Automating the creation of NSX-T “Disconnected”…

Automating the creation of NSX-T “Disconnected” Segments for DR testing on VMware Cloud on AWS

Automating the creation of NSX-T “Disconnected”…

Disaster Recovery (DR) and Disaster Avoidance (DA) on VMware Cloud on AWS is still one of the most popular use case amongst our customers, just second to Datacenter Migration and Evacuation. The VMware Site Recovery service makes it extremely easy and cost effective for customers to protect their critical workloads without having to worry about […]


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How to reset the Update Manager Database VCSA 6.5 or 6.7

After upgrading vCSA from 6.5 to 6.7, I reached error “Scan for Updates” .

Error:There are errors during the scan operation. Check the events and log files for details.

Cautions: It is a destrictive task. Ensure you have a backup or snapshots.

  • Stop the VMware Update Manager Service:

service-control --stop vmware-updatemgr 

  • Run the following command to reset the VMware Update Manager Database:

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 : /usr/lib/vmware-updatemgr/bin/updatemgr-util reset-db
vCenter Server Appliance 6.7: /usr/lib/vmware-updatemgr/bin/updatemgr-utility.py reset-db

  • Run the following Command to delete the contents of the VMware Update Manager Patch Store

rm -rf /storage/updatemgr/patch-store/* 

  • Start the VMware Update Manager Service:

service-control --start vmware-updatemgr 

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67771

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New KB articles published for the week ending…

New KB articles published for the week ending 1st March,2020

New KB articles published for the week ending…

VMware Cloud on AWS [VMC on AWS] Unable to see the VMware Cloud on AWS vCenter inventory with Hybrid Linked Mode Published Date:27-02-2020 [VMC on AWS] Unable to create HCX Interconnect and Network Extension tunnels when on-prem and cloud are communicating over VPN Published Date:25-02-2020 [VMC on AWS] The actions list is empty in “New The post New KB articles published for the week ending 1st March,2020 appeared first on VMware Support Insider.


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vMotion failed because duplicated IP

vMotion failed because duplicated IP

After some blog posts about the latest versions of Backup Tools is time for some technical blogging with this vMotion failed because of duplicated IP. This week had a strange issue with one of our vCenters while trying to migrate some VMs from one of the vCenter Clusters. The migrations always…Read More


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vExpert 2020 Award Announcement

vExpert 2020 Award Announcement

Thank you to everyone who applied for vExpert and thank you to the vExpert PROs for helping with the voting process. We are pleased to announce the list of 2020 vExperts. You can visit https://vexpert.vmware.com/directory to see a list and profile of each vExpert and see the list at the bottom of this post. All The post vExpert 2020 Award Announcement appeared first on VMware vExpert Blog.


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vSpeaking Podcast Ep 144: Home Labs Powered by…

vSpeaking Podcast Ep 144: Home Labs Powered by…

This week on the Virtually Speaking Podcast it’s all about Home Labs. Our good friend William Lam has been aggregating an amazing collection of Home Labs in the IT Community. On this episode we welcome William, Max Abelardo and Johan van Amersfoort do discuss this new Home Labs aggregated list and things to consider when The post vSpeaking Podcast Ep 144: Home Labs Powered by vSAN appeared first on Virtual Blocks.


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New KB articles published for the week ending…

New KB articles published for the week ending 9th February,2020

New KB articles published for the week ending…

VMware App Volumes Impact of March 2020 LDAP Channel Binding & Signing Requirement for Microsoft Windows (ADV190023) on App Volumes Environments Published Date:03-02-2020 VMware Cloud on AWS [VMC on AWS] Creating an SDDC with AWS CloudFormation template fails with an error on AWS console Published Date:03-02-2020 [VMC on AWS] Resize SRM/VR Protected Virtual Machine Disk The post New KB articles published for the week ending 9th February,2020 appeared first on VMware Support Insider.


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VMware vSphere 6.0 Reaches EoGS in March 2020

VMware vSphere 6.0 Reaches EoGS in March 2020

VMware vSphere 6.0 Reaches EoGS in March 2020

Proactively inform your customers about the vSphere 6.0 End of General Support (EoGS) and help them upgrade to vSphere 6.5 or 6.7. Note that by upgrading to vSphere 6.5 or 6.7, customers not only get all the latest capabilities of vSphere, but also the latest vSAN release and capabilities (with the separate vSAN license). Learn […] The post VMware vSphere 6.0 Reaches EoGS in March 2020 appeared first on Partner News.


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