Step by Step: Upgrade vCenter VCSA 6.0 (or 6.5) to 6.7 These screenshots show the entire process to upgrade vCenter from 6.0 to 6.7 using a Windows 10 desktop as my administrative workstation. The same steps work for vCenter 6.5 to 6.7. Is your existing vCenter server running on Windows? This article is primarily about … Read more
In many organizations, the servers and especially the storage area network (SAN) are critical. The thought of installing firmware on these systems or performing a major operating system upgrade is incredibly scary to the IT staff. I was working at a company recently which was having trouble with their backup system. Their backup system did … Read more
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
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
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
