Installing the Service Discovery Management Pack v2.1

So I have vROps 6.7 installed and now I want the Service Discovery Management Pack working since it is the replacement for VMware Infrastructure Navigator that I was so fond of. Before - Prep The bits are here, and the release notes. The user guide can be found here. You need to have the bits … Continue reading Installing the Service Discovery Management Pack v2.1 →

Multi VLAN in a Veam Virtual Lab when using VAO

Hello, I have been playing with this in the lab for a bit. A customer had an issue and confusion doing this in VAO so that means I need to figure it out and write it up. So here we are. Situation We have virtual machines on two different VLANs that need to be able … Continue reading Multi VLAN in a Veam Virtual Lab when using VAO →

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” →

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! →

Upgrading Nexenta Fusion to 1.2.0

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 1.2.0 →

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 →