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Cloned Linux Virtual Machine doesn’t connecting to the Network
“Cloned Linux Virtual Machine doesn’t connecting to the Network” problem might be a very common issue in the VMware Virtualization platform. This question was appeared few times and I thought to write...
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How to Migrate Windows Based vCenter Server to VCSA 6.7
As you may already aware VMware has released the vSphere 6.7 and it ships with lots of new features and I’d like to show you the complete steps to Migrate Windows Based vCenter Server to VCSA 6.7. It...
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VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible.
” VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard. ” error might be familiar with the VMware workstation users....
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Windows Cannot Find The Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the...
I was testing Microsoft’s new release of evaluations and I got ” Windows Cannot Find The Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation. ”...
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How To Reset vCenter Inventory Service Database
This article explains the complete steps to Reset vCenter Inventory Service Database in vSphere 5.5 environment. Running out of space in the vCenter Server installation partition can cause the...
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vCenter 6.0 Upgrade Error: Source vCenter Server Schema Validation Found An...
This was a different type of incident and I experienced this issue while I’m upgrading the vCenter server 5.5 to 6.0 and “Source vCenter Server Schema validation found an issue” error appeared at the...
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VCSA 6.7 Backup Failed : Structure...
This error was occurred while I was configuring the VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 and my first VCSA 6.7 Backup Failed with an error. This automated backup scheduler was introduced in vCenter...
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Distributed Windows Based vCenter Server 5.5 to An Embedded VCSA 6.5 Migration
I have been working with many vSphete 5.5 to VCSA 6.5 migration projects and this was a bit different scenario which I had to face, the requirement was to migrate distributed Windows based vCenter...
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“Cannot Open The VM disk or On Failed to Lock The File”
Failed to Lock The File is something a common issue in VMware Virtual environment and I thought to write this article as few of my colleagues asked couple of times how to find the vmdk locks in similar...
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vCenter 6.5 Upgrade Error: VMware Migration Assistant Failed Due To An Extra...
This issue appeared in the VMware Migration Assistant and it was failing the pre-checks of the vCenter due to extra indexes of The vCenter Database. I hope you already aware of the vCenter 6.5 Windows...
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[Updated] L1 Terminal Fault – New Class Of CPU Speculative-Execution...
On Tuesday, 14th of August Intel has disclosed the new class of CPU speculative-execution vulnerability called “L1 Terminal Fault”. This new class of vulnerabilities can occur on current and past Intel...
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Runecast Response to L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) in VMware vSphere Environments
Recently new vulnerabilities similar to Spectra and Meltdown have just been identified that expose VMware vSphere environments. Runecast Analyzer included automated checks to detect Spectra and...
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Unable To Add More Than 3 GB RAM To A Running Hot Add Enabled Virtual Machine
We encountered this restriction in one of the running Linux 64 bit Virtual Machines in a VMware environment and issue raised as unable to add more than 3 GB RAM to the Virtual Machine even though “hot...
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How To Use “HTAware Mitigation Tool” To Mitigate L1 Terminal Fault
Hope you are already aware with the L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) in VMware and you can read my previous post here. In order to complete mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability CVE-2018-3646 requires enabling...
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Virtual Machine CPU Hot Add And Memory Hot Plug Features Are Grayed Out
This is was one of the issues commonly raised by few clients after updating their environments and deployed Virtual Machines CPU Hot Add and Memory Hot Plug features are grayed out in the Virtual...
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VMware Flings : ESXi Compatibility Checker Hands-On Experience
Recently, one of my colleagues reached out to me and asked about this VMware ESXi Compatibility Checker Fling and honestly, I haven’t use this before so I thought a give it a go and share my experience...
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Join VMware vForum Online 2018
VMware vForum Online is coming up on October 9th from 9:00am to 2:30pm PST. Pat Gelsinger will kick things off with a keynote titled, “Technology Superpowers: Pushing Through the Boundaries of What’s...
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VMware Tools 10.3.0 Recall Due To The Connectivity Issues Of The Windows VMs...
It was a bit of news and VMware has recalled the release of the VMware Tools 10.3.0 and it is not available in the VMware Downloads section anymore. It was causing some issues with the Windows Virtual...
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vSphere HA Status Issues After Applying The L1 Terminal Fault Patches
This issue was reported while we were applying the L1 Terminal Fault Patches in our environments. Entire cluster HA status appeared to be changed and all the ESXi hosts in the cluster started to...
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Enabling VMware VCHA With Two ESXi Servers
VMware vSphere 6.5 introduced lot of new features and VMware VCHA is one of the major improvement to the vCenter server system and it needs at least Three ESXi servers due to the affinity rule...
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