My VMware iPhone App
It has been a couple of weeks now since the launch of the new My VMware portal. With the release of My VMware an iPhone/iPad App has also been released to allow access to your account and licensing information.
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vHersey – VCDX Two to the Seventh Power (#128)
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vSphere 5 Network Coredump Collector
Since Auto Deploy allows for the creation fo diskless/stateless hosts there is a need to have a network service to store core dumps so that diagnostic information can be collected for support in the event your host crashes (PSOD).
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vSphere Auto Deploy – Host Profiles and Answer Files
The new Auto Deployed ESXi host is up and running but now configurations need to be applied to add the necessary network settings, storage configurations, and other settings so the host can become a functioning part of the virtual infrastructure.
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vSphere Auto Deploy – Image Profile and Booting ESXi
The VCAP5-DCA Blueprint has objectives on working with ESXi Image Profiles and configuring VMware Auto Deploy which are both new features that were released with vSphere 5.
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oneVirt Viewer Version 1.4.0 Released
oneVirt Viewer is a handy “cross platform” configuration data collection tool for vSphere 4 and 5. It is written in Java and can be used on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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Problem Installing VUM 5.0 Update 1 Plugin
This morning I was attempting to install the VMware vSphere Update Manager Extension using the vSphere Client Plug-in Manager on
Read MoreBusy, Busy, Busy… but it’s a good thing.
Been a very busy week. Just a lot of stuff going on with work, class, and school. Besides working and
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Datastore Clustering vBrownBag
Wednesday night, March 14th, I did a presentation on Datastore Clustering and Storage DRS for the ProfessionalVMware.com vBrownBag Storage Month
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Why not make all seven physical uplinks active? Allocating resources in a virtual environment.
I am teaching a VMware Manage for Performance class at TCC. During this week’s class we had a great discussion (OK there was a little bit of soap box preaching involved also) on resource allocation in a virtual environment. The discussion started from a question that was asked based on the resolution to a network performance lab scenario.
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Configuring Virtual Machine vmware.log File Rotation
The vmware.log file contains virtual machine specific logging and is stored with the virtual machine configuration files (.vmx). By default the vmware.log file is only rotated when a virtual machine is restarted and 6 logs are kept (the current log plus 5 old logs).
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VMware PowerCLI 5 Reference iPad/iPhone App
Free iPad/iPhone/iPod app for referencing the VMware vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets. vSphere PowerCLI is a command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell, and is used for managing and automating vSphere.
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