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EMC PowerPath Virtual Appliance Version 2.0 SP1: New features and changes
EMC PowerPath Virtual Appliance Version 2.0 SP1 brings the following enhancements to the PowerPath Virtual Appliance web console. A new tab named PowerPath Monitor added. Includes: PowerPath Monitor...
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HOW TO: Upgrade EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Web...
The EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Web Client is a plug-in for VMware vCenter. It enables administrators to view, manage, and optimize storage for VMware ESX/ESXi servers and...
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Michael Dell spells out his plans for VMware:…
Michael Dell spells out his plans for @VMware: “Crown jewel of the EMC federation” Michael Dell spells out his plans for VMware:… “We believe it is very important to maintain VMware’s successful...
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VMware Host zoning for multi X-Brick EMC XtremIO storage array
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 have a limit of 256 LUNs per host: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf...
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Cisco UCS B200 M4: FlexFlash FFCH_ERROR_OLD_FIRMWARE_RUNNING error
After upgrading Cisco UCS B200 M4 blade firmware from 2.2(3e) to 2.2(5c) the following minor fault appeared: Apparently, it is known Cisco bug. Cisco Bug: CSCut10525: FlexFlash...
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EMC VNXe 3200 upgrade completed with error message “The DPE has faulted”
We recently upgraded EMC VNXe 3200 storage array from 3.1.1.5395470 to 3.1.1.5803064 (VCE RCM 5.0.10 or 6.0.3). Upgrade completed successfully (the NFS services failed over and back between Storage...
View ArticleVMware PowerCLI script to get VM’s virtual and RDM disk information
I have been tasked to migrate several VMs with RDM disks between storage arrays / datastores. The data LUNs have been migrated/copied and all was left is the migration of the VM configuration files and...
View ArticleConfiguring Syslog on VMware vSphere ESXi host fails with ‘Got no data from...
I installed VMware vRealize Log Insight and configured all ESXi hosts to send logs to it. Automatic configuration failed and Log Insight suggested to configure Syslog service manually. Here are a...
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HOW TO: Reset admin password on EMC ESRS VE
The root and admin passwords for the EMC ESRS VE virtual appliance are configured during VA deployment, there is no ‘default‘ password. If you have EMC ESRS VE 3.04 and below installed and lost admin...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) upgrade runs out of disk space and fails
VMware: vCenter 5.5 Update 2d in Linked Mode OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 vCenter SSO: Multisite deployment VMware vCenter 5.5 Update 2e: Release Notes & Installation and Upgrade Issues I tried to...
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HOW TO: Configure syslog server for VMware NSX for vSphere Controllers using...
After installing Management Pack for NSX for VMware vRealize Operations Manager, I got a warning that “There is no syslog server configured on the NSX Controller” The only “supported” method of...
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HOW TO: Upgrade EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Web...
The EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Web Client is a plug-in for VMware vCenter. It enables administrators to view, manage, and optimize storage for VMware ESX/ESXi servers and...
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Michael Dell spells out his plans for VMware:…
Michael Dell spells out his plans for @VMware: “Crown jewel of the EMC federation” Michael Dell spells out his plans for VMware:… “We believe it is very important to maintain VMware’s successful...
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VMware Host zoning for multi X-Brick EMC XtremIO storage array
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 have a limit of 256 LUNs per host: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf...
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Cisco UCS B200 M4: FlexFlash FFCH_ERROR_OLD_FIRMWARE_RUNNING error
After upgrading Cisco UCS B200 M4 blade firmware from 2.2(3e) to 2.2(5c) the following minor fault appeared: Apparently, it is known Cisco bug. Cisco Bug: CSCut10525: FlexFlash...
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EMC VNXe 3200 upgrade completed with error message “The DPE has faulted”
We recently upgraded EMC VNXe 3200 storage array from 3.1.1.5395470 to 3.1.1.5803064 (VCE RCM 5.0.10 or 6.0.3). Upgrade completed successfully (the NFS services failed over and back between Storage...
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vExpert 2017 Award Announcement
vExpert 2017 Award Announcement And for a third year in a row, I’m a vExpert! vExpert 2017 Award Announcement First we would like to say thank you to everyone who applied for the 2017 vExpert program....
View ArticleIsilon InsightIQ and OpenDJ LDAP integration
LDAP integration has been configured on Isilon InsightIQ v. 4.1.1.3 and LDAP groups assigned to the appropriate InsightIQ Roles (admin or read-only). N.B. Nested LDAP group are NOT supported, nested...
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Goodbye, vSphere Web Client!
Goodbye, vSphere Web Client! Goodbye, vSphere Web Client! VMware plans to deprecate the Flash-based vSphere Web Client with the next numbered release (not update release) of vSphere. The next version...
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The Beginner’s Guide to managing the NSX…
The Beginner’s Guide to managing the NSX Distributed Firewall with Security Policies The Beginner’s Guide to managing the NSX… In an earlier article, I covered what the basics of the NSX Distributed...
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