Log Insight for Web Traffic
Happy New Year! You may have noticed in late December some new Log Insight content packs were published to the marketplace. In this post I would like to talk about which content packs were released and the value they provide. Background A total of 5 content packs were released: Apache – CLF Apache – HTTP […] The post Log Insight for Web Traffic appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
2016 VCDX Workshop Locations and Registrations
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year. I wanted to provide a quick update on 2016 VCDX Workshops. In 2015, we established a new process that aligned workshops with key VMUG events. This worked out extremely well to combine efforts and combine events. We also learned a few […] The post 2016 VCDX Workshop Locations and Registrations appeared first on VMware Education and Certification Blog .
Find ESXi Installation Date with PowerCLI
I recently noticed a link to a very interesting article on Twitter: Find ESXi Installation Date — http://vcdx56.com/2016/01/05/find-esxi-installation-date/. These steps are straight forward and show how to calculate the original
Heads Up! Do Not Upgrade VMware Tools on Hosts with ESXi 6.0 U1b
Heads Up! If you’ve updated to ESXi 6.0 U1b, build 3380124 and you have lots of templates, you may run into some problems if you update VMware Tools to the latest version. I just upgraded my environments to the latest VMware patches ESXi 6.0 U1b (build 3380124), that has just come out. As you do […]]> Heads Up! If you’ve updated to ESXi 6.0 U1b, build 3380124 and you have lots of templates, you may run into some problems if you update VMware Tools to the latest version. I just upgraded my…Read More
VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1b
The vSphere team releasedUpdate 1b a few days ago. TheBuild no is 3343019. As usual, it’s wise to review the Release Notes before making changes to live environment. You need to review both the vCenter release notes and ESXi release notes. If you are already on Update 1, and you are using the vCenter appliance, […] The post VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1b appeared first on virtual red dot.
How to use Edge DHCP service for subnets behind DLR
Since NSX version 6.2.1, you can configure DHCP pools in an Edge for networks behind DLR. If you have the latest version of vSphere Client (6.0.0 or newest), you can do this directly from the console filling the form below: But if you have vSphere Client version 5.5 or older, this cannot be done. If Continue Reading The post How to use Edge DHCP service for subnets behind DLR appeared first on Wetcom.
Patch Release ESXi550-201601501-BG breaks connectivity to vCenter
A few days back I upgraded an ESXi host from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5. I had downloaded the latest image my vCenter and hardware would support. The upgrade went well. Once the host rebooted and was connected back in vCenter … Read more »
vRops: Beware of the filters
The other day we weremessing around with VMware vRealize Operations Manager a.k.a. vRops. Mycustomer wantedto have a clear overview of virtual machinesbeing over- or undersized. I like to use default views within vRops and adjust them to my needs. The same goes in this example using the predefined Virtual Machine Rightsizing CPU, Memory, and Disk The post vRops: Beware of the filters appeared first on Cloudfix.
The OS Optimization Tool Fling has been updated with fixes & new features for Windows 7/8/2008/2012/10 https://t.co/o3WpHdbCDI #HorizonView
The OS Optimization Tool Fling has been updated with fixes & new features for Windows 7/8/2008/2012/10 https://t.co/o3WpHdbCDI #HorizonView
vRealize Operations Manager Tech Tips: Tip #1 – Custom Datacenter object
In vRealize Operations Manager 6.1 we introduced a new construct called Custom Datacenter (CDC). I wanted to describe how to create Custom Datacenter objects, and how you would leverage these objects. The Custom Datacenter object can be created in the vR Ops UI, and you can add one or more Cluster objects. Not only can […] The post vRealize Operations Manager Tech Tips: Tip #1 – Custom Datacenter object appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
VMware Integrated OpenStack Video Series: Security Groups
OpenStack’s security groups capability is a key feature in its support for multi-tenant workloads. Security groups are sets of rules that users utilize to specify access to their application infrastructure. This access is specified either via a classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) network range or by specifying the name of another security group. Let’s take a […] The post VMware Integrated OpenStack Video Series: Security Groups appeared first on OpenStack Blog for VMware .
VMware App Volumes Architecture Whiteboard
Jason Marshall from the VMware End-User Computing team walks you through a whiteboard session covering the technical architecture of VMware App Volumes. For more information check out http://www.vmware.com/products/appvolumes.
Technical Paper: Installing VMware ESXi 6 Using PXE
It’s 2016, are you still installing VMware ESXi by mounting ISO images in a browser-based console? That’s probably fine for one-off efforts, and it sure beats making a trip to the datacenter with physical CDs, but network deployments are the way of the future. If you have not yet made the move to PXE deployments, […] The post Technical Paper: Installing VMware ESXi 6 Using PXE appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.
Adding a second DNS to my Log Insight
Recently I realized that I had only one DNS entry for my Log Insight server and when I tried to fix it I realized it had no vApp properties. Thanks to Steve I found out that I can recreate the … Read more ›
VMware Access Point Deployment Utility – @VMware Labs
This utility is a wrapper for the VMware OVF Tool for deploying the VMware Access Point Appliance.
The App Volumes 2.10 Reference Architecture is now available! More info here: https://t.co/qGlzrMDKYE https://t.co/SL6qjdbjmj
The App Volumes 2.10 Reference Architecture is now available! More info here: https://t.co/qGlzrMDKYE https://t.co/SL6qjdbjmj
Nested NSX 6.2 – Part 2 Controller Cluster
The next part of my lab is to deploy the NSX controller cluster. The controller cluster consist of controller nodes – this is the control plane responsible for managing the hypervisor switching and routing modules. NSX Controllermaintains information about all hosts, logical switches, and distributed logical routers For resiliency and performance production cluster nodes be […]]> The next part of my lab is to deploy the NSX controller cluster. The controller cluster consist of controller…Read More
Apple Mac Pro 6,1 PCIe SSD issue resolved w/ESXi 5.5u3b & ESXi 6.0u1b
Early last year, the newApple Mac Pro 6,1 (aka black trashcan design) was certified and fully supported on vSphere 6.0 which I had blogged about here. Several months later, it was discovered that some of the newerMac Pro 6,1 units were being shipped witha different model of their PCIe SSD device than what was originally […]]> http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/01/apple-mac-pro-61-pcie-ssd-issue-resolved-wesxi-5-5u3b-esxi-6-0u1b.html/feed 0 Windows Server 2012 fix is out for the VCS to VCSA…Read More
Completely Disable Time Synchronization for your VM
Some administrative practices, like a bad habit, have more lives than the proverbial cat – they tend to stay around forever. It is, therefore, very comforting when one finds a problematic administrative practice that has not just been universally abandoned by administrators, but is also on the top of any junior administrator’s “configurations sure to […] The post Completely Disable Time Synchronization for your VM appeared first on Virtualize Business Critical Applications .
VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 1b Released
VMware has released VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 1b today. This is a maintenance release mostly but new features has been added as well. One of the new features is that with this version vCenter seversupports URL-based patching using the zipped update bundle. This is second “patch” release for vSphere 6.0 and many resolved issues had […] Read the full post VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 1b Released at ESX Virtualization.
