One of my customers had a issue with the native driver igbn (version 1.3.1-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847) that was automatic loaded after install the ESXi host using the […]
Link VMware Cloud on AWS vCenter to AD in AWS
For a customer I was doing a POC where we had to link the vCenter form the VMware on AWS offering from VMware with an […]
Convert RDM to VMDK
In preparation for a SRM project we had to check and migrate all RDM files to VMDK. Check which VM has RDM using PowerCLI Get-VM […]
Allow Virtual machines with duplicate MAC address on vSphere 5.5
In a migration project to VMware vSphere 5.5 I bumped into duplicate MAC address issue (I found out after some investigation). Some info on the […]
Where to find VMware version information
Here some links to find version information about VMware vSphere products http://vsphere-land.com/vinfo/release-build-info and about VMware Tools versions http://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions
How long can an ESXi host run?
Before starting an upgrade at a customer site I was surprised how long an ESXi host can run. Here the proof.
Upgrade VMware vCenter Appliance 5.1 to 5.5
A lot of my customers are running the vCenter Appliance version 5.1. Now they start to ask to upgrade this appliance to the newest version. […]
Remove leftovers of a vCenter plugin
During an upgrade at a customer site we removed a Dell Appliance that was connected to vCenter. We dit remove the aplliance just by powering […]
Upgrade ESXi 5.0 to 5.1 via VMware Update Manager : incompatible
Today I am at customer site to upgrade en vSphere environment to the latest and greatest version of VMware vSphere 5.1. We started the migration […]
Unable to expand VMFS partition
Today I was asked to expand a local datastore of a ESXi 4.1. Expanding a disk is normally no problem when you are able to […]