I just noticed this new KB article that deals about not being able to upgrade ESXi on a Dell box because of the fact that the virtual media is attached: Upgrade to ESXi 3.5 Update 2. If you cannot upgrade to ESXi 3.5 Update 2, use the following workaround: Connect to the DRAC through ILO, as follows: Open the Media tab. [...]
Sometimes you wished you hadn’t invested all of your 50.000 dollars on an employee who will be doing “migrations” for you. So what am I talking about? Well imagine yourself in a 24×7 environment, or anyother environment for that matter and you just received an email about this patch. Yeah this patch NEEDS to be applied a.s.a.p. cause it’s a [...]
VMware just released a rollup bundle for 3.0.2. So those still on 3.0.2 and looking for a quick way to get up to the latest patch level take a look at this KB article and download the patch here. Roll‐ups provide you with a convenient way to download and install multiple bundles at one time. Installing this roll-up bundle zip [...]
I just wanted to point you guys out to the following: Issue: After attempting to upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 using the VirtualCenter Update Wizard, and not the VMware Unified Installer, the VirtualCenter service may fail to start. The issue is caused by an incomplete update of the database information for VirtualCenter resulting in incorrect database versioning, which is verified, [...]
I wrote about a new patch for ESX(i) 3.5 yesterday and the fact that VirtualCenter 3.5 Update 3 was mentioned. Well today VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 has been released! You can pick it up here. I think the most important fixes are the ones for HA. With Update 2 VM started checking the subnets of the heartbeat network for HA. [...]
After the 3.0.X updates the 3.5 updates couldn’t be far away, and here you go… And if you have a close look at the KB article of the patch you can see that VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 is also coming soon.
VMware just released a whole bunch of patches for 3.0.x, so if you’re still using 3.0.x than you should take a look here. At least three of them are related to Linux Guests! There are 6 patches for 3.0.2 and 4 for 3.0.3. Have fun,
