This is second part of VMware vSphere 7 upgrade series which about hardware compatibility.
After the upgrade path is prepared and you are ready to pay for new hardware or upgrade current hardware, you have to choose compatible hardware, so you must know that why hardware compatibility is so important?
This post is first part of vSphere 7 Upgrade Series which about vSphere upgrade path to vSphere 7.
VMware has release patch for ESXi 6.5, critical issues are fixed on that. There is one security issue which addressed in this patch for ESXi 6.5. Fixed Issues ESXi contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2019-5536 to this issue. See VMSA-2019-0019 for further information. PR 2374268: Upgrading NSX-T fails with an error that VSIP filters are not cleared PR 2417371: ESXi 6.5 Update 3 hosts take long to complete tasks such as exit maintenance mode Further Reading Latest VMware Patch #4 Latest VMware ESXi Patche #3 Latest VMware ESXi Patch #2 Latest VMware...
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 has released ESXi600-201909001 for ESXi 6.0 to resolve lot of important and critical problems. I think, the new update should apply as soon as possible. ESXi600-201909001 The patch is 566.1 MB, build number will be 14513180 ( Security only: 14516143) after applying the patch. Image Profiles Image Profile ESXi-6.0.0-20190904001-standard (Build 14513180) includes the following updated VIBs: Name Version Vendor Summary Category Severity Bulletin cpu-microcode 6.0.0-3.125.14475122 VMware Updates the ESX 6.0.0 cpu-microcode security important ESXi600-201909102-SG esx-base 6.0.0-3.129.14513180 VMware Updates the ESX 6.0.0 esx-base bugfix critical ESXi600-201909401-BG esx-ui 1.33.4-14110286 VMware VMware Host Client security important ESXi600-201909103-SG lsi-msgpt3 06.255.12.00-9vmw.600.3.129.14513180 VMware Updates the ESX 6.0.0...
VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 3 has been released this week also VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 3 was released last month. VMware has released new patch to fix bugs in vSphere 6.5. Which Bugs Have Been Fixed? This patch updates the esx-base, esx-tboot, vsan and vsanhealth VIBs to resolve the following issue: PR 2379650: An API call to configure the number of queues and worlds of a driver might cause an ESXi hosts to fail with a purple diagnostic screenYou can use the SCSIBindCompletionWorlds() method to set the the number of queues and worlds of a driver. However, if you set the numQueues parameter to higher than 1 and...
VMware has release vSphere 6.7 Update 3 today, the new update has new features and improvements. This is quick review about new features.
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,...
