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vSphere

HPE MSA 2040 – The switch from linear disk groups, to virtual disk groups…

Years ago, HPE released the GL200 firmware for their HPE MSA 2040 SAN that allowed users to provision and use… Read More

7 years ago

vSphere 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 and VMFS 6 – Change storage reclaim priority from low to medium or high

When running vSphere 6.5, 6.7, or 7.0 (or later) and utilizing a VMFS6 datastore, we now have access to automatic… Read More

7 years ago

Perform manual VMFS UNMAP on VMware vSphere and ESXi

With vSphere 6.5 came VMFS 6, and with VMFS 6 came the auto unmap feature. This is a great feature,… Read More

7 years ago

After VMware vSphere 6.5 Upgrade/Migration – The VMware enhanced authentication plugin has updated it’s SSL certificate in FireFox

So you just completed your migration from an earlier version of vSphere up to vSphere 6.5 (particularly vCenter 6.5 Virtual… Read More

7 years ago

VMware vSphere 6.0 to VMware vSphere 6.5 – Upgrade and Migration

Well, I start writing this post minutes after completing my first vSphere 6.0 upgrade to vSphere 6.5, and as always… Read More

7 years ago

VMware vSphere 6.5 and 6.7 – Conflicting VIBs when upgrading ESXi to 6.5, 6.7, or 7.0

When upgrading VMware vSphere and your ESXi hosts to version 6.5, 6.7, or 7.0, you may experience an error similar… Read More

7 years ago

VMware vSphere 6.0 – Migration to vCenter Appliance 6.5 failed on export due to VMware Update Manager

During my first migration from VMware vCenter 6.0 to VMware vCenter 6.5 Virtual appliance, the migration failed. The migration installation… Read More

7 years ago

VMware vSphere Data Protection – Upgrade 6.1.2 to 6.1.3 ISO not detected

In the process of prepping my test environment so I can upgrade from vSphere 6.1 to 6.5, one of the… Read More

7 years ago

HPE MSA 2040 SAN – Jumbo Frames and MTU Configuration

Yesterday, I had a reader (Nicolas) leave a comment on one of my previous blog posts bringing my attention to… Read More

7 years ago

HP and HPE – VMWare vibsdepot URL Update Post Company Split

For those of you that use HP's vibsdepot with VMWare Update Manager, you may have noticed that as of late… Read More

8 years ago
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