Deletion of tasks, events, historical performance data befor upgrading vCSA

Remove tasks, events, and historical performance data befor upgrading vCSA


In some situation it is only possible to select XL configuration when upgrading vCSA from 6.0 to 6.5. Remove tasks, events and historical performance data to freeup space in Postgres db. 

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2110031

/opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -v TaskMaxAgeInDays=10 -v EventMaxAgeInDays=10 -v StatMaxAgeInDays=10 -d VCDB -t -q -f /tmp/2110031_Postgres_task_event_stat.sql


In example , 10 days.

Change / Connect to a different database

Connect to a different database on the same or another Microsoft SQL Server instance.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup 
Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe

If the database does not exist, it will be created on the selected server.

It can take several minutes before it is finished, so be patient :)

How To Remove Expired Trial Licenses

Your Veeam Agent for Windows trial license has expired 

Your Veeam Agent for Linux trial license has expired. 

Licenses has been removed succesfuly by running the following commands.

Veeam.Backup.Manager.exe -removelicense vaw

Veeam.Backup.Manager.exe -removelicense val

Lenovo VMware Update Manager (VUM) Repository

Lenovo VMware Update Manager (VUM) Repository is available at: https://vmware.lenovo.com/content

This is a one-stop repository that provides access to Lenovo developed bundles along with device drivers that are part of the Lenovo Customized VMware images. These bundles and associated vibs can be used with VMware applications and tools like VMware Update Manager (VUM), ESXCLI & PowerCLI.
To learn more about these tools, refer to the VMware documentation.
When configuring VMware Update Manager, choose the URL that is appropriate for your systems from the table below. In most cases, selecting the “Latest” location is sufficient and provides accumulative updates for all ESXi versions on all systems:

• https://vmware.lenovo.com/content/latest_index/index.xml (for System x and ThinkSystem)

• https://vmware.lenovo.com/content/latest_thinkserver/index.xml (for ThinkServer)

Dell VMware Depot (Download Patch Definitions)

VMware Update Manager Patch Depot.
New URL from DELL
https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml