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Set up an alert for port blocked by vSwitch security policy
Today I’m gonna show you, how to be alerted when VM port is being blocked by security policy defined on portgroup or vSwitch level. If you are not aware so far, these settings prevents VM users (or...
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Creating a Customizable Linux OVF Template
Recently a team mate asked me to create a small linux image with a certain tool set, so he can use it for network testing. You may say, why to create it, if you can download pre-created images already....
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Backup proxy power off
Situation: we are in a cloud environment using bare metal servers installed with VMware vSphere, VMware vSAN and VMware NSX. Cloud Backup is a topic of this article and architecture decision was made...
View ArticleBricked QLogic Broadcom BCM57840 after driver update
Two weeks ago, we started with regular updates of our Flex system servers, including drivers and firmwares. It is good practice to update drivers first so I followed this procedure as usually. Our...
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Yet another article about joining your ESXi host to Windows Domain
“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt “Errors in Active Directory operations” sounds...
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Unattended Deployment and Configuration of OVA
Good Sys Admin is the lazy Sys Admin. Step by step IT automation is making its way in our daily activities and I like to use it as much as possible. Saving time and reducing human errors are obvious...
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ESXi installation fail with IBM x3650 M4 and m5110e storage controller after...
Yesterday, we experienced a problem where we couldn’t install ESXi on the one of ours IBM x3650 M4 servers. We suspected it could be a firmware issue as we performed a complete firmware upgrades just...
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Runecast Analyzer plugin for vRO
In previous article at Runecast.biz I’ve described a use case for consuming the Runecast Analyzer REST API from vRO to remediate specific KB. It’s a valid option, but I felt there was too much overhead...
View ArticlePoints to Consider when Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure for...
Despite the plentiful business benefits of database virtualization, it still has a bad reputation because it slows down the database while trying to save your time and money. For that reason, any...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome crashes with vSphere Web Client 6.x
A lot has been written in the last few days about the Shockwave Flash crashing when using vSphere Web Client 6.x VMware produced KB2151945 on how to workaround the problem, yes a workaround, because...
View ArticleMitigate Spectre and Meltdown impact with vSphere ESXi
As most of the folks in the IT, I’ve spent last couple of days researching about famous Spectre and Meltdown attacks and their possible impact to our infrastructure. These security flaws are especially...
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How to Reduce Downtime with VMware Clusters?
We often hear about clusters, but what does a “cluster” actually mean? How are clusters used and what are their benefits? In this article, I will take a look at the most frequently used types of...
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Creating a Customizable Windows OVF Template
Some time ago I published a post on creating Linux OVF template, apparently people liked the idea because I was asked to do same for a Windows 2016 Server image. If you are a Windows guy, you for sure...
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vSphere Data Protection not accessible after upgrade to 6.1.6
After following the procedure to upgrade vSphere Data Protection 6.1.4 to 6.1.6 I lost access to it using vCenter plugin with the following error message: The first thing that I checked was the...
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VMware NSX Manager filesystem error
Here below I would like to share with you the issue I had in the past. One day I found NSX Manager VM non-responding. Reboot didn’t help because of the filesystem error as shown below: If you press...
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7 cool features with Altaro VM Backup 7.6
Some time ago we reviewed Altaro backup 6.0. It was first edition to support VMware, a flexible architecture, easy to install and use. Considering its affordable price, these were good reasons to...
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HDD failed in vSAN cluster (Softlayer) – how to replace it
In this article I would like to show you how to replace failed HDD (or SSD) drive in VMware vSAN cluster running on Softlayer Cloud. 1. Open web-client and navigate to: Hosts and Clusters -> choose...
View ArticleExecute ESXCLI commands during ESXi startup
You may face the situation where you need to run custom commands/scripts while ESXi boot. Although it is not so common situation, as most of the settings done in ESXi are persistent during the reboot,...
View ArticleEnabling LLDP for Intel X7xx series adapters in ESXi
If you are using Intel X710,XL710 or X722 adapters in your environment, you may have already noticed, that LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) is not working for you. And you are getting following...
View ArticleVMware SRM Standard limits are Hardcoded since 8.1
Most probably all of you know already, there is a limit in VMware Site Recovery Manager Standard edition, which will allow you to protect up to 75 Virtual Machines. What you may not know (I was...
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