http://blog.vmpros.nl It's all about virtualization... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:32:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vmware-host-update-utility-still-the-fastest-way-to-apply-4-1-update-1/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vmware-host-update-utility-still-the-fastest-way-to-apply-4-1-update-1/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:00:20 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vmware-host-update-utility-still-the-fastest-way-to-apply-4-1-update-1/ The VMware Host Update Utility can’t “Upgrade Host” your system anymore since vSphere 4.1 with the download .zip files (in my case to upgrade to vSphere 4.1 Update 1 – update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update01.zip ) …but you can still use the “Scan for Patches” option to apply the latest patches or even full Updates. Today I updated my [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vmware-host-update-utility-still-the-fastest-way-to-apply-4-1-update-1/feed/ 11 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-multipathing-status-patrialno-redundancy/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-multipathing-status-patrialno-redundancy/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:08:29 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-multipathing-status-patrialno-redundancy/ Couple of weeks ago I asked on Twitter “Can anyone explain this #VMware storage view? MP status: Partial/No Redundancy.. Same cluster, same Dell Eql. SAN” .. now I was reading the release notes of vSphere 4.1 update 1 and there’s the fix… Multipathing status for datastores that have fully redundant paths might be reported as [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-multipathing-status-patrialno-redundancy/feed/ 3 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vsphere-4-1-update-1-released/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vsphere-4-1-update-1-released/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:44:32 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=3788 This release of VMware vCenter Server 4.1 Update 1 offers the following improvements: Additional Guest Operating System Customization Support: vCenter Server now supports customization of the following guest operating systems: Windows 7 SP1 (x32 and x64) Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x32 and x64) RHEL 6.0 (x32 and x64) RHEL5.5 (x32 and x64) Additional vCenter [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/11/vmware-vsphere-4-1-update-1-released/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/12/10/vmware-esx-4-0-update-1-has-been-re-released/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/12/10/vmware-esx-4-0-update-1-has-been-re-released/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:43:13 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/12/10/vmware-esx-4-0-update-1-has-been-re-released/ Known issue’s: When attempting to upgrade ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.0 Update 1 (U1), you may experience these symptoms: Upgrade operation may fail or hang and can result in an incomplete installation Upon reboot, the host that was being upgraded may be left in an inconsistent state and may display a purple diagnostic screen with [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/12/10/vmware-esx-4-0-update-1-has-been-re-released/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/28/vmware-ugrading-virtual-hardware-in-esx-4-may-cause-windows-2008-disks-to-go-offline/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/28/vmware-ugrading-virtual-hardware-in-esx-4-may-cause-windows-2008-disks-to-go-offline/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:15:07 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/28/vmware-ugrading-virtual-hardware-in-esx-4-may-cause-windows-2008-disks-to-go-offline/ Symptoms: Upgrading virtual hardware in ESX 4 may cause Windows 2008 disks to go offline.  Upgrading virtual hardware from version 4 to version 7 may cause Windows 2008 disks to go offline. Creating a new virtual machine on hardware version 7 may cause Windows 2008 disks to go offline. Note: The first disk (C: drive) [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/28/vmware-ugrading-virtual-hardware-in-esx-4-may-cause-windows-2008-disks-to-go-offline/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/26/vmware-alert-upgrading-esx-4-0-to-4-0-u1-using-update-manager-fails-or-times-out-and-rebooting-the-host-results-in-a-purple-diagnostic-screen-symptoms-1016070/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/26/vmware-alert-upgrading-esx-4-0-to-4-0-u1-using-update-manager-fails-or-times-out-and-rebooting-the-host-results-in-a-purple-diagnostic-screen-symptoms-1016070/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:03:14 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/26/vmware-alert-upgrading-esx-4-0-to-4-0-u1-using-update-manager-fails-or-times-out-and-rebooting-the-host-results-in-a-purple-diagnostic-screen-symptoms-1016070/ When attempting to upgrade ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.0 Update 1, you may experience the following symptoms: Update Manager (VUM) upgrade operation fails or times out at 33%. Upon reboot, the host that was being upgraded displays a purple diagnostic screen with the following error: COS Panic: Int3 @ mp_register_ioapic   Customers using VMware vSphere [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/26/vmware-alert-upgrading-esx-4-0-to-4-0-u1-using-update-manager-fails-or-times-out-and-rebooting-the-host-results-in-a-purple-diagnostic-screen-symptoms-1016070/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/20/vmware-vsphere-esx-vcenter-4-0-update-1-release/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/20/vmware-vsphere-esx-vcenter-4-0-update-1-release/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:34:42 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/20/vmware-vsphere-esx-vcenter-4-0-update-1-release/ What’s New The following information provides highlights of some of the enhancements available in this release of VMware ESX: VMware View 4.0 support – This release adds support for VMware View 4.0, a solution built specifically for delivering desktops as a managed service from the protocol to the platform. Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/11/20/vmware-vsphere-esx-vcenter-4-0-update-1-release/feed/ 0