UPDATE: VMware Global Support supplied me with vCOPs 5.8.0 Hot Fix 01 Build 1537842 which is available via a support request. This is a complete .pak update so you will need to go through the upgrade process as per usual. The issue of the missing data has been resolved, however I did need to go […] Read More
vCenter SSO 5.5: AD Group Membership Gotchya
I’ve been running vCenter SSO 5.5 in mixed mode with vCenter 5.1 for a little while in our lab and production environment and recently had to configure external authentication for access against a subset of VMs we host. I covered how to setup a vCenter 5.1 AD Identity source in a this previous post, and the […] Read More
Upgrading vShield Manager 5.0.x – A Leap of Faith Upgrade
Having recently just completed the upgrading our vCloud Platform from 1.5 to 5.1 I thought it best to share my experiences around the upgrading of the vShield Manager Component of the vCloud Suite. There are plenty or reference articles out there on the on the general flakiness of the vShield Product and it certainly appears […] Read More
Nested ESXi – Reduced Network Throughput with Promiscuous Mode PortGroups
We have been conducting performance and stress testing of a new NFS connected storage platform over the past month or so and through that testing we have seen some interesting behaviours in terms of what effects overall performance relative to total network throughput vs Latency vs IOPS. Using a couple of stress test scripts, we […] Read More
vCenter SSO 5.5 Backwards Compatability: Mixed Mode Install
While at a post #vFourmAU event last week a group of us where talking about SSO in vCenter 5.1 and what a disaster it had been (credibility wise) and that VMware had done their best to improve the experience in the 5.5 release. Out of that conversation came word that if people where looking to […] Read More
vCloud Reporting: Org and OrgvDC VM Report (PowerCLI)
I had been looking for a way to get quick reports from our vCloud Zones using PowerCLI that reports on VM Allocated Usage. Basically I wanted to get a list of VMs/vAPPs and return values for allocated vCPU, vRAM and Storage. I cam across this blog from Geek After Five @jakerobinson which uses the PowerCLI CI command […] Read More
Course Review: VMware vSphere Optimize and Scale 5.1
While it’s fresh in my head, I thought I might get a short post up reviewing the Optimize and Scale Course I just completed this week. Overall I was impressed with the course content and in summary it has plugged a few knowledge gaps and reinforced key technology fundamentals. Course Description: This training course, for […] Read More
First Look: CloudPhysics – Knowledge Base Advisor
I’ve been lucky enough to have been early access to a new Card from the guys at CloudPhyics which, at it’s core lets VMware admins quickly and precisely get an overview of issues in their environment linked back to VMware and other Vendor KB articles. CloudPhysics description is below: So what is it? The new […] Read More
VMware Series 2013 – EUC and vDC Ready and Waiting
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been fortunate to represent ZettaGrid, as a Platinum Sponsor of the VMware Series 2013 road shows in Melbourne and Sydney. The event has also been held in Brisbane and Canberra, and finishes up in Perth this week. The road shows main theme is showing off VMware’s End User […] Read More
PSOD Warning: IBM HS23 Blades, Emulex 10GB Network Adaptors and ESXi 5.1
This is a quick informational post to warn anyone running an Emulex based 10GbE Converged Ethernet adapter in an IBM Blade Center with HS23 Series Blade servers with ESXi 5.x … Fix is below. You are at risk of simultaneous host failure via the VMware PSOD under unspecified conditions if you do not update to the […] Read More