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Error when vMotioning or Storage vMotioning - The object 'vim. Datastore:datastore-XXXX' has already been deleted or has not been completely created

Ran in to this error today when trying to storage vMotion a Virtual Machine, on further investigation the ability to perform a standard vMotion was also affected. Initial error messageI then tried to vMotion another VM on the same ESXi host, this reported the

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Useful Commands Collected from VMware GSS tickets

This post is an attempt to capture some of the more useful commands used while troubleshooting issues with vCenter and ESXi in-conjunction with VMware GSS. I will add to this any other commands that I find along the way... ESXi DCUI ALT+F1 -

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VCAP 6.5-DCV Advanced Deploy Exam Experience

After passing the VCAP 6.5 DCV Design exam in March this year I booked to sit the second part of the certification in early August, this post provides detail on how I found the VCAP 6.5 DCV Deploy exam and my overall

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VMware vCSA 6.5 & 6.7 does not accept https proxy settings through the GUI

Having recently moved six vCenter Servers over from Windows to the VMware appliance I ran into an issue with configuring the proxy settings from the GUI to allow the appliance to check for updates online. Here is how I manged to work around the

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VCAP6.5-DCV Design Exam Experience

After completing my VCP 6.5 back in May 2018 I decided to pursue the next round of VMware certifications. I went for the VCAP 6.5 Design exam first as this was multiple choice and I could sit this closer to home, the

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Managing Snapshots the Easy Way with vROps 7.0

The use of snapshots within VMware vCenter has always been a useful feature, however managing this easily when there are 1000's of virtual machines in an estate, with multiple IT teams all using the platform can prove to be quite a challenge. I have

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Update Manager - Cannot Execute Upgrade Script On Host - unequal values of the 'payloads' attribute - ESXi 6.5 to 6.7u1 Upgrade.

Having just upgraded a VMware VCSA from 6.5 to 6.7u1 I set about uplifting the ESXi hosts only to stumble at the first hurdle. Using Update Manager within vCenter to deploy the custom HP 6.7u1 Build the following error was shown.

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Reclaimable Capacity Tab missing from vROPS 7.0

Since upgrading from vROPs 6.7 to the latest 7.0 release I have discovered a few changes that have affected our current way of working with the tool, one of these is looking at a specific VM to see if there is any

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One Stop Shop for VMware Configuration Maximums

I've often found myself "googling" in search of configuration maximums across the various versions of vSphere, this has sometimes led me to websites holding incorrect or suspicious values that I have the had to go and double check against VMware official material.

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Modify Content Library Template Settings without Exporting and Importing

Having recently implemented Content Libraries on a vSphere 6.5 environment, I ran in to a problem where I needed to change a setting within one of the VM library templates. On further investigation there seemed to be 2 ways to achieve this: Export