The new vSphere 8 IA is out there and ready to install on your development environments. Please read this article on the differences between IA and GA releases. Today I will show you how to deploy a fresh vCenter server 8.0. You can build your own home lab using your PC or laptop. If you…
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Reminder: vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.7 End of Support on October 15, 2022!
Hey, fellows administrators, this is a gentle reminder that the End of General Support for vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.7 is October 15, 2022. It is recommended to upgrade to vSphere 7 as soon as possible. During VMware Explore, the new version of vSphere was announced, vSphere 8. The End of General support for vSphere…
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During the VMware Explore conference, VMware announced a new version of vSphere, vSphere 8. The product looks very interesting with a lot of new and enhanced features. I am going through all the significant changes in this article. TLDR: you can watch my YouTube video: But the question remains: When is the release date for…
Read moreThe default partition ‘/’ has only 2.6 GB of available space. Enter a new export directory on the source machine below.
During the upgrade VCSA 6.7 to version 7.0 I faced the issue with free space. As shown on the screenshot above, the default partition ‘/’ has not enough free space. Let’s have a look into this issue and fix it. Login to VCSA Check the space using this command: df- h Looks like /storage/updatemgr has…
Read moreHow to fix pre-chek SSL certificate issue during vCenter upgrade from 6.7 to 7.0
I just ran an upgrade and stage 1 went perfectly fine. However, during pre-check on stage 2, I received this error message: The machine SSL certificate in the VMware Endpoint Certificate Store (VECS) does not correspond with the service registration in the VMware Directory Service (vmdir). To fix this error please follow this steps: Download…
Read moreVMware tools need to be patched!
VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Tools. A remote attacker could likely exploit the vulnerability to take control of an affected system. VMware Tools was impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Updates are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products. VMware Tools contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the…
Read moreVMware fixed Security Token Service (STS) error with new patch – VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3g
As we reported in this article, there was a bug in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f, causing installation hung on 93%. An issue with STS in environments joined to an Active Directory domain that currently uses, or has used in the past, Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) as an Identity Source, might prevent patching and…
Read more“Exception occurred in postInstallHook” at 93% failed during patching to VMware vCenter Server 7.0u3f (7.0.3.00700 build 20051473)
VMware released a new update for vCenter Server 7.0 u3f (read more about the new patch) however in the last few days I observed repeatable issues during patching to this version in many of vCenter environments. The patching process is going very well and suddenly stop with failure at 93% Hmmm …. What happened? Let’s…
Read moreVMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e is now available!
VMware released a new update for vCenter Server 7.0 -> vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e ISO Build 19717403. This maintenance update delivers new features and fixes for VMware vSphere with Tanzu. For VMware vSphere with Tanzu updates, see VMware vSphere with Tanzu Release Notes. Download Filename VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-7.0.3.00600-19717403-patch-FP.iso Build 19717403 Download Size 8272.2 MB md5sum 3d4d977acd6072ff61db4a36909702e5 sha256checksum 6d67067d565fd530a6d047b079efff9019bdf28c63d04a904c43bcdf202d5c5d One…
Read morevRealize Operations 8.6.3 Released
On March 28th VMware released a maintenance upgrade for vRealize Operations. This upgrade resolves a few important security and functionality issues identified in the product. For more details, see KB 88081. What is new? Metrics and Properties Modifications The following KB article describes all the metrics and properties that have been modified in vRealize Operations 8.6.3:…
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