I wrote about the latest CBT issue (November edition) a couple of days ago, and as promised by VMware a patch has been released.
Original issue – KB 2136854
Patch to resolve the issue – ESXi600-201511001 (2137545)
Note: Before applying this patch on HP Proliant Gen 9 servers, see VMware ESXi 6.0 host fails to detect local disk after patching or applying Update 1 on HP Proliant Gen 9 servers (2120539).
Cheers VMware, lets hope this is the last of the CBT issues!!!
Regards
Dean Follow @saintdle
So here we are again, rounding the year off with yet another change block tracking warning.
I’ve written posts previously on the CBT bugs found in 5.5 and below and those found when vSphere 6.0 was released into the wild.
Basically it is the same as last time, the wrong sectors of data locations are returned by CBT when requested by your backup software. Meaning it targets the wrong data to backup.
Here is the official VMware KB 2136854. Which describes the following;
When running virtual machine backups which utilize Changed Block Tracking (CBT) in ESXi 6.0, you experience these symptoms:
- The CBT API call QueryDiskChangedAreas() API call can sometimes return incorrect changed sectors, which results in inconsistent incremental virtual machine backups.
- Inconsistent virtual machine backups
All incremental backups which utilize CBT are potentially affected.
Anton Gostev, Veeam, has released a lengthy email to Veeam customers and Gostev lovers stating the following (you can follow the veeam forum post here); Continue reading Yet again, ESXi 6.0, CBT issues #vDM30in30
A little bit of a longer one than usual, as I was part way through writing this the other month, then I got distracted with other blog posts.
Hope you find some of these useful.
EtherealMinds Eleven Rules of Design Documentation – This is one the best articles I’ve read in a long time, and reiterates the fact you need to keep it simple and a diagram replaces a thousand words.
Microsoft Continue reading And more blogs and sites I’ve been reading and sharing
My previous posts in the series covered getting the Cisco UCS up and running and into production, and it seems that adding how to upgrade the Firmware on the UCS at the end of the series is best, as you will find yourself needing to do this once the system is in production as well.
Note: Many thanks to Rene again for this simple post helping me through the steps.
Note2: It’s also worth looking through this short article on the do’s and don’t of UCS Firmware updates, from a session held at Cisco Live 2014.
Covered in this post;
Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 4 – Upgrading the Firmware
This is the final part of the series, where I cover off installing ESXi 6.0 onto the blade of the UCS system.
Note: Please check your firmware is at the correct level needed. You can see this guide for upgrade the firmware.
Setting up the SD Cards (FlexFlash) Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 3 – from scratch for VMware ESXi