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VMware just recalled their latest update for vSphere and vCenter Server 7.0 U3b is no longer available for download. If your vCenter has already been upgraded to vCenter 7.0 U3b\and is experiencing the symptoms mentioned in  KB 86191 , please remove the  i40enu driver. Issues After patching ESXi to 7.0 Update 3 - HA can no longer be successfully enabled When trying to enable HA, the installation of the HA agent (FDM) starts, and the status switches into "Waiting for cluster election to complete", only to fail and start over again The HA status for the ESXi host is stuck at " Uninitialized " In some cases the HA enablement task fails with " Cannot find vSphere HA master agent " Migrating or powering on VMs in an HA enabled cluster fail In /var/run/log/esxupdate.log on the ESXi, you find the following entries: esxupdate.log 2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last): 2021-10-13T14:01:17Z esxupdate: 2140874: root: ...

Hey guys, In this post we are discussing about a  quick VMware ESXi upgrade method to ESXi 7.0 U3 using command-line interface (CLI)/Putty. And which allows you to quickly download and upgrade your ESXi host if you are not using vCenter server and the host has no internet access. Before starting, Please make sure you have done backup of your VMs. Build Details Note: This is a critical update. Step 1: Offline Bundle download Download the software from VMWare Customer portal . You need to create an account for login and it's easy. After login, please go to product patches page. And select the software patch as shown in the figure and click download now. Step 2: Upload Zip file to Datastore You can upload using VMware Client web interface.  Go to storage section in VMWare Client and click on Datastore browser and upload the file to a folder/or to root folder of datastore.  Make sure you have a VM's data backup. Step3: Enable SSH for Host Manage Go to Hosts> Manage>Ser...

VMware Workstation Player is the limited capability  free (for non-commercial use) version of VMware Workstation Pro . That is, it is just as VMware Workstation Pro with lesser functionality and free for personal use. But what is available is enough for most of the home users. VMware Workstation Player formally known as VMware Player is a Virtualization software used to run multiple virtual machines on the same hardware. Its available for both Windows and Linux based operating systems.  It runs on 64 bit operating system, which means that if you have 32 bit operating system, you will not be able to use it. Earlier, VMware Player was distinct from VMware Workstation. But now they have been merged. That is to say, VMware Player is now available as VMware Workstation Player which shares the same core as the VMware Workstation. The only difference is that, VMware Workstation provides all the features, where as VMware Workstation Player is a stripped down version of VMware Workstat...