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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The 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 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 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 moreDo you have an idea of how to make a vSphere better? Submit your ideas here to make vSphere better!
What would you like to see in the next release of vSphere? Do you have an idea of how to make the product better? Are you lacking some features? Maybe you would like to see an assistant like the old Microsoft Word paperclip? Now you can submit your concept to VMware! Head on to https://vsphere.ideas.aha.io/…
Read moreWhat to do if you cannot see the new patch in Lifecycle Manager? Here is a fix!
One of my team members informed me that there is no new patch in Lifecycle Manager and the latest patch visible is update 2a – 17867351. I had to see this for myself. I logged in to vCenter and I confirmed that the latest patch I could see was : Looks like there is some…
Read moreRun the pre-check python script before upgrading vCenter Server 7.0 to Update 3c
Upgrading to vCenter Server 7.0U3c now requires an additional precheck to ensure that the ESXi Hosts managed by your vCenter Server are at the correct version and will not have any issues related to driver conflicts as detailed in VMware KB86447. Download python script from VMware website – > here. Transfer the file to a folder on vCenter…
Read moreWhat to do if you already upgraded to vSphere Update 3b?
As you probably know by now, update 3b has been recalled. But the question remains open for those who like me went through with this update. In this short video we will go through some question you may have. However if you do not find satisfying answer, please get in touch with me! Enjoy: Please…
Read morevSphere 7.0 U3b has been recalled!
VMware just recalled their latest update for vSphere and vCenter Server 7.0 U3b is no longer available for download. If a vCenter has already been upgraded to vCenter 7.0 U3b(or earlier) and is experiencing the symptoms mentioned in this KB 86191, please remove the i40enu driver. Furthermore here is a table of the critical issues…
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