During the migration wizard I got an error, I couldn’t find anything. So when you have the same problem, hopefully here is the solution. To read more about vCenter migration see here. The error was: Internal error occurred during vCenter database export It pups up when the wizard tries to export SQL database data. Another indication that something is wrong was that the three option […]
Script to show last successful Veeam backup of VMs
Here is a small and simple PowerShell script to list VMs, their last successful backup and the days gone since then.
Create CPG using Disk Filter
Recently I had to create a new 3PAR CPG using just new added 1.2TB disks. But the system uses already a cage full of 600GB disk. While it was straight forward to change the existing CPG (using 3PAR Management Console) – StoreServe Management Console (SSMC) does not support this feature any more) to use all disk in cage 0, it was not possible to create a […]
4 ways to configure adv. settings in CLI
There are a few CLI methods to configure advanced settings in ESXi Hosts. It depends on where you are (vMA/Linux, Windows Client, Console) and what you want to do (configure all hosts or just a specific host, …) which option fits best. Here I describe the options: native PowerCLI, esxcli (console), esxcli (get-esxcli), esxcli (get-esxcli -v2) to: List All settings All settings in a specific […]
How PDL (Permanent Device Loss) looks like
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 […]
Create PSP rule for HPE 3PAR
There are a few best practices when implementing a 3PAR into a vSphere environment. One of these is the creation of a custom PSP-rule. With this set, all 3PAR volumes are automatically configured according to best practices when they get mounted. In this post I will show ways to create this rule. [Update] Because HPE Primera uses same vendor and model description as 3PAR, the […]
Mount HP Blade enclosure DVD on VMs
Mounting a HP BladeSystem enclosure DVD drive on a VM sounds easy. And it is, but it is not that easy as I thought first. Technically it is a USB drive for the host, but it is not possible to pass through the device as a USB drive. This post describes the steps to take for windows VMs (tested for Windows 2008 and 2012), but […]
vROps – Intelligent Workload Placement
There is not very much information out there for the new feature Intelligent Workload Placement in vROps 6.1 and its improvements in 6.2. In this post there are some information that should help to understand what this feature does.
VVOLs in SANsymphony-V10 PSP4 [or VVOLs on a notebook]
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With SANsymphony-V10 PSP4 DataCore introduced VMware VVOL support. In this post I write about the installation and administration of this feature. This is also a very nice way to take a running VVOL implementation on a notebook with you.
Upgrade to vCenter 6.0 did not migrate SQL to PostgreSQL
After an upgrade from vCenter 5.5 to 6.0U1 everything looks fine but the vCenter DB was still running in a SQL Express instance. Because this is an unsupported configuration it has to be fixed.
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