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Microsoft Convenience Update and VMware VMXNet3 Incompatibilities

June 2, 2016munishpalmakhija

Microsoft recently released a “Convenience Update” patch for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This update has incompatibility issues with virtual machines running on the VMware vSphere virtualization platform. This incompatibility is confined to one specific configuration scenario – It impacts VMs that use the VMware VMXNet3 virtual…Continue readingMicrosoft Convenience Update and VMware VMXNet3 Incompatibilities

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Goodbye vSphere Client for Windows (C#)

May 18, 2016munishpalmakhija

VMware has announced C# client (AKA Desktop Client/thick client/vSphere Client for Windows) will not be available for the next version of vSphere. . It will be replaced with the HTML 5 Web Client which is a VMware Fling today Current versions of vSphere (6.0, 5.5) will not be affected, as…Continue readingGoodbye vSphere Client for Windows (C#)

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Migrate Port Groups from Standard Switch to Distributed Switch

April 29, 2016munishpalmakhija

In our current environment we use to create port groups on vSphere Standard Switches. It was fine until the environment was small. Once it reached 5 Hosts and about 25 odd Port Group we started observing issues of inconsistency and issues being observed in terms of naming conventions, VLAN id…Continue readingMigrate Port Groups from Standard Switch to Distributed Switch

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VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager service fails to start

March 8, 2016munishpalmakhija

Setup VMware vCenter 5.5 Update 2e SRM 5.5.1 Issue SRM Sites Unable to Connect Analysis Upon troubleshooting, we have noticed that customer has upgraded their vCenter server from 5.5 U2e to 5.5 U3b. In vCenter 5.5 U3b, SSLv3 is disabled by default due to POODLE vulnerability. Due to this upgrade…Continue readingVMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager service fails to start

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Simplified VMware Certification Program Exam Registration Process

March 8, 2016munishpalmakhija

As of March 5th 2016 VMware and Pearson VUE have made system changes to simplify the certification exam registration process. You will now find that exam registration is a seamless experience when you log into your VMware MyLearn account. Just select the “Register Now” button or link while navigating through…Continue readingSimplified VMware Certification Program Exam Registration Process

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VMware SRM 6 Demo

March 4, 2016munishpalmakhija

Recently we had to record video and one of my collegeau did an excellent job of recording the SRM 6.0 Demo This video includes following Test Recovery and Clean up to simulate Test Planned Migration to DR simulating scheduled maintenance and Planned Migration back to PROD once maintenance is completed …Continue readingVMware SRM 6 Demo

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Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Configuration Continued

March 3, 2016munishpalmakhija

This is Part 2 of Configuration of VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Adding Array Manager and Enable array pair In this Step we will be adding Storage appliance IP address as per their respective sites. Go to Sites, click on one of the sites, Under Summary, click on Add array…Continue readingSite Recovery Manager 6.0 Configuration Continued

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Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Configuration

March 3, 2016munishpalmakhija

This is Part 1 of Configuration of VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Granting access for pairing the sites Below Steps for granting access to Administrator Group should be followed on both the ends i.e. it should be added on Production and DR. Login to vCenter web Client. Go to Administrator…Continue readingSite Recovery Manager 6.0 Configuration

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Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Installation

March 3, 2016munishpalmakhija

Installation of VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Pre-requisites for VMware Site Recovery Manager Installation New Database has to be created on MS SQL 2008/2012 R2. Create an SQL Service account with appropriate permissions Create an ODBC connection to the newly created database Download the SRM and SRA installable Install Java…Continue readingSite Recovery Manager 6.0 Installation

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VMware vCenter 6.0 Installation

March 3, 2016munishpalmakhija

Creating System DSN Connection Following screen shots illustrates Creation of System DSN Connection to connect with remote Microsoft SQL Database which is already created by SQL admins. Ø Go to Start à Administrative Tools à Select Data Sources (ODBC) Ø Select System DSN Tab. Ø Click on Add Ø Select SQL…Continue readingVMware vCenter 6.0 Installation

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