In this post, I’ll be upgrading my vRealize Log Insight deployment from 8.2 to 8.3 but the upgrade process is currently the same for any 8.x versions. [15/04/2021 - 8.4 has been released and follows exactly the same upgrade process] If all goes to plan, performing a vRealize Log Insight upgrade is a simple process … Continue reading How to upgrade vRealize Log Insight
Author: Liam Curley
Time to get Certified – VCTA DCV 2020 (1V0-21.20) exam experience
I’m not usually one for taking exams but thought it’s about time I get officially certified. Data Centre Virtualisation is my bread and butter so this is where I want to focus in the immediate future and the usual VCP > VCAP path is already mapped out. Whilst I'm lucky enough to have been on … Continue reading Time to get Certified – VCTA DCV 2020 (1V0-21.20) exam experience
Change from US to UK date format in the vSphere Client
If you've found yourself double guessing and still not being sure what date you're actually looking at in the vSphere client then this post is for you. We're going to change the US date format MM/DD/YYY to DD/MM/YYYY in Chrome but it also works for Firefox and Edge too. The default setting in when logged … Continue reading Change from US to UK date format in the vSphere Client
Hide VMs in the Hosts and Clusters view in the vSphere Client
This is a great setting to change for Administrators that spend most of their time in the Host and Clusters view managing hosts rather than the VMs. It's a feature that was easy to change and quite well known in the old fat client but seems to get forgot about in the new HTML5 vSphere … Continue reading Hide VMs in the Hosts and Clusters view in the vSphere Client
Simple Site Recovery Manager set up and failover
Site Recovery Manager is a very powerful disaster recovery product which can be configured to fulfil complex failover and failback requirements but this post shows how easy it is to set up your first protected VM, Protection Group and Recovery plan and run a Planned Failover to demonstrate the fundamentals of the software. Look out … Continue reading Simple Site Recovery Manager set up and failover
Send Logs to VMware Support with Skyline
We can transfer logs to VMware Support without having to export bundles and upload to the Support Request by using the Log Transfer feature in Skyline. Notes: A VMware Support Request must have already been created. You can either create a log bundle to upload (option 1) or you can tell VMware to request a … Continue reading Send Logs to VMware Support with Skyline
Workaround for the vCenter 7.0 ‘Failure to deploy OVF package’ bug when deploying VMs from a Content Library with a Proxy enabled
I was unable to deploy VMs from my Content Library after upgrading vCenter to 7.0. I have one Publisher Library and multiple other Content Libraries subscribed to it but I couldn't deploy from any of them. The VM deployment would begin and the percentage would increase but fail midway through with the following error: Failed … Continue reading Workaround for the vCenter 7.0 ‘Failure to deploy OVF package’ bug when deploying VMs from a Content Library with a Proxy enabled
Dark mode for vSphere Client and VAMI
Dark Mode was released released with 6.7 Update 1 and of course it's a much needed feature for VMware admins. This post shows the simple steps to change it for your vCenter in the vSphere Client and VAMI. I also show an issue it's had since release and how to work around it. vSphere Client … Continue reading Dark mode for vSphere Client and VAMI
Define The Data Centre 