.I see a lot of “how to’s” for upgrading 5.5 to 6.0. But I would like to have a brand new server with Server...
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2 PHYSICAL sites, 1 vCenter and its PSC per PHYSICAL site >>> 1 logical SSO...
I'm wondering how best to configure our vCenter environment. We only need 2 vCenters (external PSC model) for the entire US. Originally, I've been thinking that I'll install a first PSC, then point...
View Article2 sites/ 4vcenters per site - need to go to vsphere 6
I got 2 physical sites. each site has 4 vcenters running 5.5 each vcenter has it own sso installed and vcenter all in one box. all 4 vcenters are in linked mode and can access all 4 vcenters via thick...
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Scrambled screen when booting ESXi 5.5u2 installer via UEFI... comes up fine...
I'm trying to set up a home server using a SuperMicro X10SL7-F + e3-1241v3. I burned a DVD and am able to get the installer running booting through BIOS (was able to install onto an on-board USB stick...
View ArticlevSphere 6.0 + The vcenter is incompatible with the vmware vsphere update...
Hi, We are running with vCenter 6.0 version 6.0.0 Build 2997665.Installing Update Manager in different windows server with vCenter 6.0 U1 Installation Media. While installing Update Manager, it's...
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Login to the query service failed. vcenter 6
I cannot do a search on vcenter 6 on the thick client. When I search it just bring up this box any idea? I checked this kb and my fqdns are fine VMware KB: Searching for a virtual machine using the...
View Article5 vcenters all in linked mode - is sso installed on all of them?
I got 5 vcenters 5.5 all in linked mode. I check services and they all have identity and directory services on them. does this mean they are all sso servers? is there a master sso server?
View ArticleWhat are the files will change when we'll do vSphere version upgrade from 5.1...
Hi All, Want to know - What are the files are going to change when we'll do upgrade from vSphere 5.5 version to 6.0 , and how it can impact to my existing virtual infra.
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Customizing an Install ISO
I'm trying to add a newer enic driver to a custom offline bundle. I entered the following commands, but when I run the remove software package command is looks successful, in fact it errors if I run it...
View ArticleReinstall vCenter on a new host server running new OS and SQL versions
Hi, We have a vCenter in our production environment running on Server 2008 R2 with SQL Express that has been upgraded in-place over the past few years a couple of times. From 4.1 to 5.0 to 5.1 U3b....
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