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Server Hardware

New HPE Customized ESXi Image Not Supported on ProLiant BL c-Class Servers

HPE has released the supported ESXi versions as customized images for ProLiant and other HPE server products. There is bad news about HPE ProLiant BL460c. Which Version Have Released? The below versions of HPE Custom Images for VMware Released in January 2021: VMware-ESXi-7.0.1-17325551-HPE-701.0.0.10.6.3.9-Jan2021.iso VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-17167734-HPE-Gen9plus-670.U3.10.6.3.8-Jan2021.iso VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-17097218-HPE-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.6.3.8-Dec2020.iso Which Hardware Products Not Supported? The mentioned images don’t support installing on the below server products: HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen10 Server Blade HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server Blade Which Versions Are Supported on ProLiant BL c-Class Servers? The below versions must be used on ProLiant BL c-Class Servers: VMware-ESXi-7.0.1-16850804-HPE-701.0.0.10.6.0.40-Oct2020.iso VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-Update3-16713306-HPE-Gen9plus-670.U3.10.6.0.83-Oct2020.iso VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-Update3-16389870-HPE-Gen9plus-650.U3.10.6.0.86-Oct2020.iso What Should We Do For Future? Don’t worry, the next releases will be supported on ProLiant BL c-Class Servers. Wait for new releases of HPE Custom Images for VMware. See Also Network Connection Problem on HPE FlexFabric 650 (FLB/M) Adapter References Notice: HPE c-Class BladeSystem – The HPE Custom Images for VMware Released in January 2021 Are Not Supported on ProLiant BL c-Class Servers

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vSphere 7 is Available to Download

VMware vSphere 7 is now available to download. The new version of vSphere is available with the below licenses and components: Licenses and Components Essentials VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                           VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              Essentials Plus                                              VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                            VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              VMware vSphere Replication 8.3.0                                       Standard                                                       VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                            VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              VMware vSphere Replication 8.3.0                                       VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 8.0.1 Enterprise                        VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                            VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              VMware vSphere Replication 8.3.0                                       VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 8.0.1 Enterprise Plus                VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                            VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              VMware vSphere Replication 8.3.0                                       VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 8.0.1 Desktop                            VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                            VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              VMware vSphere Replication 8.3.0                                       VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 8.0.1 vSphere Scale-Out                         VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0.0                            VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0                                                              VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 8.0.1 Custom ISO and Addons Dell and HPE has released their customized images for ESXi 7 and the customized images are available to download. Also the vendors have released Addons for ESXi 7 and the addons are available now. Other vendors are not listed yet, so f you are ready to deploy vSphere 7 in your environment, make...

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Last HPE Pre-Gen9 ESXi 6.5 U3 Custom Image

HPE has released the last custom image for Pre-Gen9 ProLiant servers. Actually, the Pre-Gen9 was just Gen8! Seems, HPE Gen8 ProLiant is retiring. HPE released ESXi 6.7 U3 custom image as well and it does support Gen9 and Gen10. What’s Changed? Same as all previous custom images, there were some changes on device drivers, management bundles and also ESXi image. All the custom images have been created from latest ESXi image. Also you can find the other changes via the below links: ESXi 6.7 U3: Driver Versions in HPE supplied VMware ESXi images ESXi 6.5 U3 (G9 Plus, Pre-G9): Driver Versions in HPE supplied VMware ESXi images Download Links The custom images are available on VMware: ESXi 6.7 U3 Dec 2019 – Support Gen9 Servers and forward ESXi 6.5 U3 Dec 2019 – Support Gen9 Servers and forward ESXi 6.5 U3 Dec 2019 – Last Pre-Gen9 custom image

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Server Hardware / Virtualization

