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A peine quelques jours après la sortie de vSphere 4.1, un certain nombre de KB sont déjà disponibles, voici une liste non exhaustive, à étudier avant de migrer :

• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023163 Installing a VMware Service Manager license
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017910 Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017928 Downloading the license file fails
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018178 ESX virtual machine monitor encounters a critical error and shuts down

• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018180 Cannot power on a virtual machine and you receive an Admission Check Failed error
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018181 Attempting to remove a host from the inventory when it is connected to vDS generates an error
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018183 vSphere 4 license expires and you cannot register your product
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019144 vCenter Server 4.1 fails to install or upgrade with the error: This installation package is not supported by this processor type
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019738 Upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Update 1 fails with the error: can’t open perl script « e:\program »: no such file or directory
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019890 Virtual machines fail to start with a timeout error when performing a test failover
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1020121 Powering on virtual machines fails with the error: MAX VCPUs limit is reached
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021491 Network configuration of a recovered virtual machine during Site Recovery Manager failover fails with the log error: Network Device Not Found
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021635 Migrating to the vCenter Server 4.1 database
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021695 Update Manager 4.1 patch repository features
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021769 Configuring  IPv6 with ESX and ESXi 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021779 Working with firewall rules in ESX 4.x
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021801 Location of ESXi log files
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021806 Location of log files for VMware products
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021827 A recovery or test recovery plan fails with virtual machines that have a pre-boot message
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021829 Deleted networks continue to appears in the Site Recovery Manager Configure Test Network dialog
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021919 Site Recovery Manager shadow virtual machines on the recovery site lose their vDS settings after a test failover
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021953 I/O Statistics in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021970 Overview of Active Directory integration in ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976 vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022030 ALUA parameters in the output of ESX/ESXi 4.1 commands
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022077 Support for the scsi_device_reprobe() API in VMKLinux in ESX 4.0 and 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022101 Installing ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 best practices
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022104 Upgrading to ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 best practices
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022137 vSphere 4.1 upgrade pre-installation requirements and considerations
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022140 Upgrading ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022178 Solution Licensing
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022256 vCenter Server 4.1 network port requirements
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022263 Deploying ESXi 4.1 using the Scripted Install feature
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022289 Changing the number of virtual CPUs per virtual socket in ESX/ESXi 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022290 USB support for ESX/ESXi 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022303 Avocent ACS6000 Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022308 Troubleshooting ESXi 4.1 Scripted Install errors
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022536 Using vShieldZones 1.0 with ESX 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022585 Network I/O Resource Management in vSphere 4.1 with vDS
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022587 Excluding a physical NIC from network resource management
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022590 Load Based Teaming in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022842 Changes to DRS in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022843 Changes to VMware High Availability in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022844 Changes to Fault Tolerance in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022851 Changes to vMotion in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022867 Performing local administration of vCenter Server Heartbeart from an account that did not perform the installation
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022869 Joining a vCenter Server Heartbeat instance to a Linked Mode Group and Isolating a vCenter Server Instance from a Linked Mode Group when protected by vCenter Server Heartbeat
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022874 Downgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat to a previous version
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022877 Uninstalling VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023026 Creating a static route for the VMware Channel
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023118 Changes to VMware Support Options in vSphere 4.1
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1024066 TCP Offload features on all NICs must be disabled before installing vCenter Server Heartbeat
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021920 Site Recovery Manager registering virtual machine task fails during failover with the error: Creating VM timeout
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022091 Troubleshooting Storage I/O Control
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023990 VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 Comparison