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When does VMware support end? (EOL for VMware Products)

Graham
Ever wondered when VMware stop supporting certain versions of vCenter Server / ESXi or in fact, any VMware product? Check out the VMware product lifecycle matrix here. Also review this page or the excerpt below for terminology General Support Phase The General Support phase begins on the date of general...
VMware SRM

Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6.1 – Site Pairing Notes

Graham
If you think you have a problem where you are unable to pair SRM sites because of an SRM ID registration issue with vCenter server, see the below note: When pairing two SRM sites, select the Live site and click Pair Sites. On this screen remember that you are entering...
VMware SRMvSphere

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

Graham
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 TechnologiesvSphere

HP, DELL and CISCO custom ESXi images

Graham
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...
VMware vSANvSphere

VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 2 – Key features

Graham
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...
VMware vRealize (Aria)

vRealize Operations Manager – Licensing misunderstanding

Graham
For those who get vROps included with their vSphere purchase (ie VMware vSphere with Operations Management Enterprise Plus) you might be assuming that you get the equivalent vROps licence. This is incorrect. You will only get vROps Standard regardless of whether you purchase Enterprise or Enterprise Plus vSphere licensing. For Advanced...
vSphere

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

Graham
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...
vSphere

VMware tool’s vShield Endpoint driver renamed

Graham
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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