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Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.7 – New Feature Walkthroughs Available

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Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.7 – New Feature Walkthroughs Available

Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.7 – New Feature Walkthroughs Available

We are proud to announce we have two new feature walkthroughs available which cover the vCenter Server upgrade from vSphere 6.5 to vSphere 6.7. Introduction Located on our vSphere Central site we have created two new feature walkthroughs focused on upgrading your vCenter Server from version 6.5 to version 6.7. The first walkthrough covers Upgrading The post Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.7 – New Feature Walkthroughs Available appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.

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Introducing vCenter Server 6.7

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Introducing vCenter Server 6.7

Introducing vCenter Server 6.7

vSphere 6.7 is here! and the vCenter Server Appliance is now the default deployment. This release is full of new enhancements for the vCenter Server Appliance in all areas. Now customers have more tooling to help with monitoring. The vSphere Client (HTML5) is full of new workflows and closer to feature parity. The vCenter Server The post Introducing vCenter Server 6.7 appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .

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migrate2vcsa – Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VCSA

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migrate2vcsa – Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VCSA

migrate2vcsa – Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VSCA

Over the past few years i’ve written a couple of articles on upgrading vCenter from 5.5 to 6.0. Firstly an in place upgrade of the 5.5 VCSA to 6.0 and then more recently an in place upgrade of a Windows 5.5 vCenter to 6.0. This week I upgraded and migrated my NestedESXi SliemaLab vCenter using the migrate2vcsa tool that’s now The post migrate2vcsa – Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VSCA appeared first on VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE! .

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Released: vCenter and ESXi 6.0 Update 3 –…

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Released: vCenter and ESXi 6.0 Update 3 – What’s in It for Service Providers — via VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE!

Released: vCenter and ESXi 6.0 Update 3 –…

Last month I wrote a blog post on upgrading vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 Update 2 and during the course of writing that blog post I conducted a survey on which version of vSphere most people where seeing out in the wild…overwhelmingly vSphere 6.0 was the most popular version with 5.5 second and 6.5 lagging in adoption for the moment.

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New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment…

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New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Walkthroughs – via VMware vSphere Blog

New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment…

vSphere 6.5 takes the VCSA deployment experience to the next level. The VCSA 6.5 installer no longer requires a plugin, making it browser agnostic. If that wasn’t enough, the VCSA installer now supports use on macOS, Linux, and Window. The VMware Feature Walkthrough site has two new VCSA 6.5 deployment walkthroughs. These two step-by-step guides cover the VCSA 6.5 embedded and external deployments.

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New vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Backup…

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New vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Backup / Restore Walkthroughs

New vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Backup…

The vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 is full of new and exclusive features. One of which is the native file-based backup and restore. I’m happy to announce two new guided walkthroughs on the VMware Feature Walkthrough site.

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Disable the “This host currently has no management network redundancy” message

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Let’s go over how to disable the “This host currently has no management network redundancy” message.  It’s annoying and we can get rid of the yellow triangles that show on the hosts due to this message.  And I know, you “should” have redundancy on your management network but we’re just not worried about it.  Our hosts are in our building and not at a co-lo so we have constant access to them in the event something happens and we need access.

Management Network Redundancy WarningSince we don’t care about this warning, I wanted to hide it.  This way we can see if there are actual errors on the host and not some warning about network redundancy.  The fix is done with an advanced option in the cluster properties. In the cluster properties, under vSphere HA, select Advanced Options.  Then add an option named das.ignoreRedundantNetWarning and set the Value to true.

ignoreRedundantNetWarningAnd that’s it! Once the option is in, go to each host and reconfigure for vSphere HA.  The warning will then disappear and your vCenter will look clean again.

SRM 5.8 Plugin does not display in the vSphere Web Client

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Today when logging into the vSphere Web Client to document the SRM testing process, I noticed that the SRM plugin did not show on the home screen.  However, when logging into the protected site I noticed that it was there.  Here are my troubleshooting steps:

1. Logged into the SRM server and noticed the service was not running.  I started the service and tried logging into the web client, but the plugin was still not showing.

2. I then rebooted the SRM box and logged back into the web client.  Still no SRM plugin.

3. I restarted the vCenter service and web managementservices on the vCenter box. Still no SRM plugin.

4. Finally, I restarted the web client service on the vcenter box. Logged into the web client, and voila! Plugin was showing.

The root cause is that the SRM service must be running.  If it is not, start the service and then restart the web client service on the vCenter server.

Update Manager Error: sysimage.fault.SSLCertificateError

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I had to redeploy a vCenter Server Appliance recently and got an error when opening vCenter: sysimage.fault.SSLCertificateError.

sysimage.fault.SSLCertificateErrorThis is caused by the certificate on the vCenter Server changing.  This causes the Upgrade Manager needing to be re-registered with the vCenter Server.  Luckily, VMware provides a utility to do just that.  Go to your vCenter Upgrade Manager Server (The appliance does not include this, so it will typically be installed on a separate Windows Server).

Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager” and open the file “VMwareUpdateManagerUtility”.

VMwareUpdateManagerUtilityNext, enter the credentials for your vCenter Server and hit Login.

UtilityLoginOnce the window opens, you’ll want to click “Re-register to vCenter Server”. This brings up another login screen.  You can use the same credentials you did to open the utility here as well.

Re-register to vCenter ServerFinally click apply and you will receive a notification that you need to restart the VMware vSphere Update Manager in order for the settings to take affect.

RestartUpdateManagerServiceRestart the service and open the vSphere Client again.  The error will be gone and you’ll be able to use Update Manager again.