Reading Time: 3 minutes After updating the vCenter Server part to version 5.5, you can focus on the host part. The update of the ESXi host can be completed, as usual, in several ways: Manual update with the installation CD of ESXi (by selecting upgrade and keep VMFS datastore) Manual update using the CLI Automatic updating via vSphere Update Manager (VUM) There are other ways, all discussed in the VMware KB 2058352 (Methods for upgrading to ESXi 5.5).
Reading Time: 5 minutes The VMware vCenter upgrade has some possible issue, considering also that the SSO part is changed from the one implemented in vSphere 5.1. VMware has released the vSphere 5.5b (specifically for the vCenter Server application, both installable and vCSA editions) just before the Christmas holiday. Mostly another bunch of fixes around vCenter Single Sign-On functionality and upgrade errors, so be sure to use this one for the upgrade to reduce the possible issues. Note that most of the issues are related to the vCenter components:
Reading Time: 4 minutes The procedure for upgrade to VMware vSphere 5.1 is quite similar to the upgrade path to vSphere 5.1 (and almost similar also to the upgrade path to vSphere 5.0) and is well described in the specific guide (vSphere Upgrade Guide). And first to all, you have to analyze the pro and the cons of a product upgrade, for more information see also: VMware vSphere 5.5 – Upgrade or not upgrade? You have also to consider (particularly for small enviroment) if apply an upgrade or rebuild. Anyway, some points are quite common for each major vSphere […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the previous post we have talk about the VMware Horizon View Event database and how purge the old data in order to free some space. You can have similar issue also with the VMware vCenter Server database, considering that it can continuous grow due to the statistics and also due to the events/tasks. In really small system a simple solution could be re-install a fresh version of vCenter Server (maybe during an upgrade) and re-create all the configuration stored only in the vCenter Server database. But in several cases this approach is not realistic. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes One possible issue during an upgrade to VMware vSphere 5.1 or 5.5 (but also in a new installation) is related with the introduction of the the SSO (introduced in vSphere 5.1) component in vCenter Server that handle the authentication across the different vCenter Server components, but also against the users. In some cases you may have the following issues during the user autentication: You can log into vCenter Server 5.1 or 5.5 with the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client only with local users Logging into vCenter Server 5.1 or 5.5 using the vSphere Client […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The new VMware vSphere 5.5 has some interesting new features and scalability properties that make interesting for each new environment, but also for existing customers (considering that the license key remain still the same of the 5.x feature). So could make sense start using directly this version instead of the 5.1 and upgrade all existing environment to the new version 5.5? Like each new version you have to make some consideration first and especially before starting the upgrade procedure. The main consideration is that each new product (does not matter that is a major or […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Finally, after the official announce of one month ago the new vCloud Suite 5.5 it’s in GA and available on the download site. Also the documentions site has been update to the new product. Note that existing 5.x licenses still works with the new products.
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