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Upgrade ESXi to 6.5 using VMware Update Manager

Upgrade ESXi to 6.5 using VMware Update Manager

One of my favorite features in vCenter 6.5 is the built-in Update Manager. VMware Update Manager (VUM) 6.5 is used to patch and upgrade vSphere ESXi hosts, virtual appliances, VMware Tools, and virtual hardware. Previous versions of the vCenter Server Appliance required a separate Windows machine to run Update Manager. For many admins, this was a deterrent in deploying VUM. Now that the embedded Update Manager leverages the vCenter Server Appliance Postgres database, there is no additional vms to install…

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VMware Patch Release for ESXi and vCenter 6.5

VMware Patch Release for ESXi and vCenter 6.5

Quick update: VMware released patches for both ESXi and vCenter 6.5 today. There are quite a few fixes we could discuss, but I will concentrate on the highlights and provide a few helpful links. VMware ESXi 6.5, Patch ESXi-6.5.0-20170304001-standard Fixes UNMAP – Automated UNMAP was introduced in 6.5, but has experienced some issues relating to requests not being passed to the storage array; thus, no space reclamation. Cormac Hogan has an in-depth article on this. ESXi SNMP Crash – The ESXi…

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Deploy OVF Template Error – VMware Log Insight

Deploy OVF Template Error – VMware Log Insight

Update: This issue is reportedly fixed in VMware’s latest vCenter 6.5b patch. Recently, while trying to deploy an OVA (VMware vRealize Log Insight 4.3), I received an error stating ‘This version of vCenter Server does not support Deploy OVF Template using this version of vSphere Web Client. To Deploy OVF Template, login with version 6.5.0.0 of vSphere Web Client.’ Here is the catch; I was using the 6.5 vSphere Web Client. After a little research, I came across this KB…

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Veeam and vSphere 6.5

Veeam and vSphere 6.5

Attention VMware and Veeam backup users: If you are thinking about upgrading your VMware environment to 6.5, Veeam has a YouTube session for you. Veeam’s own Anton Gostev will be discussing ‘vSphere 6.5 backup gotchas’. As per the Veeam Community Digest, the session will be available to the base install group via his live YouTube channel tomorrow. A recording will be available for all others. In this session, he will be discussing topics that should be considered when upgrading to vSphere…

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Enabling Zerto Plugin in vSphere Web Client 6.5

Enabling Zerto Plugin in vSphere Web Client 6.5

If you are a Zerto Replication user and have upgraded your VMware environment to 6.5, you may find yourself missing the Zerto plugin that was available in the vSphere C# client. To get the Zerto plugin to display within the vSphere Web Client, we will need to edit the webclient.properties file within vCenter to enable script plug-in support. I think it goes without saying, but when you are editing any vCenter files, ensure you have a current backup. In this process,…

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