We have a host which recently ran into the purple screen problem twice with GP Exception 13 and PF Exception 14 separately. Not sure exactly what the root cause is, it could be caused by a faulty hardware or software bugs. This server has been running for more than 6 months, and never had such … Continue reading ESXi Purple Screen Message Interpretation
Category: Virtualization
Free VMware VCA exams
I came across two great blogs saying VMware is providing free VCA exam voucher. It is true!! As I tested it, and fortunately passed the VCA-Cloud exam. Not high score though, but still happy considering I only spent 2 hours on the online training. Free VCA exam voucher: http://www.vfrank.org/2013/10/02/free-vmware-vca-certification-voucher/?goback=%2Egde_51214_member_5797866230664671233#%21 Online training & How to register: … Continue reading Free VMware VCA exams
Install HP Command View EVA in VMware Virtual Machine
There are two ways to allow HP command View EVA that’s installed in a virtual machine to manage the array: Virtualized SCSI mode and VMDirectPath mode. Virtualized SCSI mode – The Command View EVA instance can only view the active path to LUN 0 on a single controller. This mode is enabled by default when … Continue reading Install HP Command View EVA in VMware Virtual Machine
VForum 2013
I attended vForum 2013 couple days ago. To me, here are the three major notable things: VMware vSphere 5.5: It introduces many new features and enhancements to extend the core capability of the vSphere platform. e.g. hardware version 10, vmdk size limit is up to 62TB, support Microsoft cluster on Windows 2012. More VMware … Continue reading VForum 2013
vShield EndPoint: Lost communication with ESX module
We bought two new blades recently. When my colleague tries to configure the vShield Endpoint on the two new hosts, he always get an error ‘Lost communication with ESX module’. I SSH into the host, and checked the syslog. It complains the certificate is not yet valid. And I noticed that the time is not … Continue reading vShield EndPoint: Lost communication with ESX module
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