I learnt about vSphere+ 15 days trail and wanted to explore the options and how to setup etc. Took this opportunity to make a video as well! Important links: —————–vSphere+ Product Documentation: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere+/services/vsphereplus-getting-started/GUID-E64F5E6C-E4A3-411D-9787-161D24E73D04.html VMware Product Interoperability Matrix: https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/Interoperability?col=1217,&row=2,%261 VMware Core Based Licensing: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/89116 vSphere+ Trail: https://vmc.vmware.com/infrastructure/vsphere-plus/overview vSphere+ Hands-on Lab (HOL): https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/evalcenter?p=vsphereplus-hol-overview-23
Category: vSphere
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”
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 […]
vSphere 7 – Demo Upgrade from VCSA 6.5 with Ext PSC to 7.0 | New Features – Update Planner | vCenter Profile | Template Versioning etc.
YouTube Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAWbYCuCzKU New Features in one liner: DRS Enhancement – More focused on VM workload requirement than the cluster. vMotion Enhancement – Reduced Stun Time / Switch-Over phase enhancement. Update Manager is Lifecycle Manager & Update Planner to plan the upgrade. vCenter Profiles (API Driven) – To List / Export / Import / […]