VMFS 6 Datastore in VMware vSphere 6.5 The new storage enhancements that come with vSphere 6.5 using 4K aligned drives and the new unmap feature, you need to use a VMFS 6 formatted datastore. Create VMFS 6 Datastore in VMware vSphere 6.5 VMware furthers the distance in core functionality you can do in the vsphere Windows client […]

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Join External PSC 6.5 to Domain Login to the appliance management portal browse to https://IP:5480 where IP is the IP or FQDN of the virtual appliance. Login with the root account. Here we can configure settings specific to the virtual appliance, such as networking, SSH, syslog, etc. To access the user interface browse to https://IP/psc where IP is the […]

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VCSA 6.5 VMDK Partitions and disk resizing Similar to the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.0 release, the new VCSA 6.5 is also composed of multiple virtual machine disks (VMDKs). Each VMDK maps to a specific function and OS partition within the VCSA. There are now a total of 12 VMDKs, two of which are new in vSphere 6.5: […]

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VCSA 6.5 Deployment Error: Time Out of Sync This issue is during the Stage 2 of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) installation with an external Platform Services Controller (PSC). The time on this VMware vCenter Server Appliance is out of synchronization with the external Platform Services Controller with which you are trying to register by […]

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VMware has released two important updates for virtual infrastructure management server – VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1d and 1e . Both updates have significantly improved the functionality of the vCenter management server, despite it’s just one more letter added to Update 1. VMware vCenter 6.5 Update 1d vCenter 6.5 Update 1d is interesting because it includes […]

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Here were are discussing about how can we do backup ad restore vCenter server appliance . This option is very useful incase of a disaster and your VCSA  is no longer available, it’s time to put that backup to use. Make sure to have the original ISO used when deploying or upgrading your VCSA . Backup and Restore VCSA 6.5 needs to be […]

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What’s new in vSphere 6.5: Security vSphere 6.5 is a turning point in VMware infrastructure security. What was mostly an afterthought by many IT folks only a few short years ago is now one of the top drivers of innovation for vSphere. Security has become a front and center focus of this release and I […]

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