Virtual Lab “xray” not found on server “xyz.mine.ca”

This has been bothering me for a bit. When I do a test failover I see the error above. Here is a screenshot: This is an example out of my lab. I could start and stop the virtual lab in the VAO UI with no issues. I removed / uninstalled everything and tried again. Still … Continue reading Virtual Lab “xray” not found on server “xyz.mine.ca” →

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Newsletter: July 28, 2018

Hi there, A busy week in the lab, and it was not all fun. I am working on one problem in the lab that is most frustrating. I hope to have some help with it next week and get if figured out. I did get my vSphere 6.7 upgrade done, and so my article talks … Continue reading Newsletter: July 28, 2018 →

My vSphere 6.7 Upgrade - WOW!

Hi all, This article covers off the process of my upgrade to vSphere 6.7 in my lab. It is later than you may have suspected due to dependencies in my lab I had to wait to be dealt with. So this process starts with me getting the docs, and the bits (vCenter and ESXi). I … Continue reading My vSphere 6.7 Upgrade - WOW! →

Newsletter: July 21, 2018

Hello all, A full week at home - yahoo! Wait, not quite full, as when I got home last Friday my wife took me out to the mountains on a small holiday and hiking - it was amazing - the weather was good and it is very nice to hike in the mountains. This week … Continue reading Newsletter: July 21, 2018 →

Upgrading Nexenta Fusion to Current (1.2.1.12)

Hello there, I use Nexenta in my lab, and I really like it. It works well and has a great UI too. There was an update of the Nexenta Fusion management appliance recently. I discovered there was an update by looking at the console, and not by the email distribution. Which should be used to … Continue reading Upgrading Nexenta Fusion to Current (1.2.1.12) →

Virtual Lab: VM has no network adapter error

Hello all, We were working in Veeam Availability Orchestrator (VAO) recently and I had an interesting error and a few of us were puzzled by it. So that means it is a good one to share. During a test failover we saw some unusual errors and the test failover failed. The two screenshots above are … Continue reading Virtual Lab: VM has no network adapter error →

Network remapping with Veeam Backup & Replication

Hi there, I had some issues recently where a better understanding of network remapping when replicating with Veeam would have been good. Especially since it can impact your virtual lab work as well as a failover when using Veeam Availability Orchestrator (VAO). After all, you would not want your VMs to fail-over when they are … Continue reading Network remapping with Veeam Backup & Replication →

Newsletter: July 1, 2018 - Happy Canada Day!

Hello all, This is likely going to be out late. I have spent 6 days in a row working in a data center, to do something pretty simple stuff but yet it has not turned out that way. It is important work, and it will impact many of you so I work hard. So not … Continue reading Newsletter: July 1, 2018 - Happy Canada Day! →

Clean Up of VAO uninstall

Hi there, Several people asked me about this recently so I thought I better share my info. When you uninstall VAO, there is still some things left - like the SQL database. So here is my info on doing an uninstall so that it is possible to install VAO again on the VM. If you … Continue reading Clean Up of VAO uninstall →