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on a poweredge r510, i was trying to use the latest DUP to upgrade the idrac firmware and received “failed to access virtual usb device” followed up by the update failing to apply. i saw some forum posts saying that having an older version of OMSA installed could cause this. i installed the latest OMSA […]

another issue with vmware tools occasionally showing up as “not running”. i’ve definitely pinpointed an issue with vmware tools 5.5u1. i’d recommend not installing this version if it can be avoided. the windows event log listed event id 16001 – “a TDI filter (\driver\vnetflt) was detected. this filter has not been certified by microsoft and […]

i went through the process of upgrading vcenter operations manager 5.7.x to 5.8.x today. the process is fairly easy, yet also odd, since it’s a 2 part process. first install the vcops pak file by going to https://vcops.mydomain.com/admin -> update tab. after the update finished i was unable to login to vcops until i ran […]

URL to the configuration test page: https://FQDN/testconfig.aspx

using vmkping: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003728