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VSAN 6.1 was released with the update of VMware vSphere 6.0 U1. It is the third release of VSAN and gets some really cool new functions, which could be interesting for enterprises.
After testing a new installation of vCenter 6.0 in my nested environment at work I wanted to test the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.0.
I was thinking all settings for database roles, users and schema which were good enough for the installation of 5.5 would be okay for 6.0. But first the install guide says “no”. So I’ve checked all settings in my database and added missing ones. We use VC_Admin and VC_User roles instead of DBOwner because best practise of VMware recommend this as way #1
I wanted to set
GRANT EXCUTE ON msdb.dbo.sp_lock TO VC_ADMIN_ROLE
Here I get the first failure. SP_LOCK is not a dbo-procedure but a sys-procedure. So you can set this permission only on master and not on msdb database. I’ve set this permission via GUI, but I think this will not fix my problem.
All packages,except vCenter Server, gets updated successfully. Nearly to the end of the vCenter Server Update I get an error while updating the database and the installation gets removed.
After the I’ve changed the DB Roles to DBOwner for vpxuser in msdb and vcdb.
With these settings I could update the vCenter Server.
Almost everythings worked as it should. The only problem was Backup Exec 2015. None of the “old” and functional backup jobs or newly created one time backups could create a snapshot over the vCenter Server. For this problem you find my blogpost here http://blog.ganser.com/666.
Related documents:
vSphere 6.0 Documentation
vSphere 6.0 Documentation – Prepare Database
Since my decision to change my blog to english i’ve wrote some articles. But the domain ends with .de and in my opinion this wasn’t nice.
So I move the whole content to a new domain. What I didn’t know was how to preserve the old links to my posts without contact all users and partners.
I’ve wrote my transfer steps down. At the end it was really easy, but i’ve searched a little for some steps.
puh! – VCP-NV done
I’ve passed the VCP-NV exam. This exam was a new level for me. I’ve never spend so much attention to the virtual network and its bindings to the physic. The prep for this exam showed me the advantages and complexity of the vDS and NSX. Maybe we upgrade the version to enterprise to get the vDS features.
The following steps / tips I want to give you for your way to VCP-NV
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I’ve decided to convert my blog to english.
At least it was Fabian Lenz (@lenzker; vxpertise.net) who gave me the last tick to do this.
The next time I will translate my older posts, but this will take some time :)
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