VMware has released an update for their network virtualization platform NSX. The updated fixes the Distributed Firewall Issue that forced VMware to pull NSX 6.2.3 from distribution. This update also fixes the SSL-VPN Issue announced in Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0007.2 (CVE-2016-2079).
Read More »NSX 6.2.4 containing DFW and VMSA-2016-0007.2 fixes releasd
VMware has release an update for their network virtualization platform NSX. Together with some minor changes to the product itself, VMware announced that all users with a NSX 6.2.3 (and beyond) license are now entitled to vRealize Log Insight for NSX at no additional charge.
Read More »NSX 6.2.3 with Free Log Insight Entitlement released
Double check your vendor support when updating ESXi hosts from VMware vSphere 5.5 to 6.0. There are a lot of systems that are no longer supported. The following servers were supported in 5.5 but are according to the VMware HCL no longer supported in vSphere 6.0.
Your server is listed and you want to upgrade? Don't panic.
Last Update: May 2, 2018
There are many 6.0 Beta and RC versions running at the moment. With the vSphere 6.0 going GA today a question came up on upgrading Beta software to GA software.
From the vSphere Documentation, this upgrade is not supported:
You can upgrade an ESXi 5.0.x, ESXi 5.1.x, ESXi 5.5.0, or ESXi 5.5.х host directly to 6.0.
Despite it is unsupported, you can actually upgrade ESXi 6.0 RC to ESXi 6.0 GA. I would not recommend doing this in production, but it works:Read More »Can I Upgrade ESXi 6.0 Beta/RC to ESXi 6.0 GA?
The upgrade from vCenter Server 5.1 to vCenter Server 5.5 (5.5.0 and 5.5.0a) fails during the SSO installation with the following error message:
The existing ssl certificate is invalid
After verifying the certificate i could confirm that it is valid and not expired. After troubleshooting the update log I figured out that the problem was caused by a wrong registry entry. The old 5.1 installation was using an IP address instead of the vCenters FQDN.
Read More »Upgrade vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 error: "The existing ssl certificate is invalid"
When you are updating VMware vCenter Server 5.1 to version 5.5 you always get that "Warning 25000" message. This post shows how to check that the certificate is valid, and how to replace a expired certificate
Warning 25000. Please verify that the SSL certificate for your vCenter Single Sign-On 5.1 SSL is not expired. If it did expire, please replace it with a valid certificate before upgrading to vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5.
Read More »Warning 25000 at vCenter 5.5 Update - How to handle?
The recently released major update of VMware vSphere, version 5.5 addresses several issues in vSphere 5.1. An update is absolutely recommended as it resolves many issues and reduces the complexity of some components like Single Sign-On. This update guide shows a small Walk-though how to Update you Platform to vSphere 5.5.
Read More »Howto Update vCenter and ESXi Hosts to vSphere 5.5
Double check your vendors support when updating ESXi hosts from VMware vSphere 5.x to 5.5. There are a lot of systems that are no longer supported. The following servers were supported in 5.x but are no longer supported in 5.5:
As VMware has announced it at VMworld in San Francisco, the new release of its flagship server virtualization product is now available for everyone. Grab… Read More »vSphere 5.5 Download – Public Available!
Be careful when updating you ESXi hosts from VMware vSphere 5.0 to 5.1. The following servers were supported in 5.0 but are no longer supported in 5.1:
Read More »Updating ESXi from 5.0 to 5.1 - Unsupported Hardware