The vSphere HA agent is not reachable from vCenter Server
Today I placed a host in a cluster into maintenance mode and the virtual machines migrated to other hosts (DRS took care of this) without any issues. However, a few minutes after it had moved the VMs I received an…
Add a new VMware server to Veeam Backup & Replication Free 7.0
Now that I have installed Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 I need to add the ESX host that contains the VMs. It’s just a few simple steps… 1. Open Veeam Backup & Replication Free Edition 2. Right-click VMware vSphere and…
Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Free 7.0
Today I have downloaded Veeam Backup and Replication Free 7.0 in order to backup my ESXi 5.5 lab. Having read through the features it seems to offer everything I need, and more, to backup the lab VMs (I don’t require…
Upgrade Virtual Hardware
This evening I have been upgrading the virtual hardware on some VMs. They are running on ESX 5.1 so are currently at version 7: Upgrading the virtual hardware is a simple process that involves only a few clicks, but the…
Error when editing virtual machine properties using vCenter Appliance 5.5
Since installing vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 I have encountered the following error message every time I edit the properties of a virtual machine and click OK, event if I don’t make any changes: com.vmware.sps.fault.QsConnectionException The server hasn’t been restarted since…