How to schedule a powerCli script with task scheduler
It's incredible how many hours it takes every time you have to schedule something with the windows task scheduler…. this thing has cost me one hour and a half so I thought to write this article to save time to those who are in the same situation. First we must separate two situations: pre powerCli […]
Configure Dell servers with vsphere 5.5/6.0 for Compellent SC2020 SAS connectivity
Last week I managed a new vmware infrastructure composed by 2 Dell FC630 servers, inside a FX2 chassis , and a Compellenet SC2020 with 12 GB SAS connectivity as storage . While verifing the status of the just set up infrastructure, and still not fully configured, I noticed right away that something was not working properly […]
vSphere 6 Agent can’t send heartbeats: host is down
Last week I updated a small infrastructure composed by two vsphere nodes and a vcenter from vsphere 5.5 to vsphere 6 going to the vcenter in the appliance format. The customer had not provided a DNS, and then we tried to work around the problem by using the hosts file of the vcenter and the two esxi hosts […]
Kemp loadmaster virtual appliance initial deployment
Here's how to deploy a Kemp Loadmaster from scratch, in virtual appliance version, in a VMware environment in order to make it accessible from the network to then be able to configure it from web interface. First of all download the trial from the official website at this address: http://kemptechnologies.com/server-load-balancing-appliances/virtual-loadbalancer/vlm-download/ Cliccando su download partirà già il download di uno zip da più […]
vCenter in place upgrade from 5.5 to 6
A very simple guide to perform an in place upgrade of vCenter Server 5.5 to version 6. First of all the vCenter machine hardware prerequisites for Version 6: 2 vCPUs 8 GB of RAM At least 15 GB of hard disk space during the upgrade First scaricatevi ISO […]
In vSphere 5.5 the Rescan All does not show new lun after patching.
This is an error encountered during the installation of an infrastructure of 3 nodes with a SAS storage 12G (in this case an MD3420) After applying the patch 5.5.0 2068190 (update2) to 5.5.0 2718055 the Rescan All does not show the new LUN while the old ones still works. This is due to a […]
vSphere client 5.5 “Use Windows session credentials” error: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect username or password
I got a couple of times this error: trying to login to vcenter using the vsphere client with the option “Use Windows session credentials” an error of incorrect user/password is returned even if the credentials are correct. In many blogs (http://vinfrastructure.it/it/2014/01/problemi-nellautenticazione-in-vsphere-con-credenziali-di-dominio/) and vmware kb (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2035510) dicono che l’errore si risolve ricreando l’active […]
Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2
E’ Veeam 8 Patch2 is out! It contains several improvements (i.e.. for integrating Veeam Endpoints Free) and some interesting news (the most important is the support for vsphere6!). A note that I think it's interesting concerns the free version: PowerShell Support in Free Edition. Start-VBRZip cmdlet is now enabled in Veeam Backup™ Free Edition, […]