HPE FlexFabric 650FLB Adapter May Cause PSOD on ESXi 6.x

Seems, there is an issue on HPE Blade Servers when a specific adapter is installed on server. If there is any server of the below models in your virtual environment that you should consider to this post: HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen10 Server Blade HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 Server HPE servers running VMware ESXi 6.0, VMware ESXi 6.5 or VMware ESXi 6.7 and configured with an HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter with driver version 12.0.1211.0 (or prior), a “wake NOT set” message is logged in the Vmkernel logs. Then after 20 to 30 days of server run time, a Purple Screen of Death (PSOD) may display a brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828 message. The following errors are displayed in the VMkernel logs after approximately 50 to 70 days of server run time: 2019-07-20T00:46:10.267Z cpu33:69346)WARNING: brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828: 0:0330 IOCB wake NOT set, Data x24 x0 2019-07-20T01:10:14.266Z cpu33:69346)WARNING: brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828: 0:0330 IOCB wake NOT set, Data x24 x0 2019-07-20T02:16:25.801Z cpu33:69346)WARNING: brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828: 0:0330 IOCB wake NOT set, Data x24 x0 2019-07-20T02:22:26.957Z cpu33:69346)WARNING: brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828: 0:0330 IOCB wake NOT set, Data x24 x0 2019-07-20T03:26:39.057Z cpu11:69346)WARNING: brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828: 0:0330 IOCB wake NOT set, Data x24 x0 2019-07-20T04:06:46.158Z cpu11:69346)WARNING: brcmfcoe: lpfc_sli_issue_iocb_wait:10828: 0:0330...

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Virtualization / Free Tools

Kubewise, Multi-Platform Desktop Client for Kubernetes

Kubewise is a simple multi-platform desktop client for Kubernetes. In the same way the kubectl command requires only a valid kubeconfig file to run commands against a Kubernetes cluster, Kubewise requires you just to configure one or more valid kubeconfig files to interact with the corresponding Kubernetes clusters. Main features: Support for multiple kubeconfig files. UI-driven interaction with the most frequently used Kubernetes entities. One-click terminal with the proper KUBECONFIG env variable set. Generation of custom kubeconfig files for a given namespace. Highlight sustaniability and security-related data. Requirements Kubewise is a desktop application built with HTML, JavaScript, CSS and Node.js, and it runs on Electron, a framework for building cross platform apps using web technologies. So for running it, basically, all you need is: Any modern macOS, Windows or Linux (Debian-based) OS. kubectl v1.14.0+ installed to access Kubernetes v1.14.0+ clusters. External Links Kubewise

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New Release, VMware Tools 11.0

VMware Tools is critical components for virtual guests in vSphere environments. VMware Tools includes drivers for virtualized devices and other components. What’s New in VMware Tools 11.0? First of all, you may know that VMware Tools 10.3.5 was final release for Linux, so there is no new thing for Linux. Better integration with Microsoft Update Service. Updated drivers (pvscsi, vmxnet3 and vmci) will be made available through the same service for Windows Server 2016 and later when the driver publication process completes. Upgraded compiler for VMware Tools drivers to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. VMware Tools is notarized for MacOS 10.14.5 starting with VMware Tools 11.0.0 release. Added support for additional driver for AppDefense. This enables AppDefense guest module to be upgraded without reboot, thus keeping system protection intact. Added appInfo to publish information about running applications inside the guest. Added capability for guest admin to control automatic upgrade and adding or removing features. Added support for GDI Hardware Acceleration to the WDDM 1.1 driver. External Links https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2019/09/vmware-tools-11-0-out-now.html https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/11.0.0/rn/VMware-Tools-1100-Release-Notes.html

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Virtualization

VMware’s Tool for Find VMware’s Products Ports and Protocols

VMware’s products needs to communicate together or communicate with other components of services via network, administrators must know that components will communicate via which ports and protocols. VMware has provided a tool to find port and protocol of popular VMware’s products which called ” VMware Ports and Protocols”. Currently, you can find ports and protocols which the below products used: vSphere vSAN NSX for vSphere vRealize Network Insight vRealize Operations Manager vRealize Automation Note: The recent versions of the mentioned products and not out of support products. External Links VMware Ports and Protocols

