VMware announced on September 22th, 2017 that they are committed to monthly patches on the vSphere vCenter appliance, and we have to check the latest security updates and patches in VMware Security Advisories. Rally this is an excellent change from a security perspective as historically, VCSA patches when running on SuSE were not released that often, and VMware […]
Tag: vSphere 6.7
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.2)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.2)
In this Part 4.2 of the vCenter 6.7 Deployment series, I will configure the load balancer that will provide a layer of redundancy between the two external Platform Services Controller (PSC) appliances that were deployed in configured in Part 4.1. F5 BIG-IP DEPLOYMENT I have downloaded my F5 BIG-IP appliance, and request the license during registration, and […]
How to resolve failed to deploy OVA / OVF issue (postNFCData failed)How to resolve failed to deploy OVA / OVF issue (postNFCData failed)
During the deployment of OVA or OVF appliance I have faced an issue which is: Failed to deploy VM: postNFCData failed: Capacity of an uploaded disk is larger than requested Also; the upload process has failed with the listed issue: This issue occurs when an incorrect ovf capacity size is specified in the OVF file that […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.1)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.1)
In this Part 4.1 of the multi-part series for vCenter Server 6.7 deployment, I’m going to deploy the two external Platform Services Controller (PSC) appliances. The PSCs will be load balanced by a 3rd party load balancer. In a real-life deployment, the load balancer could be a virtual or physical appliance, but in my scenario, I will use a virtual appliance. […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – Embedded PSC (PART 2)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – Embedded PSC (PART 2)
In this part, I’m going to explain how we can deploy vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 with Embedded PSC. First You have to Download the vCenter Server 6.7 from VMware Portal, you can find the download link below. Download First of all, you should create proper DNS A record for the new VCSA server on DNS […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment &Topology – Overview (Part 1)vCenter 6.7 Deployment &Topology – Overview (Part 1)
In this part of vCenter deployment series, I will demonstrate the deployment topologies of vCenter server 6.7 so vCenter server 6.7 has two deployment topologies we can either do vCenter with an embedded PSC or vCenter with an external PSC. In addition, review the steps required to deploy and configure the new vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 with […]
vSphere 6.5 Update 2 Now AvailablevSphere 6.5 Update 2 Now Available
vCenter Server vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2 now supports Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) when deployed with an Embedded Platform Service Controller (PSC)…………………. vSphere Some additional features have been added to vSphere 6.5 Update 2 such as:……………….. Find the full post about this release in this link. Thanks.
Upgrade vCenter Appliance from 6.5 to 6.7Upgrade vCenter Appliance from 6.5 to 6.7
In this article, we will explain how we can upgrade vCenter appliance from 6.5 to 6.7 in vCentern Embedded mode. The upgrade is easy, straightforward, and very fast. Mount VCSA DVD, and run installer.exe which located in X:\vcsa-ui-installer\win32, then click on the upgrade to start the upgrade process. Click next. Accept EULA then click next. […]