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vRealize Operations vCloud Director adapter timed out

Posted on May 20, 2020

Few days ago we updated vCloud Director content pack for vRealize Operations Manager 8.0.1 from version 5.2 to version 5.3. After the upgrade vCloud Adapters stopped collecting data.The following message was displayed when Testing the connection: vCloud Adapter logs /storage/log/vcops/log/adapters/VCOpsAdapter 2020-05-20 12:45:12,919 WARN Collector worker thread 2 com.integrien.adapter3.alive.AliveAdapter.checkForRemovedNodeMaster – Skipping check for missing nodes, SuiteAPI […]

Quick Fix: Upgrade to vCloud Director 9.5 fails due to a disabled ESXi host not in vCenter

Posted on April 21, 20201 Comment

While working on the upgrade of one of our vCloud Director cells from 9.1 to 9.5 the following error appeared after the binaries where installed and upgrade tool was executed to complete the DB work using/opt/vmware/vcloud-director/bin/upgrade The error was pointing to some ESXi hosts with disabled status. Starting with vCloud Director 9.5, disabled ESXi hosts […]

How To Use IBM Cloud Object Storage with Veeam

Posted on March 4, 2020

We haven’t post much about Public Clouds, so this time we decided to show you how to use IBM Cloud Object Storage with Veeam. Enjoy it! Provisioning object storage bucket Object Storage can be ordered completely self-service via the IBM Cloud Catalog. Log in to your IBM Cloud Account at https://cloud.ibm.com/ and navigate to the […]

Veeam Enterprise Manager 9.5 Update 4 Login error with vCloud Director Org user

Posted on May 16, 2019

Summary Login errors in Veeam Enterprise Manager after updating to version 9.5 update 4 are caused by a bug in mentioned version when vCloud organizations have any uppercase character. This is resolved replacing DLL with name Veeam.Backup.VcdLib.dll with the one provided by Veeam Support.Bug will be fixed on release 9.5 update 5. Symptoms After updating […]

Cloud Managed Service Providers: which one is the right for your business?

Posted on May 11, 2019

In the space of modern enterprise technology, cloud computing has become a key player. Companies work to achieve their cloud computing goals with providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud and Google Cloud Platform. These huge technology companies are constantly updating their products, sometimes faster than their customers can handle. Baking Clouds […]

Migrating the ZVM 6.5 Database to Microsoft SQL Server

Posted on April 26, 2019

Zerto Virtual Replication uses an SQL Server to manage data for scalable business continuity software solutions. Zerto supports two usages of the SQL Server; either an embedded SQL Server, which is provided free of charge with the Zerto Virtual Replication product or, an external SQL Server which is deployed and managed by the customer. Migrating […]

Announcement: Zerto On-Demand Labs!

Posted on March 11, 2019

Early this month Zerto finally announced LABS on-demand ! Yay! The labs provide the perfect learning opportunity by marrying an embedded lab environment with detailed training guides to walk you through all the top features & operations. All labs use VMware vSphere, but Zerto is exploring adding lab offerings for the other platforms the software […]

Zerto 6.5 U3 p1: Error migrating to MS SQL

Posted on February 14, 2019

Zerto Virtual Replication uses an SQL Server to manage data for scalable business continuity software solutions. The default during installation is the embedded SQL Server database. When using the embedded SQL Server database, Zerto Virtual Replication is limited with the number of resources that can be protected. It’s is highly recommended to move to external […]

How to migrate a SQL database to a Azure SQL Database Managed Instance using the Azure Database Migration Service

Posted on January 30, 2019

The Azure Database Migration Service is a fully managed service designed to enable seamless migrations from multiple database sources to Azure Data platforms with minimal downtime. This service streamlines the tasks required to move existing third party and SQL Server databases to Azure. Deployment options include Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL Server in […]

Disaster Recovery: Is your virtual environment prepared?

Posted on January 18, 2019

Is it worth investing in Disaster Recovery? Investing in HA and DR solutions will enable continuity of business, avoid a lot of stress and save you from the potential What is disaster recovery? According to Techopedia, “Disaster recovery in information technology is part of security planning and is developed in conjunction with a business continuity […]