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New Release, PowerCLI 11.4.0

After vSphere 6.7 Update 3 announcement, VMware has announced latest version of PowerCLI 11.4.0, the new release came with add support for latest VMware products. What’s New in PowerCLI 11.4.0? PowerCLI 11.4.0 supporting Horizon View 7.9, actually it has happened: The VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView module has been updated to support the new API features in VMware Horizon 7 version 7.9 The below storage modules has been added: The Get-VsanResyncingOverview cmdlet has been added to the VMware.VimAutomation.Storage module. This cmdlet provides the ability to retrieve an overview of the vSAN resyncing objects. The Get-VsanEnterMaintanenceModeReport cmdlet has been added to the VMware.VimAutomation.Storage module. This cmdlet provides a report of objects which might have accessbility or compliance issues, as well as the cluster capacity when a host enters maintenance mode. Modifications and Bug Fixes There are 9 module modifications and 4 bug fixes, read more about changes: VMware PowerCLI 11.4.0 External Links VMware PowerCLI Change Log VMware PowerCLI 11.4.0 User’s Guide VMware PowerCLI 11.4.0 Cmdlet Reference New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0

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Virtualization / Server Hardware

HPE G10 Servers: Best and Optimized Setting for VMware vSphere

Optimizing HPE server configuration is always one of biggest challenges for virtual environments administrators. The administrators always trying to provide best performance by changing configurations on hypervisor, virtual machines or other components or virtual infrastructure. There are best practices which published by server vendors to achieve best performance on their server platform. Server hardware is one most important component in every environment, server provides main power and resource: Computing Resources. Processor and memory and other server’s component made to work almost like as human brain. Some Important Things! Human brain needs consumes about 20 percent of the body’s energy. Consume more energy is equal to more heat in human body. Server components needs energy and cooling, like human body. Energy and cooling needs money. So there is a challenge to keep balance between performance and cost of services in any IT environments. What’s Important About Server Hardware? In fact, processors and cooling system consume most power which provided by power modules. Don’t think about single server, think about hundreds of servers and thousands processors, thousand x 200W! (At least). Best performance has more cost for any environment also needs more maintenance. What’s Best Practices? Best practices are depended to workload...

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VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3

VMware has release vSphere 6.7 Update 3 today, the new update has new features and improvements. This is quick review about new features.

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Server Hardware / Virtualization

Using Network Partitioning (NPAR) in VMware ESXi

Data Center design is changing year by year, before virtualization all servers was physical and data centers were full of devices and cables. Virtualization helped to make data centers smaller and consolidate different workloads in same hardware. Hardware technologies are also helping to achieve this goal. Network Partitioning (NPAR) is one of hardware technologies which helping to reduce cabling, switch devices and use all I/O capacity in data centers. What’s Network Partitioning (NPAR)? NPAR is an operating system and switch agnostic technology that allows customers to reduce the number of I/O adapters required to support different application workloads. Traditional best practices require separate LAN or SAN connections for different aspects of application workloads. Converged Network Adapters already support widely used SAN protocols like Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI, administrators can already reduce the number of adapters needed for separate protocols, including separate Fibre Channel and Ethernet adapters. With NPAR, these adapters can now partition their network bandwidth further into multiple virtual connections, making one dual-port adapter appear as eight adapters to the operating system for use by the applications. This greatly simplifies the physical connectivity to the server, reduces implementation time, and lowers the acquisition cost of the...

