I found an error when upgrading my ESXi 6.7 hosts to 7.0 today. The upgrade via Lifecycle Manager (AKA Update Manager (VUM)) shows as ‘incompatible’ when the host is remediated…
Author: <span>Christian Parker</span>
A number of my clients have asked for a simple report that can be run against their vCenter to report on VM Snapshots. Though I would recommend that they use…
While recently, upgrading vCenter 6.7 to 7.0 from my MacOS Catalina (10.15.4) laptop, I ran into an error while trying to complete the upgrade via the Installer UI “ovftool cannot…
After a few incidents recently with clients using IBM storage, I thought I would write this quick post to remind people that ATS Heartbeats on IBM Storage arrays should be…
After just over five years it’s time to say goodbye to Triangle Computer Services. I have had an amazing time working with some great clients, colleagues and diving deeper into…
I’m a great fan of Microsoft PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI to making my life easier through automation. When Microsoft and VMware released PowerShell for Mac OSX / High Sierra and…
Today I experienced an issue with a client’s site with them trying to deploy a VM from a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.0. During the VM deployment wizard, they were…
I’m currently in the process of upgrading a number of hosts in an environment. I needed to see the status of the host upgrading and patching process. Below is an…
New Release: VMware PowerCLI 6.5.2 New Release: VMware PowerCLI 6.5.2 The past couple releases have introduced some new and exciting modernizations for PowerCLI. We’ve moved from Snapins to Modules, leaving…
When studying for my VCAP6-DCV Deploy, I developed an Excel sheet to help me understand the password string to change the vSphere password complexity requirements. Based on the vSphere documentation…