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…
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…
Deploy VMware vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 Appliance using an OVF template
Today I am deploying a VMware vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 Appliance by using the OVF template available for download on the VMware web site. Before starting, I downloaded the template files from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=352&downloadGroup=VC550B. Once downloaded, here are the steps…
Virtual Lab – Application group failed to start – running ping test(s) failed
In order to test some major changes to a SharePoint environment I started a SureBackup job using a virtual lab. The lab contains a domain controller, SharePoint 2010 application server and SQL server. I started the job and it failed…