Do you have vCenter plugins that you need to get removed. Well here is a quick easy tip.
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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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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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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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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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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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A video that shows how to increase storage on a VMFS datastore in vSphere 4.
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Shows how to configure directory services in vCenter 4.1
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Shows how to add a Distributed Switch in vCenter 4.x
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Shows how to add a nic a to a virtual switch in vCenter 4.x
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