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Call “HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” failed.
While working with my home vSphere 5.1 lab the other day, I was trying to create a VMFS5 datastores on my local SATA disk. Each time I tried to do that I was just welcomed with the following error: Call “HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” failed. Please note xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx stand for my host…
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vCloud Director backup by Veeam
Backing up vCloud Director environment has been one of those hot topics lately, as not many backup vendors have mastered it yet. All the big players in town are promising a fully integrated solution by this year end, but we still to see a fully integrated solution. I believe within the next 6 months, we…
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The Order of vCloud Director 5.1 Upgrade Process
It seems there has been quite few articles that try to explain the vCloud Director 5.1 Upgrade Process out there in the blog sphere, but most of them focus on the steps on how to upgrade vCloud Director Cells and the Database. As many of them do quite good job at that, I am not…
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vCloud Networking & Security 5.1.1 create dvPort Groups, but fails to create vmknic interfaces
While installing vCloud Director 5.1 in my home lab, I have faced an odd problem while configuring vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.1 for VXLANs. If you follow VMware Configuration guides for VXLAN or any of the many articles on configuring vCloud Director/vCloud Networking & Security 5.1.1 for VXLAN, it will always mention that as soon…
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vSphere 5.1 VMware Tools NTP Settings
In earlier versions of VMware vSphere, many of us used to configure VMware tools settings by double clicking VMware tools inside the guest OS. This was most often used to configure NTP in the Virtual Machine VMware tools. Just to remind you of what that looked like: Alright if you try to do the same…
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Microsoft Exchange 2010 is definetly supported on VMware vSphere
I know most of my readers are already aware that Microsoft Exchange & Microsoft SQL have been supported on VMware vSphere for quite long time. In fact, there is so many companies are using it at unbelievably large production scale. Though today while going back from my customer site by train, I was talking to…
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Data Center Virtualization
Companies once prided themselves on having a huge data center full of servers, storage devices and network hubs, all working together to run the business. You need a huge amount of infrastructure just to support your computing infrastructure. One mammoth search engine company owns a data center that is so complex that it even creates…
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vCenter 5.1 Installation(Part 5) – vSphere Web Client Step by Step
Alright now that you got your vCenter 5.1 up and running & ready to start managing it. I know vSphere Client will be the first thing to come to your mind in here, but its worth mentioning that all the new features in vSphere 5.1 is only included in the vSphere Web Client not the…
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vCenter 5.1 Installation(Part 4) – vCenter Service Step by Step
As covered in my previous three posts, vCenter Service is the third component to be installed. As a reminder the order of installing vCenter 5.1 components is as follow: Single Sign On ==> vCenter inventory Service ==> vCenter Service. In this post, I will demonstrate in a step by step fashion how to install the…
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vCenter 5.1 Installation(Part 3) – vCenter 5.1 Inventory Service Installation
In my previous two posts, I have demonstrated how to prepare the databases required for the different vCenter 5.1 components(SSO, vCenter Service, & Update Manager) as well how to install vCenter Single Sign On. If you have not went through these earlier two posts, then you will need to follow them before proceeding with this…
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vCenter 5.1 Installation(Part 2) – Single Sign On Installation
During the installation of vCenter 5.1, you will need to install 3 components in the following order: Single Sign On => Inventory Service => vCenter Service. In a new installation I would normally install the Web Service after installing the vCenter Service, though during an upgrade I would install the web service right after the…
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vCenter 5.1 Installation(Part 1) – Preparing the Databases
After the introduction of vSphere 5.1, there seemed to be a lot of fuzz about the installation of the new vCenter components. I believe most of the hype was caused about how the initial vSphere 5.1 release behaved differently against expired certificates from how vSphere version prior to 5.1 behaved. In earlier releases, vCenter has…
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VCDX 100 Celebration Treats Just Arrived almost on time for Christmas!
While VCDXSanta has missed Christmas day this time, he still delivered my VCDX gift box today. To be more accurate VCDXSanta has left my VCDX gift box at FedEX office and requested me to pick it up. When I went to the VCDX office I had no clue what the package I got and they…
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VXLAN Concept Simplified
While VXLAN seems to be the next revolutionary and world changing network technology out there, all the marketing hypes around it makes too confusing for the rest of us. When VXLANs first came out, I have decided to learn more about it. While there was tons of materials about it online, the more I read…
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VMware vSphere Free Compliance Checkers
While data security has always been one of the top CEOs concerns for the past decade or so, more compliance regulation has been hitting organizations doors every year. After organizations have mastered how to secure their physical environment by using physical segregation, Virtualization came around and changed the security game. Now organizations has to ensure…