In the first of a series of blogs, I look into the need for certain configuration items within VMware vSphere. The first is ensuring a consistent time source across your…
Author: <span>Christian Parker</span>
Due to changes in vSphere 6.x, SCSI reads and writes with the VMware ESXi kernel handling validation, host disconnects can occur if delays of 8 seconds or longer are experienced…
For several years, I had heard from VMware friends about a course that was by invitation only and was the Top Gun for VMware senior consultants and architects. The Advanced…
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…
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…