During an upgrade I got the following error: “A problem occurred while getting data from the source vCenter Server”
And the install log has the following information. Continue reading VMware vCenter VCSA 6.5 Upgrade “Error: queryAaaa ENODATA”
Category: Tips and Tricks
VMware Auto Deploy not showing in vSphere Web Client
I have had an annoying issue in the vSphere 6.5 Web Client, where Auto Deploy would not show up in the left side menu.
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Storage Optimization for VMware vSphere
This is meant as a dynamic article for looking up best practice settings for different storage arrays when adding them to VMware.
Why modify the default settings?
When datastores are added to an ESXi host, there are multiple ways that ESXi can leverage the storage. In some cases ESXi will use Most Recently Used path (Active/Standby or MRU) by default, which means that you only leverage one path at the time. This could result in a bottleneck in your storage infrastructure. Many arrays are able to handle Round Robin (Multi path Active/Active or RR) By enabling this will distribute your storage traffic onto multiple adapters, provided that you have multiple adapters.
Other settings can involve how many I/O ESXi should send to a path before switching to another path, or advanced settings that alters the way ESXi handles the storage.
Getting these settings correct will most often result in better performance, but can also help you stay out of trouble that can lead to breakdowns. Continue reading Storage Optimization for VMware vSphere
Cross SSO and vCenter VMotion using PowerCLI
http://cloudmaniac.net/using-powercli-to-vmotion-vm-between-different-sso-domains-vcenters/
Roman Decker wrote an article about how to move virtual machine between vCenters that are not part of the same SSO domain, using PowerCLI.
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VMware vCSA 6.5 Scheduled Backup
The new vCenter 6.5 Server Appliance comes with a backup function, but it is not possible to schedule the backup out of the box.
But there are several ways that you can do this yourself. Continue reading VMware vCSA 6.5 Scheduled Backup
VMware ESXi Update on IBM Servers fail
I ran into an error the other day, when updating an IBM based vSphere 6.0 environment using Update Manager, and I want to share my solution with you and myself, so I do not need to find it the next time I run into it.
ERROR: The host returns esxupdate error code:15. The package manager transactions is not successful. Check the update Manager log files and esxupdate.log files for more details.
Script – Find orphaned files
If you need to search your vSphere Datastores for orphaned VMDK files, Luc Dekens made a script that can help you.
http://www.lucd.info/2016/09/13/orphaned-files-revisited/
Another possibility is to use rvTools.