Released on April 4, 2013, vCenter Operations Manager makes the next step forward in managing your vSphere environment. What’s New vCenter Operations Manager 5.7 is the latest release of VMware’s integrated operations suite, converging performance, capacity, and configuration management. This …
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vCenter Operations Manager 5.7 – What’s New and How to Upgrade
Posted by jshiplett
on April 11, 2013
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Home Network Review – TP-Link AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Kit
Posted by jshiplett
on March 27, 2013
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Living in a house you don’t own comes with tradeoffs of all stripes, one of which being unable to run CAT5 to every room in which I want a physical network drop. For a while, I’ve been limping along with …
Configuring vCenter Server and ESXi to Use the Same Identity Source
Posted by jshiplett
on February 7, 2013
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For the most part, the same group of admins will end up with a need for administrative access to both vCenter Server and ESXi hosts. To facilitate ease of administration, as well as to provide a clear audit trail, ESXi …
Configuring vCenter SSO to Use a New AD Identity Source
Posted by jshiplett
on February 4, 2013
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During the installation of vCenter Single Sign On (SSO), the installer will attempt to detect the Active Directory (AD) domain for the logged in user and add it as an Identity Source. For the most part, this works fine; however, …
Creating vCloud Networking and Security Edge Gateway Troubleshooting – VSM response error (10105)
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on January 2, 2013
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Earlier today, I went into vCloud Director to add a new Organization Network, only to find both my vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS) Edge Gateways had failed. I went to redeploy, but ended up getting this error – Upon searching …
vSphere 5 DRS Groups and Rules
Posted by jshiplett
on December 17, 2012
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I was recently looking for a step-by-step guide for creating vSphere DRS rules and groups for a customer implementing a vSphere Storage Metro Cluster with EMC VPLEX and had trouble finding a comprehensive article, so I decided to write one. …
Book Review – VMware View 5: Building a Successful Virtual Desktop by Paul O’Doherty
Posted by jshiplett
on December 17, 2012
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I recently volunteered to review a book for VMware Press, and I was presented with an opportunity to read and review VMware View 5: Building a Successful Virtual Desktop by Paul O’Doherty, an instructional technical book on the topic of, …
Deploying and Configuring vCenter Operations Foundation 5.6
Posted by jshiplett
on December 3, 2012
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As of November 29, 2012, all vSphere customers, even down to those who purchased Essentials bundles, are entitled to vCenter Operations Foundation 5.6. While not as fully featured as the other vCenter Operations Management Suite editions, it’s a great place …
Upgrading From vCloud Director 1.5 to 5.1
Posted by jshiplett
on September 13, 2012
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vCloud Director 5.1 was recently announced at VMworld 2012, and on September 10, vCloud Director 5.1 was officially released. Since many of you have existing vCloud Director 1.5 installations, here is a guide to help you upgrade to vCloud Director …
vShield Manager 5.1 Upgrade Issue
Posted by jshiplett
on September 11, 2012
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While upgrading vShield Manager from 5.0 to 5.1 for an upcoming blog post, I ran into an issue where vShield Manager was telling me the upgrade bundle was invalid, as below. After further inspection, I noticed that the original file …
