New install of ESXi 6.5 creates VMFS5 datastore instead of VMFS6 !! To upgrade the ESX boot datastore to VMFS 6 version, please follow below steps !! 1. Note down the NAA ID of the data store. 2. Put ESX host into maintenance mode. 3. Unmount the data store from ESX host. 4. Delete the data store from ESX host.. 5. Go to ESX host and choose New Datastore option and re-add the same data store. 6.Choose type VMFS, give name, choose VMFS 6 version this time and finish the wizard. 7. Successfully upgrade the data store to VMFS 6.
Hello there !! I am covering this post for the configuration of LDAPS authentication for vCenter server or Platform Service controller in case of external PSC deployment. Before doing this, let me give you an important update that Microsoft gave advisory that everyone needs to enable the LDAP binding and signing at Active Directory domain controllers for secure LDAP authentication. Below are some KB articles for how to enable LDAP binding and signing at AD level. · KB4520412: 2020 LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing requirement for Windows · KB4034879: LDAP channel binding · KB935834: LDAP signing This LDAP change will affect all applications which are using LDAP authentication with AD. So. Lets begin to change the LDAP configuration on vCenter Server 6.7 in my case here. Step...
Hi Everyone, This post covers, how to run or schedule a Cron job in ESXi hosts. However, ESXi does not need to run a cron job, i never seen the cron job uses on ESXi platform as it is heavily use on Linux and Unix systems to automate the scripts. But, few days back, i was getting struggled to one of my ESXi 6.5 host which is getting disconnected from vcenter in every 4-5 hours. It is also stopped to pinging as well. I have to restart the management agents to take back on the network via DCUI. I tried to get the logs but didn't find the actual root cause of this issue. I didn't spend too much time to find the issue as well since it is a developement host running as a standalone. I was thinking to rebuild it as well but several VMs running on this host and since it is development host, so we have a single logical volume which consists ESX footprint as well as VMs footprint. So, i can't rebuild it anymore. Now, I don't want to leave it as it is as well because the Develo...
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