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Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations…

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Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations Manager 6.1

Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations…

By Troy Bailey, Blue Medora Dashboards are the primary visualization tool for users of VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROps). This tool provides graphic representation of vROps data and displays overall infrastructure health. Reports are another great way for vROps consumers to use and leverage data collected from vSphere and third-party management packs. The data in […] The post Dashboards and Reports in vRealize Operations Manager 6.1 appeared first on VMware Cloud Management.

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The vSphere Client could not connect to…

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The vSphere Client could not connect to “vcenter server name”. Connecting to Virtual Center server is not supported by this client. You can use it to connect only to ESX server. in vSphere 6

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VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming

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VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming

VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming

Hello and welcome to 2016!We have seen quite a few questions from people having trouble findingour older labs, so I wanted to take a few minutes and explain the VMware Hands-on Labs release and naming conventions. Our major release of labs occurs annually at the VMworld conferences, but, depending on product release schedules and resource […] The post VMware Hands-on Labs Releases and Naming appeared first on VMware Hands-On Lab (HOL) Blog.

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Remap Dedicated Desktops

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Remap Dedicated Desktops

Remap Dedicated Desktops

One of my customers needed to do a complicated migration recently. They wanted to move their View + Unidesk VDI environment from vCenter 5.1 on Windows to the vCenter Server Appliance running vCenter 6. We moved the ESXi hosts and used them to carry the desktops over, just like we do with servers in this sort of situation, but the View stuff added to the complexity. On the Unidesk side, there’s a nice KB article that we followed, but there isn’t such guidance for View. You may not have…Read More

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OS X 10.11.3 is GA

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OS X 10.11.3 is GA

OS X 10.11.3 is GA

Hello all, This dropped today, and it is very minor. There are two URL’s associated with this release. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT205356 which didn’t’ resolve at first but does now. Not much info though! https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201222 which doesn’t have any info that applies. As … Read more ›

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VMware vSphere API Object Model

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VMware vSphere API Object Model

VMware vSphere API Object Model

Schema of the VMware vSphere API Object Model…generated partially with PowerCLI. VMware vSphere API Object Model This diagram was initially created by Steve Jin, and has then been updated by William Lam. It is now updated for the version 6.0 with 122 managed objects in total. For more details please refer to the above two […] The post VMware vSphere API Object Model appeared first on The Crazy Consultant.

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Importing VM annotation (Attributes) and notes…

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Importing VM annotation (Attributes) and notes from CSV file into vCenter – Powercli

Importing VM annotation (Attributes) and notes…

Disclaimer: All the steps and scripts shown in my posts are tested on my HomeLab first. Wednesday, January 20, 2016 As in the earlier blog after exporting VM annotations, notes and other useful information to CSV/excel file, It was time to Import those information on new vCenter, This new vCenter has new Esxi Server connected from old vCenter, and when I check Virtual Machine tab at the right side on the esxi, I don’t see any Information which I had present from old vCenter. I created VM…Read More

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Exporting virtual machine annotation…

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Exporting virtual machine annotation (Attributes) and notes to CSV file – Powercli

Exporting virtual machine annotation…

Disclaimer: All the steps and scripts shown in my posts are tested on my HomeLab first. Monday, January 18, 2016 As I wanted to retain all the configuration and Information about VMs from previous vCenter and apply the same information on another vCenter (I was doing some Esxi migration to another vCenter and earlier I had written 2 script to Get Virtual machine folder Path from and VMs and Templates and Move them to the exact same folder hierarchy on another vcenter), For small projects…Read More

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Host disconnected from vCenter and VMs showing…

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Host disconnected from vCenter and VMs showing as inaccessible

Host disconnected from vCenter and VMs showing…

Another deep-dive troubleshooting blog today from Nathan Small (twitter account: @vSphereStorage) Customer problem description: Host is getting disconnected from vCenter and VMs are showing as inaccessible. Only one host is affected. Analysis: A quick review of the vmkernel log shows a log spew of H:0x7 errors to numerous LUNs. Here is a short snippet where […] The post Host disconnected from vCenter and VMs showing as inaccessible appeared first on Support Insider.

