vCenter Server 6.0 – Licensable Entity Does Not…

vCenter Server 6.0 – Licensable Entity Does Not Exist

vCenter Server 6.0 – Licensable Entity Does Not…

Introduction Recently, I worked on an issue where vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 U1 was rebuiltand was not able to assign vCenter Server license key with the following error message: After a review, it was found out that the license key was not removed before decommissioning the old VC. As a result, old VC asset was […]


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part IV: How…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part IV: How to correlate a VMFS to a FlashArray volume

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part IV: How…

categories: FlashArray, Pure Storage, VMware This is part 4 of this 8 part series. The series being:Mounting an unresolved VMFSWhy not force mount?Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail?How to correlate a VMFS and a FlashArray volumeHow to snapshot a VMFS on the FlashArray (to be posted)How to connect a local VMFS FlashArray snapshot (to be posted)How to connect a remotely replicated VMFS FlashArray snapshot (to be posted)Recovering/restoring a single VM from a FlashArray snapshot (to be…Read More


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part III: Why…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part III: Why might a resignature fail?

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part III: Why…

This is part 1 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS and a FlashArray volume How tosnapshot a VMFS on the FlashArray(to be posted) How to connecta local VMFS FlashArray snapshot(to be posted) How to […]]> This is part 1 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS…Read More


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part II: Why…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part II: Why not Force Mount?

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part II: Why…

This is part 2 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS and a FlashArray volume How tosnapshot a VMFS on the FlashArray(to be posted) How to connecta local VMFS FlashArray snapshot(to be posted) How to […]]> This is part 2 of this 8 part series. The series being: Mounting anunresolved VMFS Why not force mount? Why might a VMFS resignature operation fail? How to correlate a VMFS…Read More


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VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part I:…

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part I: Mounting an unresolved VMFS

VMFS Snapshots and the FlashArray Part I:…

categories: ESXi, PowerCLI, Pure Storage, VMware, Web Client This is part 1 of this 8 part series. Questions around managing VMFS snapshots have been cropping up a lot lately and I realized I didn’t have a lot of specific Pure Storage and VMware resignaturing information out there. Especially around scripting all of this and the various options to do this. So I put a long series out here about how to do all of this. Let’s start with what an unresolved VMFS is and how to mount it. The series…Read More


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Introducing the VMware NSX for vSphere PHP…

Introducing the VMware NSX for vSphere PHP Framework

Introducing the VMware NSX for vSphere PHP…

Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a VMware NSX integration with one of my existing PHP applications. This application is tied into a development process with a new testing schematic which needed to use a the NSX features to test the code inside a tiered network setup. Of course, this needed to be automated and available on demand; enter the NSX API. Using the NSX API, I’ve been able to integrate network deployment and configuration inside the existing application (with not a lot…Read More


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vSphere 6.0 Guest OS support matrix

vSphere 6.0 Guest OS support matrix

vSphere 6.0 Guest OS support matrix

I decided that it’s time to share some of my experiences, tips, ideas, etc.. Loading… Friday, January 22, 2016 vSphere 6.0 Guest OS support matrix Have you been considering a migration to VMware vSphere 6.0 ? Well, If you have, don’t forget to check the list of Guest Operation Systems supported by this new version. Why ? Every time a new major upgrade is released the supported Guest OS list is updated to remove the ones not supported anymore, the majority of the cases are about the ones…Read More


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Micro-segmentation has become a best practice…

Micro-segmentation has become a best practice approach from a security perspective, but it’s difficult to apply in traditional environments. The inherent security and automation capabilities of the NSX network virtualization platform are now making micro-segmentation operationally feasible in the enterprise data center. Find out more: Data Center Micro-Segmentation – A Software Defined Data Center Approach for a “Zero Trust” Security Strategy. http://vmw.re/1lARzto

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Now Updated: Microsoft Exchange Server on…

Now Updated: Microsoft Exchange Server on VMware vSphere Best Practices Guide

Now Updated: Microsoft Exchange Server on…

Microsoft Exchange Server is one of the mission critical applications most commonly virtualized on the vSphere platform. As customers become more comfortable and familiar with virtualization in general and the VMware vSphere virtualization platform in particular, they become more confident, enough to virtualize their Exchange Server environments. To help customers achieve success as they begin […] The post Now Updated: Microsoft Exchange Server on VMware vSphere Best Practices Guide appeared…Read More


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vCenter Server Appliance as syslog target for…

vCenter Server Appliance as syslog target for Horizon View connection servers

vCenter Server Appliance as syslog target for…

Logging is essential for troubleshooting. VMware Horizon View allows you to configure a SQL database for event logging, and I really recommend to configure the event logging database (I have seen some deployments without).Beside the event logging database, it’s a great idea to configure a secondary log destination. With a event logging database, and logs […] Advertise here with BSA


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static routes for VMware ESXi vmkernel ports

static routes for VMware ESXi vmkernel ports

static routes for VMware ESXi vmkernel ports

static routes for VMware ESXi vmkernel portsSometimes it can be tricky to fully access the VMware ESXi server as well as all virtual machine consoles (MKS) as the ESXi has multiple VMkernel ports but can only accept one single default gateway.This is especially the case if your ESXi servers are hosted in a provider environment […] The post static routes for VMware ESXi vmkernel ports appeared first on opvizor.


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VMware Converter 6.1 Supports Windows 10 and…

VMware Converter 6.1 Supports Windows 10 and Hyper-V v3 VMs

VMware Converter 6.1 Supports Windows 10 and…

VMware Converter 6.1 Released adds possibility to convert (Powered Off) Hyper-V v3 VMs and also compatibility with Windows 10 OS. This is strange as just few weeks ago I tried to convert my laptop running W10 by using the 6.0 version of VMware converter and did not experienced any issues. VMware converter has many possible […] Read the full post VMware Converter 6.1 Supports Windows 10 and Hyper-V v3 VMs at ESX Virtualization.


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vRealize Operations Manager Tech Tips: Tip #2 –…

vRealize Operations Manager Tech Tips: Tip #2 – Customizing Symptoms and Alerts in vRealize Operations

vRealize Operations Manager Tech Tips: Tip #2 –…

I was recently given a use case by a client whowas seeing alert noise from the vR Ops 6.1 alert “One or more virtual machine guest file systems are running out of disk space“. This alert is built fromthree symptoms: “1. Guest file system space usage at warning level” “2. Guest file system space usage […] The post vRealize Operations Manager Tech Tips: Tip #2 – Customizing Symptoms and Alerts in vRealize Operations appeared first on VMware Cloud Management.


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Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations…

Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations Manager 6.1

Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations…

By Troy Bailey, Blue Medora Dashboards are the primary visualization tool for users of VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROps). This tool provides graphic representation of vROps data and displays overall infrastructure health. Reports are another great way for vROps consumers to use and leverage data collected from vSphere and third-party management packs. The data in […] The post Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations Manager 6.1 appeared first on VMware Cloud Management.


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The vSphere Client could not connect to…

The vSphere Client could not connect to “vcenter server name”. Connecting to Virtual Center server is not supported by this client. You can use it to connect only to ESX server. in vSphere 6

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VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming

VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming

VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming

Hello and welcome to 2016!We have seen quite a few questions from people having trouble findingour older labs, so I wanted to take a few minutes and explain the VMware Hands-on Labs release and naming conventions. Our major release of labs occurs annually at the VMworld conferences, but, depending on product release schedules and resource […] The post VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming appeared first on VMware Hands-On Lab (HOL) Blog.


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