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Workaround – VCSA 6.7 Upgrade Fails with CURL Error: Couldn’t resolve host name

07/10/2018 / Comments Off on Workaround – VCSA 6.7 Upgrade Fails with CURL Error: Couldn’t resolve host name

It’s never an issue with DNS! Even when DNS looks right…it’s still DNS! I came across an issue today trying to upgrade a 6.5 VCSA to 6.7. The new VCSA appliance deployment was failing with an OVFTool error suggesting that DNS was incorrectly configured.

Initially I used the FQDN for source and target vCenter’s […] Read More

Released: vCloud Director 9.1.0.1 – API Tweaks and Resolved Issues

06/26/2018 / 1 Comment

There was a point release of vCloud Director 9.1 (9.1.0.1 Build 8825802) released last week, bringing with it an updated Java Runtime plus new API functions that allow additional configuration of advanced settings for virtual machines. There was also a number of bug fixes from the initial 9.1 release earlier in the year. Some of the […] Read More

vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2018 – The Power to Catapult!

06/14/2018 / Comments Off on vBrownBag TechTalks at VMworld 2018 – The Power to Catapult!

VMworld 2018 is fast approaching and in the last 24 hours, notifications where sent out to those lucky enough to have their session submissions accepted. Having been on the wrong side of that email multiple times I understand the disappointment that comes with not having a session accepted. The great news about VMworld is that […] Read More

Released: NSX-v 6.4.1 New Features and Fixes

05/30/2018 / Comments Off on Released: NSX-v 6.4.1 New Features and Fixes

Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.4.1 (Build 8599035) that contains a some new features and addresses a number of resolved issues from previous releases. I will go through the new features in more detail below however a key mentions is the fact that vSphere 6.7 is now supported, also meaning the vCloud Director can now […] Read More

Quick Fix: vSAN Health Reports iSCSI Target Service Stopped

05/07/2018 / Comments Off on Quick Fix: vSAN Health Reports iSCSI Target Service Stopped

A few weeks ago I wrote about using iSCSI as a backup repository target. While still running this POC in my environment I came across an error in the vSAN Health Checker stating the vSAN iSCSI target service was in a Failed state. Drilling down into the vSAN Health check tree I could see a […] Read More

vSphere 6.7 – What’s in it for Service Providers Part 1

04/30/2018 / Comments Off on vSphere 6.7 – What’s in it for Service Providers Part 1

A few weeks ago after much anticipation VMware released vSphere 6.7. Like 6.5 before it, this is a lot more than a point release and represents a major upgrade from vSphere 6.5. There is so much packed into this new release that there is an official page with separate blog posts talking about the features […] Read More

Released: vSAN 6.7 – HTML5 Goodness, Enhanced Health Checks and More!

04/17/2018 / Comments Off on Released: vSAN 6.7 – HTML5 Goodness, Enhanced Health Checks and More!

VMware has announced the general availability of vSAN 6.7. As vSAN continues to grow, VMware are very buoyant about how it’s performing in the market. With some 10,000 customers at a run rate of over 600 million they claim to lead the HyperConverged market with a 32% market share. From my point of view it’s […] Read More

Released: NSX-v 6.3.6

04/10/2018 / Comments Off on Released: NSX-v 6.3.6

Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.3.6 (Build 8085122) that doesn’t contain any new features but addresses a number of bug fixes from previous releases. This has been done independently of any updated release of NSX-v 6.4.0 that went GA in January. This is good to see though interesting to also see that people are still […] Read More

Setting up vSAN iSCSI and using it as a Veeam Repository

03/29/2018 / Comments Off on Setting up vSAN iSCSI and using it as a Veeam Repository

Probably one of the least talked about features of vSAN is it’s ability to serve out iSCSI volumes. The feature was released with vSAN 6.5 and was primarily focused on physical workloads and is easily configurable via the vSphere Web Client. iSCSI targets on vSAN are managed the same as any other vSAN objects using […] Read More

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