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VMware Tools and Windows RSS Issues

VMware Tools and Windows RSS Issues

Last Thursday, VMware distributed a rush post regarding an issue with Windows Server and VMware Tools. The issue pertains to packets being dropped on virtual machines running Windows as the guest OS and VMware Tools versions 9.10.0 through 10.1.5. For reference, 9.10.0 through 10.1.5 were packaged with ESXi 6.0 and 6.5, respectively. The increased rate of dropped packets stems from a malfunction in Windows Receive Side Scaling (RSS) on Windows 2012 and later guests. RSS normally works to distribute network processing…

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Upgrade ESXi to 6.5 using VMware Update Manager

Upgrade ESXi to 6.5 using VMware Update Manager

One of my favorite features in vCenter 6.5 is the built-in Update Manager. VMware Update Manager (VUM) 6.5 is used to patch and upgrade vSphere ESXi hosts, virtual appliances, VMware Tools, and virtual hardware. Previous versions of the vCenter Server Appliance required a separate Windows machine to run Update Manager. For many admins, this was a deterrent in deploying VUM. Now that the embedded Update Manager leverages the vCenter Server Appliance Postgres database, there is no additional vms to install…

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VMware Patch Release for ESXi and vCenter 6.5

VMware Patch Release for ESXi and vCenter 6.5

Quick update: VMware released patches for both ESXi and vCenter 6.5 today. There are quite a few fixes we could discuss, but I will concentrate on the highlights and provide a few helpful links. VMware ESXi 6.5, Patch ESXi-6.5.0-20170304001-standard Fixes UNMAP – Automated UNMAP was introduced in 6.5, but has experienced some issues relating to requests not being passed to the storage array; thus, no space reclamation. Cormac Hogan has an in-depth article on this. ESXi SNMP Crash – The ESXi…

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VMware ESXi Upgrade 6.0 to 6.5 – Conflicting VIBs HPe Custom Image

VMware ESXi Upgrade 6.0 to 6.5 – Conflicting VIBs HPe Custom Image

During a recent 6.0 to 6.5 upgrade, we ran into an incompatibility error while upgrading the ESXi version on multiple HP Proliant Blades with an HPe Custom Image. The error stated: The upgrade contains the following set of conflicting VIBs: Mellanox_bootbank_net-mlx4-en_2.0.0.0-1OEM.550.0.0.472560 Remove the conflicting VIBs or use Image Builder to create a custom upgrade ISO image that contains the newer versions of the conflicting VIBs, and try to upgrade again. No need to panic. We will check to see if…

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