Virtualization
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Four ways to upload files to VMware vSphere datastore
Uploading files whether it be ISO’s, VMX config files, or VMDKs is a necessary task for most VMware administrators in various situations. When looking to upload files to your VMware vSphere environment, there are multiple ways to skin a cat…
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VMware Disk Consolidation unable to access file since it is locked
I wanted to write up a quick post concerning an error I received recently with consolidating disks on a few VMs. Disk consolidation is needed when snapshot disks fail to compact after a Delete or Delete All operation or if…
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Upgrading VMware NSX Manager to 6.3.1
With the release of VMware NSX 6.3, we now have NSX compatibility with vSphere 6.5a and higher. Recently released was the upgrade patch to upgrade to NSX 6.3.1 which is mostly a bug fix release with specific customer bugs. In…
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VMware vSphere 6.5 Change vmkernel MTU size
When dealing with VMkernel ports in vSphere 6.5 for most use cases for performance, we want to enable jumbo frames on the vmkernel ports to allow for less fragmentation of the packets for iSCSI, vMotion, and so forth. Let’s take…
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VMware VCSA 6.5 error code 42500 joining Active Directory domain
Many VMware administrators by now are most likely looking at moving to vSphere 6.5. In doing so, moving to VCSA 6.5 appliance is the first step towards that goal, besides proper planning of course. Part of any vCenter configuration is…
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Windows Server 2016 Install VMware Paravirtual SCSI controller
For best disk performance with virtual machines, it is advisable to use the VMware Paravirtual SCSI controller for the virtual disks. However, if you try to install Windows Server 2016 with the VMware Paravirtual SCSI adapter on a clean OS…
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Remove Orphaned VM in VMware vCenter Web Client
Recently, I ran into an issue where I had a VM that was showing as orphaned in vCenter 6.5 web client. The VM was not showing on the host itself when logging in directly. When I right clicked on the…
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VMware ESXi 6.5 Can’t Add Existing iSCSI LUN
In playing around with adding an existing iSCSI LUN to a new VMware ESXi 6.5 host in a lab environment, I ran into a peculiar issue adding the storage to the server. In thoroughly checking everything back over, I didn’t…
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How to Create VMFS 6 Datastore in VMware vSphere 6.5
With all of the new storage enhancements that come with vSphere 6.5 using 4K aligned drives and the new unmap feature, you need to use a VMFS 6 formatted datastore. How do you create a VMFS 6 datastore? Let’s take…
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VMware ESXi 6.5 4k Drive Support
One of the new features and functionality that is probably getting overlooked with the other great functionality that is out in vSphere 6.5, is VMware ESXi 6.5 4k 512e drive support. Let’s take a look at some of the details of…
