VMware Update Manager is one of the most necessary tools in your environment, it’s also built really well and can be customized to fit your environment. However there are times that the update manager plugin within vCenter Client can break. So lets look at a hidden tool to fix most of your Update Manager woes. … Continue reading VMware Update Manager – Fixing vCenter Plugin Issues
So I’m in the middle of an upgrade of environment that has; 2 x Hosts on ESX 4.0 SAN using SAS connections to Hosts No resources available for failover and testing Limited network ports I’m installing; 3 x Hosts on ESXi 5.5 Nimble SAN – iSCSI So to move all the virtual machines from the … Continue reading Back to the Future – Configure ESX 4.0 iSCSI Multipathing
So I covered Veeam Backup and Replication v8 here. And now for the Veeam ONE Edition of the v8 update post. The Update Process Pretty simple, mount the ISO, follow the instructions for Veeam One install, which will detect and upgrade the existing environment. New Look, New Features So you will see that straight away … Continue reading Veeam ONE v8 – New Look, New Features
Sometimes we get so bogged down into the technical details, we forget that some people just want to know about a product and how it’s used, not how to configure it and the advance settings. This blog post was first wrote for my employers blog by me, but I think it’s a perfect High Level … Continue reading Veeam: High Level End user case study, from an engineer’s perspective
HP iLO is a great tool to have, remote console access, unfortunately it is sometimes forgotten by engineers and technicians to be configured. Which is a pain when you then need remote access to the ESXi. So here is how to configure the HP iLO IP address using the ESXCLI via SSH. Turn on your … Continue reading Setting iLO IP Address via ESXi CLI