In this byte, we will go over the VMware Common Logging Service Alarm as well as the dynamic resize of vCenter Hard disks. Over the weekend, I received a few traps from a 6.x vCenter Server Appliance. The specific trap came through stating the vmware-syslog status changing from yellow to red. I was able to confirm this within vCenter with a VMware Common Logging Health alarm. Normally this means one of two things: A service (syslog) has stopped. The storage…
During a recent 6.0 to 6.5 upgrade, we ran into an incompatibility error while upgrading the ESXi version on multiple HP Proliant Blades with an HPe Custom Image. The error stated: The upgrade contains the following set of conflicting VIBs: Mellanox_bootbank_net-mlx4-en_2.0.0.0-1OEM.550.0.0.472560 Remove the conflicting VIBs or use Image Builder to create a custom upgrade ISO image that contains the newer versions of the conflicting VIBs, and try to upgrade again. No need to panic. We will check to see if…
With VMware vSphere 6.5 being about 3 months into its release cycle, a lot of you may be gearing up to upgrade your environment. In this byte, we will go through the upgrade process from 6.0 to 6.5 for the vCenter Server Appliance. Like the 6.0 upgrade, this is a side by side upgrade. Meaning upgrading to 6.5 will be performed in two stages. The initial stage will deploy a new appliance. Followed by the second stage where your data…
It was announced yesterday that VMware Education Services is rolling out a new On Demand Learning Interface. If you have utilized their On Demand Learning before, navigating through course material proved to be a bit cumbersome at times. Fret no more friends, the new console aims to provide a seamless experience by providing easier access to course content. All the course content can now be accessed from a central page to make navigation more intuitive. As per VMware, existing courses…
In this byte, we will go over how to install VMware vCenter Appliance (vCSA) 6.0 This is a pretty straightforward deployment. To save time make sure your DNS entries are taken care of before the installation (forward and reverse). In a change from previous versions, the vCSA is no longer an OVA. It now comes as an ISO that you can mount to your local computer. Mount the vCSA ISO.