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Scheduled Maintenance November 19-20
VMware will be performing a system upgrade to several VMware Support Web applications on Friday, November 19 at 8:00 PM PST, and ending at 8:00 AM PST on Saturday, November 20. If you need to file a...
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VMware ALERT:
An issue that affects users with IBM hardware, running ESX/ESXi 4.1 has prompted us to issue this Support Alert. When using IBM x3650 M3 or BladeCenter HS22V servers, you may experience these...
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Express Patch rollback for bnx2x driver
VMware recently released and Express Patch for ESX/ESXi 4.1 (VMware ESX 4.1 Patch Release ESX410-201011001 (1029400) or VMware ESXi 4.1 Patch Release ESXi 410-201011001 (1029401) ) If you are running a...
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Scheduled Maintenance December 4
VMware will be performing a system upgrade to several VMware Web applications on Saturday, December 4th, 2010 from 9:00AM to 4:30PM Pacific Time. If you need to file a high severity support request...
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VMware Fusion Upgrade Now Button
As part of our commitment to letting you know about emerging issues, we want to mention an issue a lot of folks are running into with the Fusion Installer. When you install Fusion 3.1 or later, you’ll...
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Windows 7 View Client issue with Microsoft patch
As part of our commitment to letting you know about emerging issues, we want to mention an issue a few VMware View users are running into after applying a Microsoft patch. The Knowledgebase Team has...
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Important Patch Information for ESX/ESXi 3.5 hosts
This is a Critical Impact Message: To continue patching ESX/ESXi 3.5 hosts, a critical patch needs to be applied before June 1, 2011. This patch updates the secure key. Knowledgebase Article 1030001...
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Patch staging and remediation using Update Manager fails
An issue has been identified wherein attempts to stage or remediate ESX or ESXi patches with VMware Update Manager fails. The issue is occurring because the relative path to patches has changed. The...
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Emulex OneConnect driver not supported in vSphere 5.0 on some HP hardware
VMware has become aware of an issue where HP G7 Blades have no supported firmware for the Emulex OneConnect driver for vSphere 5.0. This driver is shipped by default with the HP G7 blades. For more...
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ESXi 4.0 Update 2 hosts may PSOD after vCenter Server is upgraded to 5.0
VMware has become aware of some ESXi 4.0 hosts experiencing a purple screen after vCenter Server is upgraded to 5.0 The Knowledgebase Team has prepared KB article: ESXi 4.0 Update 2 hosts may...
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VMware ALERT: Upgrading to VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1a fails on...
An issue has been identified wherein upgrading to VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1a fails on Oracle databases. When installing via the media VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.0.0-757163, the...
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VMware ALERT: Using the vSA 1.0 Manager GUI to enter cluster maintenance mode
VMware has become aware of an issue where clusters can enter an inconsistent state when placed into cluster maintenance mode using the vSphere Storage Appliance Manager. This inconsistency can lead to...
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UPDATE: New Release vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1b
vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1a has been replaced with vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1b. This release is functionally identical to vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1a but also includes the fix for the issue...
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VMware ALERT: PowerPath/VE 5.7 fails to load on VMware vSphere version 5.1
VMware has become aware of an issue where PowerPath/VE 5.7 fails to load on VMware vSphere version 5.1 VMware and EMC have identified 2 issues in vSphere 5.1 that affect customers with PowerPath/VE....
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VMware ALERT: Increased restart times with vCenter Server 5.1
VMware has become aware of an issue where some customers may encounter increased restart times with the newly released vCenter Server 5.1. This issue only impacts the start/re-start time for vCenter...
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ALERT: vSphere 5.1 is not compatible with any versions of VMware View
VMware vSphere 5.1 is not currently supported with any versions of VMware View. vSphere 5.1 is in the process of being certified against VMware View. We recommend that you do not upgrade vSphere above...
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ALERT: vCenter Server Services hang on startup after upgrading to vCenter...
VMware has become aware of an issue where: After upgrading to vCenter Server 5.1, the VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails to start The VMware VirtualCenter Server service will not successfully...
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ALERT: vSphere Replication 5.1 unable to recover protected virtual machines
VMware has become aware of an issue whereby when the Recovery workflow is invoked through the VR 5.1 user interface, the VRMS are instructed to sync to the latest changes from the primary virtual...
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ALERT: Full disk on vShield Edge 5.1.x fails with error: VIX_E_DISK_FULL ERROR
VMware has become aware of an issue whereby vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 release can go into an Edge disk full state approximately 14 days after the first edge is deployed. Symptoms include: In...
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Implementing CA signed SSL certificates with vSphere 5.1
One of the most common things we see in VMware Global Support Services (GSS), regardless of product, version, or customer, is the need to implement custom certificates. This could be for a number of...
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