Category: VMware vSphere
What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5 – Technical…
What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5 – Technical Whitepaper What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5 – Technical… This paper will discuss the new and enhanced features in vSphere 6.5 across various areas of technology. VMware Social Media Advocacy
vSphere 6 ESXi Hosts – Bulk Password Change.
Luc Dekens has a Powershell script that modifies the ESXi host root password. This is non-disruptive. The original script and info is here: http://www.lucd.info/2012/01/15/change-theroot-password-in-hosts-and-host-profiles/ I have seen on the VMTN people stating the script works for vSphere 5.1 and 5.5. When I was testing this in my lab environment which is vSphere 6 the script kept throwing ...
What’s new in VMware vSphere 6.5
Below is the link to a VMware blog on the new look and features in vSphere 6.5 http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2016/10/whats-new-in-vsphere-6-5-vcenter-server.html High-Level bullet points of new or improved features: New deployment interface. Migration Tool built-in. Can go from 5.5/6.0 and from Windows to Appliance. Can use the installer for Installs, Upgrades, Migrations and Restores. Can deploy installer from ...
vSphere 6.0 Update 2m – KB article
Interesting KB article to read if your considering utilising the VMware migration tool to vSphere 6.0 Update 2m. Here is the link.
vSphere 6 – Web Client – error occurred while processing request
I came across this issue if you have external Platform Service Controller/s (PSC), and then deploy a vCenter instance paired to the PSC, and you update the SSL certificates on the PSC and vCenter instances. After rebooting the vCenter and logging in via the Web Client I was presented with a message “Error occurred while processing ...
Musings from a past life 