There seems to be an incorrect advanced option in VC U3. HA network compliance check During the configuration of HA in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2, the Task & Events tabs might display the following error message and recommendation: HA agent on <esxhostname> in cluster <clustername> in <datacenter> has an error Incompatible HA Network: Consider using the Advanced Cluster Settings das.allowNetwork [...]

A while back I wrote down all the HA advanced options. With VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3(and the ESX patch that came with it) VMware added another extra advanced options, this is the complete list: das.failuredetectiontime – Amount of milliseconds, timeout time for isolation response action(with a default of 15000 milliseconds). das.isolationaddress[x] – IP adres the ESX hosts uses for it’s [...]

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. [...]

A couple of days ago I wrote about the Quick Migration script that Mike D wrote with Powershell. Like I said, it should be possible to integrate the script with VC. Well this has been done by Dennis of Icomasoft. Icomasoft recently released the Powershell Plugin for VirtualCenter. And with this plugin you can easily integrate your scripts into VirtualCenter [...]

Kodiak is a cross platform application(Windows, Linux, Mac) with which you can manage your virtual environment. Why would one want to use this instead of the VIC? Well you can run it from your Linux box without having to run a VM. What do you need? Well I tested it with Ubuntu and Windows and you should start with installing [...]

I just received my beta invite for Bluebear’s Kodiak and will be testing it today. I am downloading a brand new Ubuntu 8.0.4 virtual appliance and will keep you guys up to date on this multi platform VirtualCenter management client. If anyone wants an invite to the beta program than just drop your email here, or send me your email [...]

As some of you know I spend a lot of time on the VMTN forums, helping people out and learning from other experts. Today someone posted about Storage VMotion not working after a Service Console IP change. It reminded me of a problem I faced a while ago. The solution wasn’t obvious but fairly easy, because the problem was solved [...]