Paravirtual to NVMe Virtual Storage Controller in vSphere 6.5 The virtual storage controllers that are presented to a virtual machine can impact the performance of those VMs greatly. New to vSphere 6.5, we have the availability of NVMe virtual storage controllers. NVMe as a storage technology is a great leap forward for performance. With NVMe the storage has […]

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VM Component Protection (VMCP) Configuration vSphere 6.0 introduces a powerful new feature as part of vSphere HA called VM Component Protection (VMCP). VMCP protects virtual machines from storage related events, specifically Permanent Device Loss (PDL) and All Paths Down (APD) incidents. Permanent Device Loss (PDL) A PDL event occurs when the storage array issues a SCSI […]

• vSphere 6.0

Reset Root Password of vRealize Operations Manager 6.X This Page explains how to reset the root password and unlock the root account of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 . Compare to old versions there are no more /bin/sh  available on VSOM 6 , we have to use /bin/bash to enter single user mode to reset the […]

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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 Deployment VMware vCenter is a management software for your vSphere environment. It enables to manage from a single pane of glass all your VMware virtual infrastructure. Last month, VMware has released the vSphere 6.5 version which includes the vCenter. vCenter comes in two versions: A Software to be deployed on […]

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vSphere6.5 Deploy External PSC Controller Installation Process Downloaded the VMware vCenter Server Appliance here: v6.0, v6.5. Mount the ISO on your computer. The VCSA 6.5 installer is compatible with Mac, Linux, and Windows. Browse to the corresponding directory for your operating system, e.g. \vcsa-ui-installer\win32. Right click Installer and select Run as administrator. As we are installing a new instance click Install. On […]

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vCenter Server 6 Deployment Topologies and High Availability vCenter Server 6 has some fundamental architectural changes compared to vCenter Server Server 5.5. The multitude of components that existed in vCenter Server 5.x has been consolidated in vCenter Server 6 to have only two components vCenter Management Server and Platform Services Controller, formerly vCenter Server Single […]

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