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Bringing New Meaning to “Mission-Critical” –…

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Bringing New Meaning to “Mission-Critical” – Powered by VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID https://t.co/LsuiaY8N0K

Bringing New Meaning to “Mission-Critical” –…

Bringing New Meaning to “Mission-Critical” – Powered by VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID https://t.co/LsuiaY8N0K

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Where are they now? Recent changes in the…

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Where are they now? Recent changes in the storage space

Where are they now? Recent changes in the…

The storage space has been a very exciting space over recent years. There have been so many new start-ups and new innovations, that it becomes difficult to keep tracks sometimes. More recently, there has been a lot of news around Continue reading → The post Where are they now? Recent changes in the storage space appeared first on CormacHogan.com.

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Q&A: Multiple SQL Server Instances on a VM

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Q&A: Multiple SQL Server Instances on a VM

Q&A: Multiple SQL Server Instances on a VM

I recently received a great question through email. It was whether or not it is a good idea to have multiple SQL Server instances on a single VM. This is a fun question and I thought I’d answer it here. The answer is the ubiquitous DBA answer – “It Depends“. Both pros and cons exist […]

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4 New eLearning Courses Available

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4 New eLearning Courses Available

4 New eLearning Courses Available

In addition to instructor-led courses delivered in a traditional classroom environment, VMware Education Services also offers self-paced training delivered online as well. Last month we released four new courses that you can attend whenever and wherever you like. AirWatch Enterprise Mobility: Configure and Manage On Demandprovides insight into the current challenges of enterprise mobility and […] The post 4 New eLearning Courses Available appeared first on VMware Education and Certification…Read More

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VMware Virtual SAN and VMware NSX Compatibility

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VMware Virtual SAN and VMware NSX Compatibility

VMware Virtual SAN and VMware NSX Compatibility

Categories: Cool Stuff!, Virtual SAN, VMware Tags: NSX, VSAN Virtual SAN and VMware NSX have been a topic of discussion in many of the customer meetings I participated in 2015 and already in 2016. Questions and concerns about compatibility and interoperability have been at the forefront of all of those discussions. I have noticed that there is a bit of confusion […] (Read more…) The post VMware Virtual SAN and VMware NSX Compatibility appeared first on Punching Clouds.

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vSphere 6 Training Course at PluralSight

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vSphere 6 Training Course at PluralSight

vSphere 6 Training Course at PluralSight

There has been a new vSphere 6 TrainingCourse released at Pluralsight.The Author is Greg Shield who covers every single topic of vSphere 6 from clean install, upgrades, managing VMs or configuring advanced networking or HA options and much more. Greg Shields is Author Evangelist with Pluralsight and is a globally-recognized expert on systems management, virtualization, […] Read the full post vSphere 6 Training Course at PluralSight at ESX Virtualization.

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Do you know ESXTOP Replay Mode?

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Do you know ESXTOP Replay Mode?

Do you know ESXTOP Replay Mode?

Last week, at the VMUG meeting in Vienna, a Technical Account Manager (TAM) from VMware mentioned the “ESXTOP Replay Mode” while talking about troubleshooting tools. Since I was not familiar with this tool I used the weekend to take a… Read more Der Beitrag Do you know ESXTOP Replay Mode? erschien zuerst auf All about virtualization.

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Quickprep Or Sysprep – What’s the difference?

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Quickprep Or Sysprep – What’s the difference?

Quickprep Or Sysprep – What’s the difference?

Quickprep Or Sysprep – What’s the difference? I got this question the other day via e-mail, whether there is a bigdifference between Quickprep and Sysprep. Yes there is, but not as significative as you might think a s both tools can change computer name or join a computer into a domain, but one of the […] Read the full post Quickprep Or Sysprep – What’s the difference? at ESX Virtualization.

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Disable VSAN site locality in low latency…

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Disable VSAN site locality in low latency stretched cluster

Disable VSAN site locality in low latency…

Advertise here with BSA This week I was talking to a customer in Germany who had deployed a VSAN stretched cluster within a building. As it was all within a building (extremely low latency) and they preferred to have a very simple operational model they decided not to implement any type of VM/Hostrules. By default when a stretched cluster […] “Disable VSAN site locality in low latency stretched cluster” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com. Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.

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