Symptoms Synology SA3400 SAN connected to VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 using iSCSI This is a new install. The issues have been occurring since you started using the Synology for VMware datastores Event: Device or filesystem with identifier x has entered the All Paths Down state. Warning Event: Lost connectivity to storage device . Path vmhba64:C0:T1:L1 is …Read More…
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A general runtime error occurred adding host – VMware vCenter and ESXi
Symptoms: When attempt to add a new vSphere host to vCenter, an error appears after entering the host credentials: “A general runtime error occurred” You clicked YES on the certificate prompt. You have a cluster with EVC enabled, and you are attempting to add the host to that cluster You are using vCenter 6.0 , …Read More…
VMware vSphere ESX and vCenter Upgrade 5.5 to 6.0 or 6.5 or 6.7 best practices
Tips, tricks, and missing steps for the VMWare upgrade Having done several small / medium business upgrades from vCenter and ESXi 5.5 to 6.0 and 6.5 and 6.7, I wanted to share some best practices and lessons learned with the IT community. Table of Contents Upgrade from 5.5 to 6.7 cannot be performed in one …Read More…
VMWare and Netapp consultant in DC, Baltimore, Columbia, Frederick, and Rockville MD
We install and configure Netapp Disk Shelves and VMWare vCenter and ESXi for small and medium businesses in Maryland and DC. (more about VMWare and virtualization later in this article!) Netapp installation, integration, and maintenance Kieri Solutions endorses Netapp products because they are designed to be highly available and have several options for nearly instantaneous …Read More…
How to fix vSphere and vCenter datastore reverting to old size
Symptoms: You increased the size of a datastore in the past, but now when you open vCenter, you see the old (smaller) size displayed. There may be low disk space warnings. Web client for vCenter 6.5 and vSphere 6.5 and probably vCenter 6.0 and vSphere 6.0 If you refresh the datastore information, the correct size …Read More…
HP DL360p g8 ESXi 5.5 to 6.5 upgrade conflicting_vibs_error
Had to troubleshoot a few HP DL360 servers recently during a vSphere upgrade. They refused to upgrade to vSphere ESXi 6.5 with a conflicting_vibs_error Symptoms: After selecting “Upgrade ESXi and preserve the existing datastore”, the system scan presented the following error: <CONFLICTING_VIBS ERROR: Vibs on the host are conflicting with vibs in metadata. Remove …Read More…