Please take a note on this on priority if you are in VMware project or managing VMware infrastructure. This is the talk over the weekend, potential ransomware attack on VMware ESXi Servers. I have simplified the table with the base build number with fix for ease of validating your environment. Note: This article covers only […]
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Upgrade VMware ESXi 7.x to 8.x (Nested) with Live Troubleshooting
This is a long video but it has some troubleshooting steps and couple of approaches I used to Upgrade ESXi from 7.x to 8.x. This will be a treat for folks running nested ESXi and running into issues like below: – The CPU on the host is not supported by this image – How to […]
Upgrade VMware vCenter Server from 7.x to 8.x
In this video I have performed live upgrade of vCenter Server from 7.x to 8.x. I also hit the issue outlined in this article: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/VCSA-upgrade-6-7-to-7-0-fails-on-Stage-2-step-1-at-50-with-quot/td-p/2868120 – “Unable to authenticate user”
Uninstall and Reinstall VMware Site Recovery Manager & vSphere Replication 8.5
We might face a situation where we need to uninstall and reinstall VMware Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication. In my case the vApp properties of both SRM and Replication appliance was disabled and this would cause issues during upgrade etc. So had to sort this out before upgrade, as per VMware GSS we had […]
Migrating VMware VMs from old VMware Infrastructure to new
I was part of a big migration project for a customer who has different types of VMware VMs: These VMs had to be migrated from exiting vSphere 6.5 environment to new vSphere 7.x/8.x environment. Note: Both the old and new infrastructure was having the same storage presented, however customer wanted to use different datastores for […]
Scenarios for RDM to VMDK Migration & Conversion
Difference between physical and virtual mode RDM is only the way VM interacts to RDM, in Physical mode the commands from VM is direct to RDM no interference at hypervisor level, so snapshot is not possible. In Virtual mode, we can take snapshots of VMs. There are some more limitations physical vs virtual but snapshot […]
VMware Products Portfolio classified Technology wise – Quick Reference Sheet
Technology Products Description Desktop Hypervisor Fusion Pro Fusion Player Workstation Pro Workstation Player Desktop Hypervisor products from VMware provide IT pros, developers and businesses alike with a powerful local virtualization sandbox to build, run or support apps of any kind. (Can install on local laptop/Desktop) Compute Virtualization vSphere / ESXi vCenter Server vSphere – ESXi […]
VMware Certifications – VCA / VCP / VCAP / VCIX / VCDX
I know most of you would be interested in completing VMware Certifications. Attaining certifications at regular interval of time will keep you updated with technology. Very importantly if you are part of services organization you need to showcase your strength to VMware to keep progressing in their partner level ladder. Here is the breakdown of […]