Check_MK is able to monitor ESXi or vCenter out of the box. The configuration requires 2 steps and preferred a read only user. Login to Check_MK Create new Host Hostname: ESXi/vCenter Name or fqdn IP Address: ESXi/vCenter Management IP Save & Go to Services The error message is normal and we can ignore it. Go to …
Read MoreI use the vCenter appliance as console proxy to access virtual machine consoles using HTML5 without a direct connection to the ESXi hosts. In vSphere 5.1 this was possible with a hidden configuration in the webclient.properties file. This configuration has changed in vSphere 5.5 and is now official available. …
Read MoreYou can install the VMware tools using the Wizzard in the vSphere client but this is not the best solution. VMware is offering an repository which you can use to install the VMware tools using your package manager. URL of the repository: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.5/index.html Example for Redhat 6 64bit …
Read MoreToday VMware released the new VMware vSphere 6. I was running the Beta for a long time and I must say it was working very good. VMware vSphere 6 VMware vSphere 6 Whats New The release of vSphere 6 is already exciting but there is one additional extrem cool new product from VMware called VIO (VMware Integrated …
Read MoreNormally VMware offers only the WebClient as standalone on Windows but there is a nice way to run the Webclient on linux and save the license costs for the Windows machine. Install your Windows vCenter including SSO. As next step you import the vCenter Appliance and configure the SSO to use the existing SSO of your …
Read MoreI faced multiple times the issue that after the installation of VMware tools the iso has not been clean unmounted. This can prevent virtual machine from live migration by VMotion. Mostly the root cause is related to the fact that the “eject” command is missing in the guest operating system. So to fix you could try to …
Read MoreLast week I started to play around with Openstack in combination with VMware vCenter. I used Devstack as baseline and configured the VMware support. I wasn’t expecting that it will directly work but it did. The configuration is described in the OpenStack Wiki. As environment I used 3 HP Dl360 G7 (2xQuad Core, 96GB …
Read MoreI faced this issue in my environment multiple times now. If I try to consolidate I get an error message “Unable to access file since it is locked” An easy way to get this resolved is, you shutdown the virtual machine and afterwards migrate it to a different host and datastore. After this migration you can consolidate …
Read MoreTo remove an VSA cluster you have to execute an script which is part of the VSA Manager. Details:
Read MoreIf you are facing issues with failed VDP backups try to increase the memory of the VDP appliances to 8GB. In my environment this has improved the situation. Still issues but 50% less.
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