Some time ago differentiation between PDL (Permanent Device Loss) and APD (All Path Down) was introduced to vSphere. In a PDL situation, the hosts does not expect the device to return. PDL happens for example, when an administrator un-presents a LUN from a host. APD on the other hand is completely unplanned. By default the host tries to get the device back. Starting with vSphere […]
HP Bundles are not updated using Update Manager
You probably know that you can add HP VIB Repositorys to VMware vSphere Update Manager. I normally add these links to Update Manager: http://vibsdepot.hp.com/index.xml http://vibsdepot.hp.com/index-drv.xml So you can define an own baseline for HP VIB packages or add them to you already existing baselines. I would recommend the first option.
Configure HP iLO in ESXi console
To configure a HP iLO board you can use a web browser of course. But how to access iLO when you did not set a correct IP address or Administrator password in BIOS using F8 key? Of course you can reboot and enter F8 at boot. But to restart a ESXi host just to enter a iLO IP address is not very elegant. Here I will […]
Update host without Update Manager by using esxcli
This blog post describes how to update respectively install VIBs on hosts without using VMware Update Manager (VUM). Instead of VUM we will use esxcli. esxcli software is a really powerful framework which you can use to keep your hosts up-to-date, install and remove bundles. The commands below are using real repositories and vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). These examples should work fine for ESXi 5.x. […]
[HP] bugs you should know about
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This is a list of bugs in HPE hardware and software. These are issues that could harm the availability of your environment. The list is updated irregularly. See this post for VMware bugs you should know about. [October 2017] PROBLEM In a certain constellation of NIC driver (bnx2x) and firmware version, an update of driver version (2.713.30) in ESXi hosts can physically kill a NIC. […]
VMworld2014|14.10.|[VAPP2635-SPO] Best practices for managing your VMware environment with HP integrations
I thought the session would be focused on HP tools and practices to integrate HP servers and storage into vSphere environments for managing, monitoring and installation. But this session was mainly focused on OneView integration into vCenter. HP OneView for VMware vCenter Plug-in to Web Client is available for OneView integration Networking graphical display of network cabling – which is very nice! you can see […]
configure esxi shutdown in case of power loss (HP UPS)
These steps are necessary to implement a graceful shutdown of an vSphere environment. For this scenario you need supportet HP UPSs for HP Power Protector.
configure Smart Array Controller by use of esxcli
The following commands show how to configure an HP Smart Array Controller by use of command line utility esxcli. Some time ago, ACU is replaced by Smart Storage Administrator (SSA). So if the command hpacucli doesn´t work for you any more, replace it by hpssacli. To be able to do this, HP offline bundle must be installed on the host.
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