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Failed to start the virtual machine – Missing VMDK descriptor file

GrahamJuly 27, 2016August 10, 2016

When powering on a VM you may see entries similar to: Failed to start the virtual machine. Module DiskEarly power on failed. Cannot open the disk 'vm.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. The system cannot find the file specified VMware ESX cannot find the virtual disk...

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Upgrading an Embedded VCSA PSC deployment to an External VCSA PSC deployment

GrahamJuly 26, 2016July 26, 2016

This post if intended for those who have an Embedded PSC VCSA deployment and need to convert to an External PSC VCSA deployment. First, you need to upgrade your Embedded VCSA to at least 6.0 Update 1. Next, deploy a new External PSC Appliance (or Windows Server version if required)...

SRM vSphere

No VRM Server registered with vCenter Server for site (SRM 6.1)

GrahamJuly 26, 2016July 26, 2016

When creating a protection group within SRM 6.1 for vSphere Replication 6.1 you get the following error: Resolution: Ensure you have at least 1 VM configured for vSphere Replication then make sure to check the date & times across all (Live and remote/DR) vSphere infrastructure components including: All vCenter servers / appliances All SRM...

Dell EMC vSphere

HP, DELL and CISCO custom ESXi images

GrahamJuly 26, 2016February 28, 2017

I see many questions on the VMTN regarding the use of custom ESXi ISO images released by the major server vendors. In short, always use the ESXi image supplied by the vendor. They contain supported drivers and management VIBs (Such as ILO management for HP) which VMware do not provide...

vSAN vSphere

VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 2 – Key features

GrahamJuly 25, 2016July 26, 2016

It doesn’t seem long since update 1 was released for vSphere 6.0, however we now have update 2 and here are the key features in this upgrade: vSphere Web Client RSA SecurID and smart card support for authentication to the Web Client Official support for Windows 10 vCenter Server Microsoft SQL server...

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System has paused replication: Disk added to VM (Hot-Add issue)

GrahamJuly 23, 2016July 26, 2016

vSphere Replication is designed to pause when a new disk is added to a replicated VM. It is possible to reconfigure the job and either accept the new disk or remove it from the replication job. However some backup appliances use Hot-Add to backup Virtual Machines which means that vSphere...

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VMware tool’s vShield Endpoint driver renamed

GrahamJuly 20, 2016July 26, 2016

For those trying to install the vShield Endpoint VMCI driver via a manual VMware tools installation, you may notice that when installing VMware tools that "vShield Endpoint" is missing as one of the install options. As of an earlier update to vSphere 5.5 "vShield Endpoint" has been split into two new installation...

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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.0 & 6.0U1 Overview

GrahamJune 27, 2016July 26, 2016

A few interesting notes on the new vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) as of version 6.0 and 6.0U1 Since vSphere 6.0U1 you can now patch your ESXi hosts via the Web Client, no need to use the C# client for this anymore. The only external database supported with the VCSA is Oracle DB....

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vSphere 6.0 Update 1 Released

GrahamOctober 8, 2015July 26, 2016

VMware have recently released update 1 of it’s latest version of the vSphere suite. In summary, new features include: vCenter Server 6.0U1 New HTML5 Platform Services Controller UI: https:///psc Fault Tolerance and vSAN Interoperability now supported ESXi 6.0U1 vSAN 6.0U1 now supports stretched clusters & 2 node RBO configurations Site...

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