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Free Tools

Virtual Machine Compute Optimizer

Virtual Machine Compute Optimizer is a new fling which has been published on VMware Labs. The Virtual Machine Computer Optimizer (VMCO) is a Powershell script that uses the PowerCLI module to capture information about the hosts and VMS running in your vSphere environment, and reports back on whether the VMs are configured optimally based on the Host CPU and memory. It will flag a VM as “YES” if it is optimized and “NO” if it is not. For non-optimized VMs, a recommendation is made that will keep the same number of vCPUs currently configured, with the optimal number of virtual cores and sockets. Requirements In order to run the Virtual Machine Compute Optimizer, you will need the following: Windows 7/Server 2008 or above Powershell v5 or higher The PowerCLI Module installed, or access to the internet. The VMCO will attempt to install the module if it is not already, and give you an option to upgrade if it is out of date. A user account with Read-Only rights assigned at the vCenter level with ‘Propogate to children’enabled. These rights will be needed on each vCenter that will be analyzed. Further Reading VMware Tools Client – Interact with a VM without...

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Denial of Service vulnerability in ESXi – July 2019

There is a new vulnerability on ESXi that allows attackers to make ESXi server unresponsive and ESXi management functionality will be unavailable. It seems, there is no affect on virtual machine but it will cause of hostd service unresponsive. It’s recommended that protect ESXi servers by customizing firewall rules and allows trusted clients because multiple logon attempts may be generated by attacker. If your servers were under attack, then you should restart hostd service and reboot is not necessary. Workarounds The below KB describes the workaround for issue: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67920 Resulotion This issue affecting ESXi 6.5 and 6.7. Patch is pending for ESXi 6.7 at this time but there is a patch for ESXi 6.5. ESXi 6.0 is not affected. Product Version Running On CVE Identifier CVSSV3 Severity Fixed Version Workarounds Additional Documents ESXi 6.7 Any CVE-2019-5528 5.3 Moderate Patch Pending kb67920 None ESXi 6.5 Any CVE-2019-5528 5.3 Moderate ESXi650-201907201-UG kb67920 None ESXi 6.0 Any CVE-2019-5528 N/A N/A Unaffected N/A N/A Further Reading ESXi Fails with “Corruption in dlmalloc” on HPE Server [Script]: Enable/Disable vMotion on VMKernel Ports via PowerCLI Why Device Bay IP Doesn’t Change in HPE BladeSystem?

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What’s New in ESXi and vCenter 6.5 Update 3?

VMware has released ESXi 6.5 update 3 and vCenter 6.5 U3 at July 2, the new releases are including some new features and lot of resolved issues. What’s New in ESXi 6.5 Update 3 The ESXi 6.5 Update 3 release includes the following list of new features. The ixgben driver adds queue pairing to optimize CPU efficiency. With ESXi 6.5 Update 3 you can track license usage, refresh switch topology and see improvements in the search and Developer Center in the vSphere Client. ESXi 6.5 Update 3 provides legacy support for AMD Zen 2 servers. Multiple driver updates: ESXi 6.5 Update 3 provides updates to the lsi-msgpt2, lsi-msgpt35, lsi-mr3, lpfc/brcmfcoe, qlnativefc, smartpqi, nvme, nenic, ixgben, i40en and bnxtnet drivers. ESXi 6.5 Update 3 provides support for Windows Server Failover Clustering and Windows Server 2019. ESXi 6.5 Update 3 adds the com.vmware.etherswitch.ipfixbehavior property to distributed virtual switches to enable you to choose how to track your inbound and outbound traffic, and utilization. With a value of 1, the com.vmware.etherswitch.ipfixbehaviorproperty enables sampling in both ingress and egress directions. With a value of 0, you enable sampling in egress direction only, which is also the default setting. Note: You can update current ESXi version (According to upgrade path) to ESXi 6.5 U3 by update file or vendors images. Vendor images are my preferred...

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Server Virtualization / Server Hardware

The ramdisk ‘tmp’ is full – VMware ESXi 6.x on HPE ProLiant

We are using HPE ProLiant servers in our virtual environment to delivering different services to our customers. VMware ESXi has been installed on all servers as Hypervisor. You know that each vendor has customized image that includes VMware ESXi, drivers and management tools. It seems, there is an issue on HPE Agentless Management (AMS) on latest ESXi image.