vSphere Configuration Profiles and the USER_DEFINED mac_mode trap that disconnects your ESXi hosts
Introduction We recently stood up a fresh vSphere 8.0 Update 3 environment. Since it was a clean start, we decided we did not want to…
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How to fix VCF Usage Meter v9 connectivity issues after upgrade
Introduction Starting last month Broadcom announced the general availability for a new version of VMware Usage Meter. This time we were required to upgrade from…
Exciting new enhancements for VCF, vSphere and NSX!
Introduction Earlier this week I have had the opportunity to listen to the new enhancements announced today for the VMware products VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF),…
Remove legacy EAM baseline in vLCM
Recently I upgraded a vSphere 7 environment to version 8. This left me with a vCLM baseline which was no longer applicable to any of…
How to remove vSAN inaccessible objects
Introduction The other day we were finding us in the position to completely re-install a couple of vSphere ESXi hosts which were once part of…
Analyze ESXi network captures remotely using Wireshark
In my previous post I explained how to quickly interpret a network capture on ESXi by using pktcap-uw and tcpdump-uw. This works great to get…
Fast packet interpretation on ESXi using pktcap-uw and pipes – updated
As a vSphere admin you are sometimes tasked with investigating network issues. You don't always have VM access so you need to diagnose at the…
How to quickly find NSX-V KB85070 affected ESXi hosts
Introduction If you have worked or are working with NSX for vSphere (NSX-V) like me you are probably aware of the known bug that is…
How to fix VUM not updating ESXi hosts due to old UserVars advanced settings
Introduction Today we have something different from the ever growing VMware Cloud Director (VCD) blogposts on our blog! The other day I was upgrading a…
How to fix a vCenter 6.7 to 7.0 U3h upgrade failure
Introduction Sometimes you can find some issues in older environment while upgrading that you haven't seen before. This blogpost is about one that I've never…