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Re: Fast Cold Migrations vSphere 8.0 | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:32:07 -0000

Hey Joe,

Unfortunately, we haven't had that information on the call. All I can find right now is a blog post from VMware https://core.vmware.com/res... but it does not give any info about the ports used. Perhaps you should contact a tech support from VMware.

Best,
Vladan

Re: Review of Cross vCenter Server vMotion on vSphere 7.0 U3c | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:24:41 -0000

To be honest, I found just this VMware KB where they stated that it's a requirement on the source and destination vCenters. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2106952 Better check with VMware to see if (perhaps) there is a cheaper alternative.

Re: VMware vSAN 8.0 ESA | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:59:52 -0000

Hi Duncan, thanks for the comment. Not sure why I had this information during the time of writing. I sent corrections to StarWind's person, based on what you've find out and it's incorrect. It will be corrected. Thanks.

Re: Imager: Free VMware Imager Utility | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:03:21 -0000

Hi Paul, thanks for the info. I will check it out.

Re: Review of Cross vCenter Server vMotion on vSphere 7.0 U3c | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 05:35:49 -0000

Yes, I'd say yes, but better check with VMware.

Re: How to Upgrade ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 without vCenter

Vladan — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 05:34:36 -0000

Possibly an unsupported hardware? would check with HCL page and with VMware (if you have support).

Re: How to Secure Your VMware ESXi Hosts | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:55:54 -0000

Should be good then -:) I can see potential compromise at the hypervisor level to be taken very seriously indeed.

Re: How to Secure Your VMware ESXi Hosts | StarWind Blog

Vladan — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 03:15:42 -0000

Yes, another path to explore, indeed. Keep in mind that this could potentially cause issues with OEM/3rd party management tools. Although those should come from a signed VIB file. But for example all HPE tools which are bundled in the custom images might not be signed.

Re: How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

Vladan — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 01:30:37 -0000

Email from VMware the 24th of November 2021: "As you may be aware, we have identified critical issues following the vSphere 7.0 U3 GA release, leading to two express patches. After further review, additional resolution complexities have come to light which we have been working around the clock to resolve, test and validate. To protect you from further impact and reduce the potential for further complexity until we have a properly vetted path forward, the decision has been made to put a hold on the full ESXi 7.0 U3 release (incl. ESXi U3, U3a and U3b) and vCenter Server U3b, removing it for download at this time. vCenter Server 7.0 U3 GA and U3a will remain available as a viable upgrade path and ESXi host backwards compatibility remains unchanged.

For now, we are asking you to hold on any moves to ESXi 7.0 U3. Please reference the following FAQ (https://kb.vmware.com/s/art... which goes into more detail and also gives guidance for those who have already updated in any form. For transparency and awareness, a banner is also being maintained directly on the download page. . "

Re: How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

Vladan — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:54:49 -0000

Finally VMware has reacted. Kb article https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/86398 explains the issues. Oh, BTW, they took down the U3 for the moment. Cmon VMware. Haven't done proper testing before launching U3?

Re: How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

Vladan — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 02:21:08 -0000

There is a new version of ESXi U3a that has been released by VMware. The U3 has had another problem - a PSOD. Here is a https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/86100. The U3a fixes the issue.

Re: How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

Vladan — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:49:49 -0000

Judging on what I see it seems quite a serious bugs. Thanks for pointing this out. My post was not mean to rush anyone for Upgrade to the latest U3, but rather highlight the method.

Re: How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

Vladan — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:56:58 -0000

Can you point the readers where those bugs are stated? On VMware website. It would help us to understand.

Re: How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

Vladan — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:56:20 -0000

Can you point the readers to that statement? Haven't seen that on the release notes https://docs.vmware.com/en/...

Re: How to manually patch VMware vCenter server Appliance (VCSA) in a Highly Secure or Offline Environments

Vladan — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:29:54 -0000

What do you mean? There are simply some isolated environments (without internet connection) that uses vSAN as a storage. Exactly same for VCSA as general.

Re: How to Migrate VMware vCenter from Windows to VCSA 6.7 Update 1

Vladan — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:07:36 -0000

I think yes. All the network information and vCenter ID is migrated. None of the external software app should see a difference.

Re: How to Migrate VMware vCenter from Windows to VCSA 6.7 Update 1

Vladan — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:05:12 -0000

Not as I'm aware of. But that's basically what's happening with the migration described in the post. You first deploy a new VCSA, then you copy the config over an cut the old Windows box. -:)

Re: Windows Admin Center for Windows Server 2019 – Getting Started

Vladan — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:11:33 -0000

go with the IP. Should be fine. If not, you should see the netbios name of the machine too via IPCONFIG /all command.

Re: How to Upgrade ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 without vCenter

Vladan — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 02:25:46 -0000

Hi Roberto, I'd suggest to check HCL, whether you're running those VMs on supported hardware. If yes, check the firmware/driver combination of the HBA (depending which storage you're using too). There might be an unsupported driver after the upgrade so you'll be most likely playing with the VIBs via CLI.

Re: How to Migrate VMware vCenter from Windows to VCSA 6.7 Update 1

Vladan — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:37:01 -0000

Hi, Better check with VMware if you have VMware support. The article has aged a bit, as now we're with vSphere 7.0 U1 too, so there might be other options. However, with the migration, ALL settings are transferred. So there should not be a problems.

Re: How to Upgrade ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 without vCenter

Vladan — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:15:04 -0000

Good catch. I'll have this updated. The screenshot says the good command though. Thanks for pointing this out Luiz.

Re: Windows Admin Center for Windows Server 2019 – Getting Started

Vladan — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 02:19:55 -0000

This is a default behavior for server systems. One must enter login/password combination every time, due to security reasons.

Re: Windows Admin Center for Windows Server 2019 – Getting Started

Vladan — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 06:29:45 -0000

Perhaps check the credentials. (domain vs local). Or try to connect from a "jump box" first when connecting from remote location.

Re: How to configure VMware ESXi 7.0 dump collector service

Vladan — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:15:31 -0000

Hi Bas, sure, should have mentioned this in the post. First, stop the service (via VAMI). Then you have to type this command to make the service to start automatically:
vmon-cli -S AUTOMATIC -U netdumper

Then again, start the service (via VAMI for example). Done. -:) Hope it helps.

Re: Veeam Backup and Replication 10 with Linux Proxy

Vladan — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:52:27 -0000

Hey Tim, thanks for the correction. Indeed, wrongly thoughts it was a network mode -:).