VMware has updated recently KB about migrating vCenter Server 4.x/5.0.x to a different host machine. The KB is available here. Recently I have done some vCenter 5.x migrations and there are below some additional tips. If you have some 3rd vCenter plugins (e.g. NetApp, HP) installed, you have to unregister it and later install again on a new… Read More »
As you can read here it is not possible to recover the root password on ESXi. Generally if you forget root password... you have to reinstall ESXi host. But the question is: is it always necessary? Fortunately NO! If your ESXi hosts are added to vCenter you can use Host Profiles (available in Enterprise + license) to change… Read More »
Recently I was doing a VMware project with 14 HA Clusters (DC) and 8 HA Clusters (DRC) . During the design considerations I wondered how many datastores should be created for Site Recovery Manager (SRM) placeholders. The placeholder is a file which holds configuration information corresponding to the Protected virtual machines. Following VMware documentation placeholder datastores must meet… Read More »
