Quick Fix - Issues Upgrading VCSA due to Password Expiration
2020 Update : It seems as though this issue also pops up if doing a major version upgrade of the VCSA through the migration option. I was getting this error ...
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Improving the Upgrade and Patching Experience with Veeam
In todays application centric world, upgrading software has almost become a non-event. We have gotten used to instant upgrades that just work without having ...
Quick Fix: Upgrading to vCloud Director 9.7 fails During Database Script Updates
While looking to upgrade one of my vCloud Director instances I came across an error during the database upgrade process which is the second step of updating ...
vSphere 6.7 Update 1 - Top New Features and Platform Supportability
Last week VMware released vSphere 6.7 Update 1 . While the buzz around this release was less than the previous release it still contains a ton of enhancement...
Quick Fix - VCSA 6.7.0.10000 Can't Update via URL from Management Interface
I had an issue with my VCSA today trying to upgrade to vCenter 6.7 Update 1 whereby the Management Interface Upgrade option was not detecting the update to u...
Workaround - VCSA 6.7 Upgrade Fails with CURL Error: Couldn't resolve host name
It's never an issue with DNS! Even when DNS looks right...it's still DNS! I came across an issue today trying to upgrade a 6.5 VCSA to 6.7. The new VCSA appl...
Released: NSX-v 6.3.4 and Upgrade Notes and Fixes
Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.3.4 ( Build 6845891 ) that contains no specific new features but addresses a couple of bug fixes from previous releases. Go...
NSX Bytes: NSX-v 6.3.3 Released - Upgrade Notes and Enhancements
Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.3.3 ( Build 6276725 ) and with it comes a new operating system for the NSX Controllers. Once upgraded the new controllers w...
Quick Fix - Unable to Upgrade Distributed Switch After vCenter Upgrade
This week I upgraded (and migrated) my SliemaLabs NestedESXi vCenter from a Windows 6.0 server to a 6.5 VCSA ...everything went well, but ran into an issue w...
migrate2vcsa - Migrating vCenter 6.0 to 6.5 VCSA
Over the past few years i've written a couple of articles on upgrading vCenter from 5.5 to 6.0. Firstly an in place upgrade of the 5.5 VCSA to 6.0 and then m...
Upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 In-Place: Issues and Fixes
Yes that's not a typo...this post is focusing on upgrading Windows vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 via an in-place upgrade. There is the option to use the vSphere 6.0 Upd...
VSAN Upgrading From 6.1 To 6.2 Hybrid To All Flash – Part 2
When VSAN 6.2 was released earlier this year it came with new and enhanced features and with the price of SSDs continuing to fall and an expanding HCL it see...
VSAN Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 Hybrid to All Flash - Part 1
When VSAN 6.2 was released earlier this year it came with new and enhanced features and depending on what version you where running you might not have been a...
vCloud Director 5.5 Upgrade: Database Upgrade Issues
Generally speaking upgrading the vCloud Director binaries is a pretty straight forward task. It's a two step process where the Cell's are upgraded first foll...
vCenter SSO 5.5 Backwards Compatability: Mixed Mode Install
While at a post #vFourmAU event last week a group of us where talking about SSO in vCenter 5.1 and what a disaster it had been (credibility wise) and that VM...