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Veeam CDP – Manually VIB management

18 April 2023
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Reading Time: 2 minutes One requirement for using CDP replication with Veeam product is Installing I/O Filter on each cluster where the VMs that you plan to protect reside and where replicas will reside (on each ESXi host of the cluster). The CDP I/O Filter are basically a VAIO plugin added using a VIB package. To install the filter on a specific cluster using the Veeam Console just open the Inventory view. In the inventory pane, navigate to the Virtual Infrastructure > VMware vSphere > vCenter Servers > <vCenter Server Name> > <Cluster Name> node and right-click it. In the menu, select Install I/O filter. For more information see the Veeam documentation. […]

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VAMI backup fails with generic error

23 January 2023
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The possibility to backup VCSA using VAMI at file level is very powerfull and could be a good “plan-B” in case the backup at image level is not restorable (it happens in case of file/DB corruptions). But, of course, is not perfect and still in latest version there are some issues, like the VAMI backup retention issue. But can also happen that backup fails with no specific errors.

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Reminder: vSphere 6.5.x & vSphere 6.7.x will be End of General Support on October 15, 2022

9 October 2022
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Reading Time: < 1 minute According with Product Lifecycle Matrix and KB 89305, VMware has officially declared, vSphere 6.5.x and vSphere 6.7.x will be End of General Support by October 15th 2022. To maintain your full level of Support and Subscription Services, VMware recommends upgrading to vSphere 7.

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Replication is slower than backup in vSphere 7.0 and NBD transport mode

21 August 2022
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Reading Time: 2 minutes If you are using Veeam Backup & Replication (but also other backup solution) you can perform both backup and replication with the same tool. But with latest version of vSphere you can probably notice a huge difference between backup and replication speed if you are using NBD transport mode.

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Issue during the upgrade of a VMware Horizon Connection Server

22 June 2022
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Connection Server is the main component of a VMware Horizon infrastructure. But usually for a redoundancy and performance prospective more than one are suggested and they replicates their data using the Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Service (AD LDS) and connections the servers must be managed by and external load balancer.

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PowerStore datastore become unavailable in VMware vSphere

22 January 2022
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Reading Time: 3 minutes DellEMC PowerStore is the new product line that will replace the old Equallogic/SC/VNX/Unity series. It’s a nice product with a mix of the features of all those prevuious products and a new modern design both in the hardware and the software parts. From VMware vSphere point of view it can be access as a block level storage with iSCSI and/or FC protocols, but it has also a native vVols implementation and, for example, in the PowerStoreX model it’s the default way to access at the storage resources.

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File level backup issue with vCenter 7.0.3

27 October 2021
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The file-level backup feature introduced in vCSA 6.5 is very powerfull and schedulable (starting with vCSA 6.7) because sometimes the image-level backup may not provide the proper integrity if you have corrupted files inside the VM. Also with vSphere 7.0 is possible monitoring the status of the file-level backup directly from vSphere Client and this is quite usefull to have this information direct visible from the UI:

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Fix a VCSA update failure

21 December 2020
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The VCSA update procedure is usually easy and simple and can be performed from the VAMI as explained in a previous post: Manage VCSA updates with VAMI. But sometimes may failed for different reasons.

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Modernize Your Network for a Future Ready Business

16 November 2020
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Join VMware executives, customers and industry thought leaders for an online event discussing the need for a modern network. They will showcase VMware’s Virtual Cloud Network, and highlight networking solutions that deliver agility, transparency and simplicity.

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VMware Horizon deployment guide using Kemp VLM

22 October 2020
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Reading Time: 14 minutes VMware Horizon is an End User Computing (EUC) solution that simplifies administration and delivery of personalized virtual desktops, remote sessions, and applications. The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) part (in past called VMware View) consists of several components and delivers a secure optimized virtual desktop infrastructure:

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vFlash Read Cache is still present in vSphere 7.0

14 August 2020
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Reading Time: 2 minutes VMware announced the deprecation of vFlash Read Cache (vFRC) in the release notes of vSphere 6.7 Update 2. vFRC continues to be supported for vSphere 6.0/6.5/6.7. However, the next major release will not. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2019/04/vflash-read-cache-deprecation-announced.html

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HPE Discover 2020 Virtual Experience

21 June 2020
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Due to the COVID-19 pandemia, this year the usual HPE Discover global event has been converted in a virtual event. Planned for the 23-25 June at Las Vegas, HPE Discover 2020 has become a free on-line event and renamed in HPE Discover Virtual Experience, scheduled in the same dates.

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VMware vCenter vulnerability VMSA#202006

17 April 2020
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Reading Time: 2 minutes There is a big issue in vCenter Server, with sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service (vmdir). Under certain conditions vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not correctly implement access controls.

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