Blog & Tutorials – Virtualization.net – Cloud Computing SDN SDDC Virtualization News https://www.virtualization.net Thu, 16 Nov 2017 03:16:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.11 How to Fix vCenter 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 VCSServiceManager failed with error code 1603? https://www.virtualization.net/how-to-fix-vcenter-upgrade-to-6-0-vcsservicemanager-failed-with-error-code-1603-10039/ Sat, 23 May 2015 08:20:45 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=10039 I decided to upgrade my home lab‘s vcenter 5.5 to 6.0 few days ago and what I thought would be a straight forward process turned into a 3 days of researching and scratching my head as to what was wrong with the upgrade and more troubling, what was I doing wrong? I knew that with […]

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]]> vNEST: Home Lab Upgrade, enter the vSAN! https://www.virtualization.net/vnest-home-lab-upgrade-enter-vsan-8705/ https://www.virtualization.net/vnest-home-lab-upgrade-enter-vsan-8705/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:25:26 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=8705 Ever since VMware introduced VSAN, I’ve been anxious to test it out, deploy it in my lab and see what it does and how it functions. Few months ago one of my Dell Poweredge 1950 GenIII server died so I was considering upgrading my home virtualization lab anyway… if you are like me, we just need […]

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]]> https://www.virtualization.net/vnest-home-lab-upgrade-enter-vsan-8705/feed/ 2618 Fix Vmware ESXi vMotion Fails at 14% and error ESX hosts were not able to connect over the vMotion Network https://www.virtualization.net/fix-vmware-esxi-vmotion-fails-14-error-esx-hosts-able-connect-vmotion-network-7233/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:41:43 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=7233 We recently deployed 5-6 new hosts in one of our production Vmware ESXi clusters in order to migrate VMs off older hosts and upgrade them. If you are attempting a vMotion migration between two ESX/ESXi hosts, and the vMotion task reaches 14%, then times out with this error message: The vMotion migrations failed because the […]

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]]> How to setup Multi Site SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Cluster with Two FCIs Across Datacenters? https://www.virtualization.net/setup-multi-site-sql-2012-alwayson-cluster-two-fcis-across-datacenters-7164/ https://www.virtualization.net/setup-multi-site-sql-2012-alwayson-cluster-two-fcis-across-datacenters-7164/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:16:04 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=7164 In this how-to tutorial, we will look at implementing multi-node, multi-site SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) with two Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) across two geographically dispersed datacenters for High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR). I am currently working on a project where we’re going to upgrade from previous version of SQL […]

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]]> https://www.virtualization.net/setup-multi-site-sql-2012-alwayson-cluster-two-fcis-across-datacenters-7164/feed/ 1 VMware Vcenter Sysprep Error: Customization of the guest operating system ‘windows7Server64Guest’ is not supported https://www.virtualization.net/vmware-vcenter-sysprep-error-customization-of-the-guest-operating-system-windows7server64guest-is-not-supported-6327/ Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:43:16 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=6327 I ran into an issue in VMware vcenter in my lab where sysprep would not start on virtual machines (VMs) deployed from a windows server 2008 R2 template. The template along with the sysprep file were created before the lab was upgraded to 5.1. I created new sysprep config, changed VM settings and pulled my […]

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]]> How to upgrade VMware VDS using vSphere Web Client 5.1 https://www.virtualization.net/how-to-upgrade-vmware-vds-using-vsphere-web-client-5-1-4719/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:38:21 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=4719 This how-to will go through steps on upgrading virtual Distributed Switch in VMware vSphere 5.1. I wanted to test and enable some of the new features in the new Vmware vSphere 5.1, particularly those related to VDS, such as LACP and Health check so decided to perform an upgrade on vDS in my home virtualization […]

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]]> How to create new VM in vSphere 5.1 Web Client https://www.virtualization.net/how-to-create-new-vm-in-vsphere-5-1-web-client-4690/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:00:07 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=4690 In this how-to tutorial we will look at how deploy a new virtual machine (VM) using the new VMware vSphere 5.1 Web Client. The new vSphere 5.1 web client is web/browser based full featured, intuitive and provides all the features of the installable client. This is going to be one of the first how-to guides […]

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]]> VMware vSphere 5.1 Upgrade Guide https://www.virtualization.net/vmware-vsphere-5-1-upgrade-guide-4676/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:50:19 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=4676 VMware vSphere 5.1 is now available for download. This vSphere Upgrade guide describes how to upgrade VMware vSphere™ to version 5.1. To learn how to simplify and automate your datacenter upgrade, see the vSphere Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide. If you want to move to vSphere 5.1 by performing fresh installations that do not […]

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]]> Taking Ownership of VM fails, VM appears to be in use, stuck in state error https://www.virtualization.net/taking-ownership-of-vm-fails-vm-appears-to-be-in-use-stuck-in-state-error-4592/ Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:44:08 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=4592 While working in Vmware workstation, I lost connectivity to a LUN where I’m hosting virtual machines for workstation. As it turns out, the VMs were powered on and after restoring the connection, I could not get into the VM (windows 7) or power it off/restart it. When trying to open the VM in workstation, it […]

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]]> VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements https://www.virtualization.net/vmware-vsphere-5-1-new-features-and-enhancements-4337/ https://www.virtualization.net/vmware-vsphere-5-1-new-features-and-enhancements-4337/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:39:41 +0000 http://www.virtualization.net/?p=4337 Vmware announced the new release of its virtualization software, vSphere 5. Below is just brief list of new features. VMware vSphere 5.1 Features Setup and Install vSphere 5.1 will introduce two installation methods: vSphere Simple Install – allows you to install required vSphere vCenter server components in a single run. vSphere Custom Install – allows […]

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