vCenter

Cleanup and remove those vCenter Server plugins that have errors

February 11, 2020

Do you have vCenter plugins that you need to get removed. Well here is a quick easy tip.
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Avamar VMware Virtual Machine Protection Pt.1

April 30, 2020

I wanted to give some insight into how Avamar protects VMware virtual machines. I have been using Avamar 6.0.x and most of the management and configuration from a Mac. Since the operating systems running on the Avamar servers and proxies are linux, having a terminal comes in handy. Plus the management using Avamar Administrator...
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Using SCCM 2007 to find vCenters on your network

January 19, 2020

When you have to kind of oversee all things VMware vSphere it helps to know what's out there on your network. Typically in a large organization if someone installs ESX, there is going to be a vCenter to manage it. And up until vSphere 5, vCenter would be installed on a Windows server. Here...
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vSphere HA cannot be configured on the host because of its SSL

January 9, 2020

I recently came across this issue in my lab after upgrading my vCenter Server from version 4.1 to version 5 and figured I'd blog about it. In this case I have a couple of hosts with configuration issues shown in the screenshot below.
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Review: VMware vSphere Client for your iPad

April 19, 2020

Here is my review of the vmware vsphere client. If you haven't used it yet here are the basic requirements. The first thing your going to need of course is a vCenter server. Next head over to the vmware labs flings site and download the vcenter mobile appliance. Import the vCMA using vCenter then...
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VMware vSphere Client for iPad

March 21, 2020

Last week VMware release their iPad client for free in the iTunes store. This is a client that leverages the latest version of the vCMA which allow mobile devices to manage vCenter. A community site was also put up which has all the relevant information needed to get started using the VMware vSphere Client...
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Increase Storage on VMFS Datastore in vSphere 4

October 15, 2020

A video that shows how to increase storage on a VMFS datastore in vSphere 4.
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vSphere4.1 DirectoryServicesConfiguration

September 10, 2020

Shows how to configure directory services in vCenter 4.1
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Howto Add a Distributed Switch in vCenter

September 10, 2020

Shows how to add a Distributed Switch in vCenter 4.x
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Howto Add a nic to vSwitch

September 10, 2020

Shows how to add a nic a to a virtual switch in vCenter 4.x
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