With both VIN and vCops broken, I had to fix both before moving on to the next phase of my migration. Read More
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vSphere upgrade saga: Fixing backup and other virtual appliances
Ever since I upgraded vCenter Server to v5.1, my backup tool has been failing, unable to connect to vCenter. This is not unexpected as my SSL certificate for vCenter changed, and with that change comes the need to fix my backup tool. How to do this is fairly straight-forward actually. Read More
vSphere upgrade saga: vSphere ESXi and Host Profiles
Of all the upgrades I have done to date, this was by far the easiest. Perhaps it was practice or even VMware vSphere’s time in market, but the upgrade to vSphere ESXi 5.1 from v4.1 and v5.0 went flawlessly. Read More
vSphere upgrade saga: vCloud Director 5.1
vCloud Director was one of the easiest upgrades but still required some VMware Knowledge Base articles to complete. As always before you do anything you need to “Read the Fine Manual”. One misstep may mean starting all over again. Read More
vSphere upgrade saga: Upgrading to vCNS 5.1
vCNS 5.1 replaces vShield 5.1, and if you do not add new nodes during your installation, you can easily perform all upgrades without removing any components of vShield. vCNS upgrades will upgrade all components of vShield. Read More
vSphere upgrade saga: vCenter 5.1
The next step of any vSphere upgrade is to upgrade vCenter. However, if you are using vCloud Director the next step would be to upgrade vCloud Director before vCenter. It is crucial at this time to “Read The Fine Manual”. There are quite a few caveats and requirements for moving to vCenter 5.1, and if …