VMware ESXi 6.5 – Setting up ESX Time Sync via Web Client
KB ID 0001274 Another guest post from Daniel Newton Problem Now that we have the web console instead of the VI client, and don’t have a windows machine anymore, it would be better to use the web console. Also, having your ESXi Server running the correct time/date is very important, before you follow this article I should suggest that by making sure the time is set in the ESX Servers BIOS, e.g. the internal clock is set correctly...
Deploy Cisco FirePOWER Management Center (Appliance)
KB ID 0001263 Problem You have been able to manage your firewalls Internal SFR module for while using the ASDM Setup FirePOWER Services (for ASDM) For most people that’s fine, but if you have a lot of FirePOWER devices to manage that does not scale well. In those cases you should use theFMC (FirePOWER Management Center). Here ‘Im going to use the Vmware virtual appliance, (at time of writing there is no Hyper-V version)....
VMware ESX – Enable ‘Embedded Host Client’
KB ID 0001231 Problem Since ESX 6.0.0 Update 2 you’ve been able to use the Embedded Host Client in ESX. Which is great if (like me) you use a Mac because I don’t have to fire up a windows box to load the ‘Fat’ VI client anymore. What about older version of ESX? If you are running 5.5 (update3) or newer then you can install and use the Embedded Host Client. Why didnt you just upgrade to 6.0.0 Update 2? Well my...
vSphere – ‘The Number of HA Heartbeat Datastores for this host is 0’
KB ID 00011202 Problem Seen after enabling HA on your vSphere Cluster HA Error: The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 0, which is less than required: 2 or HA Error: The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1, which is less than required: 2 I had this on my test network today, and to be honest thats not really surprising because I don’t have any shared storage. Note: You can see the same error if your ‘HA...
Installing vSphere VI Client on Server 2012 Fails – Error 28173
KB ID 0001139 Problem If you attempt to install the VI client, (in this case on a 2012 R2 Datacenter Server), you may see this error; Error 28173. Setup failed to enable Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Refer to Microsoft KB article 2734782 and 3002547 which may help you resolve the .NET failure. You will need to enable this feature in Windows Server Manager before installing vSphere Client. Solution I’ve had problems with .NET on...