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VMware vCenter Upgrade: Error “No space left on device”

Post author:admin
Post published:October 12, 2021
Post category:IT vCenter VCSA VMware vSphere

I was trying to upgrade VMware vCenter (VCSA) to v7.0U3 at my work using the command shell, I got an error while staging the ISO. OSError:[Error 28] No space left…

Updating/Changing DNS IPs in VMware vCenter Appliance and ESXi hosts

Post author:admin
Post published:September 23, 2020
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VCSA VMware vSphere

If you try to change / update DNS IPs on the ESXi host from within the vCenter , it will give an error " This operation cannot be performed while…

VMware ESXi: Unable to take snapshot after upgrading to ESXi 7.0

Post author:admin
Post published:July 31, 2020
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VMware vSphere

Background: Earlier this month I upgraded my production VMware vSphere environment from 6.7 U3 to 7.0.0. All the hosts in the cluster are HPE DL380 Gen10 server. I used HPE…

Upgrading ESXi from 6.7 U3 to 7.0

Post author:admin
Post published:April 6, 2020
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VMware vSphere

There are two ways you can upgrade ESXi hosts:- Upgrading ESXi using ESXCLI- Upgrading ESXi via VMware LifeCycle Manager. VMware Update Manager has been replaced with VMware Lifecycle Manager in…

ESXi 6.7 update patch fails with DependencyError related to Image Profile

Post author:admin
Post published:March 8, 2019
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VMware

ardware: HPE Proliant DL380 Gen 10 ESXi installation : VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-Update1-10302608-HPE-Gen9plus-670.U1.10.3.5.12-Oct2018 When I try to apply Patch Release ESXi670-201901001.zip, I got the following error: [DependencyError] VIB QLC_bootbank_qwdrntv_3.9.18.0 - 10EM.670.0.0.7535516 requires qedentv_ver…

VMware: Replacing existing ESXi hosts with the new hosts/hardware

Post author:admin
Post published:February 17, 2019
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VMware vSphere

VMware infrastructure upgrade is one of the my 2019 first quarter goals. Upgrading vCSA and replace all the esxi hosts with the new hardwares. I am near completion. I am…

Upgrading vCenter Appliance (vCSA) and ESXi 6.5 to 6.7

Post author:admin
Post published:July 2, 2018
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VCSA VMware vSphere

This article is for upgrading vCenter Appliance and ESXi 6.5 to 6.7 on internet disconnected environment. Login to https://my.wmware.com/ and download the following two files: VMware-VCSA-all-6.7.0-8546234.iso VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-depot.zip Always upgrade the…

SharePoint 2016: EventID 6389: The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.FeedCacheRepopulationJob (IDb0da4589-982d-4b22-9384-9856ea686c8b) threw an exception.

Post author:admin
Post published:February 12, 2018
Post category:ESXi IT SharePoint 2016 vCenter VMware vSphere Windows Server Windows Server 2012

Following errors were logged at least 3 - 4 times a day. Error: Event Log Event ID 6389 The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.FeedCacheRepopulationJob (IDb0da4589-982d-4b22-9384-9856ea686c8b) threw an exception. Unexpected…

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