Beginning in Cisco Integrated Management Controller version 3.0(1), Cisco rolled out support for their new HTML5 Web UI and vKVM. This removed the requirement for both Flash and Java to operate CIMC and KVM. In this post, we will take a look at a VMware ESXi upgrade utilizing the HTML based CIMC and KVM console. Attach ESXi Image via CIMC KVM From the CIMC home page, click Launch KVM and select HTML based KVM. Once the KVM session has launched,…
It’s that time of the year again! Eric Siebert from vSphere-land has kicked off his annual Top vBlog voting. Similar to last year, participants can rank 12 of their favorite blogs as well as select top blogs from specific categories. Categories include: Favorite Female Blogger Favorite Non-English Blog Favorite Scripting/Automation Blog Favorite Storage Blog Favorite New Blog Favorite Independent Blogger Favorite Podcast Favorite News/Information Site As I approach year two of my journey, I am humbled by the process and continue to be impressed by the…
For the Hyper-V admin, you may find yourself needing to shrink a Windows volume and reclaim space from the underlying VHDX. In the following scenario, this is possible as the environment is using dynamically expanding disks. Although dynamically expanding virtual hard disks provide various benefits, they require manual intervention to reclaim space. Luckily, it’s not only possible but fairly easy to shrink Basic Windows volumes and reclaim the space capacity from the backing Hyper -V Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX). Note –…
I recently utilized VMware Converter for a Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware conversion. After the conversion, Veeam backups started failing on the converted machines due to a VSSControl Error. The error stated: Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: -2147212529 Backup job failed. Discovery phase failed. Cannot add volumes to the snapshot set. Cannot add volume to the set of volumes that should be shadowed. VSS error: VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR. Code:0x8004230f As per Veeam, this error is due to a third party…
During a recent install of VMware ESXi 6.7 on a pair of Cisco UCS 220 servers, I ran into a partition error causing the installation to fail. The error stated partedUtil failed with message: “Error: Can’t have a partition outside the disk! Unable to read partition table for device.” The intended install location was a Cisco FlexFlash virtual drive made up of two onboard SD cards. To remediate the issue, the virtual drive needed to be erased. We also disabled/re-enabled…