Veeam – Quick Migration (Cold VM Migration)
This article explains how to migrate a running VM from one host to another without vMotion and with as little downtime as possible. Context As part of a recent round […]
This article explains how to migrate a running VM from one host to another without vMotion and with as little downtime as possible. Context As part of a recent round […]
This article explains how to install patches on ESXi hosts using esxcli, if Update Manager is not not available or not working. Prerequisites Download the desired patch from my.vmware.com Upload […]
This article explains how to automatically workaround the issue where the first attempt to install VMware tools on a new Server2016 system fails to install the VMWare Tools (VMTools) service. […]
Description of the Error This error is pretty straightforward. The Veeam backup server is unable to reach a backup proxy server to process the job. Troubleshooting Open the Veeam Backup […]
Connect to vSphere Connect-VIServer ‘vsphereURL.domain.com’ Get Multipath settings for all hosts Get-VMHost | Get-ScsiLun -LunType Disk | Select VMHost,CanonicalName,MultipathPolicy Get Multipath settings for a specific host Get-VMHost “<VMHost-Name>” | Get-ScsiLun […]
Enable and connect via SSH on the host (if SSH is not already enabled on your ESXi host) vCenter Web Console → Host → Config → Security Profile → Edit → SSH → Start SSH to […]
Description of the Error This error is often caused by removals or re-deployments of Virtual Machines that are manually targeted by Veeam Backup jobs. Veeam backup jobs target the VMs […]