I have been creating a security operations center (SOC) specific to VMware vSphere using VMware vRealize Log Insight (vRLI). This SOC project shows the power of vRLI and the wealth of data available within vSphere 6.5. The original goal was to just gain visibility into my own environment. However, after showing the simple views to a …
Continue reading “Security Operations with VMware vRealize Log Insight”
The latest vSphere Upgrade Saga happened a week or so after my upgrade to vSphere 6.5. VMware vCenter just up and died on me. I looked at everything and eventually had to call in VMware Support. That is a rare action for me these days, but it is nearly impossible to debug vCenter without their …
Continue reading “vSphere Upgrade Saga: vCenter 6.5 Fails – vDS/DRS Issues”
This was a painful upgrade, but I had lots of help from various sources. The main element is to ensure you follow the vSphere Update Sequence. Update everything in that specific order: do not differentiate. This is important, as some things will not upgrade if they are out of order. This part of my vSphere …
Continue reading “vSphere Upgrade Saga: Upgrading to vSphere 6.5A”
VMware has the HTML5 vSphere/vCenter Client constantly under development. Yet, would you use it? Would I? The client is woefully incomplete for the entire VMware product suite but seems to have the basics done well. Here are a few tips for keeping this client up to date, as well as what seems to be missing for …
Continue reading “vSphere Upgrade Saga: HTML5 Client Usability”
At the moment, I am waiting for several updates on VMware products to allow an upgrade to vSphere 6.5. Specifically, I am waiting on an upgrade of NSX and VIN that are supported by vSphere 6.5. The other tools I use should be fine with 6.5, but without those, I cannot upgrade. The vSphere Upgrade Saga …
Continue reading “vSphere Upgrade Saga: 6.5 — Not Yet, But …”
I run multiple iSCSI servers, ranging from HPE StoreVirtual (must trusted) and Synology Server (tertiary server) to my own CentOS 7 base iSCSI server (least trusted). All run over 10GB links. In general, iSCSI usually works quite well. But for some reason, my CentOS 7 iSCSI server would cause the management agents to fail and vSphere to disconnect …
