Managing certificates is not the easiest job, especially when new versions of vSphere comes with more and more features which needs certificates. VMware try to make this as much painless as possible and released a tool which helps upload and manage certificates. The vCenter Certificate Automation Tool aims to automate the process of uploading certificates and restarting the following components within the vCenter Platform: vCenter Server...
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I had to rebuild my homelab storage “infrastructure” and this is a good opportunity to create quick how deploy and configure OpenFiler virtual appliance. OpenFiler is a OpenSource storage appliance (iSCSI and NFS) which is very easy to set up and fit perfectly into home or test labs. It emulates NFS v3 protocol and iSCSI protocol, as you know both are supported by VMware vSphere. Download...
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Have you seen website http://vmwarelearning.com/ ? If not, you should click on and check it out Site is full of FREE VMware video training for products such as : vCloud Director Site Recovery Manager 5.0 (SRM) vCenter Operational Manager (vCops) vFabric vSphere 5.1 vSphere storage appliance Do not waste of time, enjoy free learning...
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Earlier this year, Unitrends announced a new software-only product called Unitrends Enterprise Backup (UEB) that protects virtual and physical environments both locally and in the cloud. UEB is available as a virtual appliance integrated with both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, and offers all the advantages of their physical backup appliance solutions, but with the flexibility of a software-only deployment. What’s cool about it? ...
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Before you start: Rule #1 – make sure you have a vCenter and VMware Update Manager database backup before start Rule #2 – make sure you have a backup of vCenter server itself, if it’s VM make a clone just before you start upgrade. Rule #3 – read docs from below links: See great article from Michael Webster site about upgrade considerations Read vSphere 5.1 vCenter server best practice upgrade guide HCL- make sure your hardware and...
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