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How to Assign vSphere 7 Licenses

How to Assign vSphere 7 Licenses

Quick byte today – Here is a tutorial on how to assign VMware vSphere 7 licenses. When you first install ESXi (or vCenter), you will have a 60-day evaluation license to dive into the full set of features. These evaluation features are equivalent to that of a vSphere Enterprise Plus license which includes vSphere vMotion, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Virtual Machine Encryption, Distributed Switches, etc. Durng this time, the Licenses tab will indicate you are Evaluation Mode….

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Upgrade Cisco UCS Server Firmware with Host Update Utility

Upgrade Cisco UCS Server Firmware with Host Update Utility

Upgrading server firmware is an integral part of patching your infrastructure. Typically, device firmware is installed prior to upgrading your OS/hypervisor. In this scenario, we will be upgrading Cisco UCS server firmware via the Host Update Utility (HUU). This specific server/host is running VMware ESXi. It is also worth noting, this process is also revelevant on how to upgrade Cisco CIMC. Before we get into the actual server firmware patching, let’s talk about drivers vs firmware as these two may…

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Install or Upgrade VMware ESXi from CIMC HTML5 UI

Install or Upgrade VMware ESXi from CIMC HTML5 UI

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,…

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Veeam VSSControl Error Backing up VMware VM

Veeam VSSControl Error Backing up VMware VM

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…

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VMware ESXi Install Fails with Partition Error on Cisco FlexFlash

VMware ESXi Install Fails with Partition Error on Cisco FlexFlash

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…

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