Tag: vCenter

#vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware VCP-DCV with Sean Massey (@seanpmassey)

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Sean Massey covers section 3 of the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag VCP5-DCV track which includes: – Introduction to vCenter: What is is, what are the requirements (Windows, SQL, DNS, AD etc..) and components – Installation of vCenter and vCenter components (SQL, SSO, etc) – Setup permissions, review and add new roles – Installation of the VCSA Video
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#vBrownBag VCP-DCV Series starting June 3rd

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Starting on 6/3 we will be running a VCP-DCV series on the EMEA #vBrownBag.  If you are already registered for the EMEA show, these will run on the normal schedule and be posted along with all our other shows to the site and iTunes.  You can find more details about the series here (https://vbrownbag.comm/vbrownbag-vmware-certified-professional-data-center-virtualization-vcp-dcv-track/).  

#vBrownBag EMEA Follow-Up VMware Horizon View Failover (DR) using vCO with Kaido Kibin

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Kaido Kibin shows you how to use VMware vCenter Orchestrator for DR failover of your Horizon View infrastructure on the EMEA professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag. Video Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our past series such as the Automate All The Things series at https://vbrownbag.comm/vbrownbag-automate-all-the-things-training-schedule/ or the Couch to
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Automate ALL the Things Advanced vCO with Joerg Lew (@joerglew)

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On the latest #vBrownBag Automate ALL the Things session, Joerg Lew gives a deep dive demo on some advanced features of VMware vCenter Orchestrator. Video You can find Joerg on Twitter @joerglew and his blog at http://www.vcoportal.de/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such
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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Install & Config with Mike Preston (@mwpreston)

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Mike Preston joins us to review the installation and configuration of the vCenter Orchestrator appliance, how to integrate it with the vSphere Web Client and also reviews PowerShell integration and workflow execution. Video Referenced Materials You can find the Kerberos configs referenced during the show at: 5.1 – http://blog.mwpreston.net/2013/04/19/my-first-vcenter-orchestrator-workflow-part-4-a-look-at-the-powershell-plug-in/ 5.5 – http://blog.mwpreston.net/2013/12/12/kerberos-authentication-for-the-powershell-plugin-in-vco-5-5/ You can find Mike on
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#vBrownBag Follow-up vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep Dive with Justin King (@vCenterGuy)

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A technical deep dive on vCenter 5.1 including SSO, inventory service and focus on the vSphere Web Client. 2013-04-17 20.34 ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag US with Justin King (@vCenterGuy) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

Migrate to Distributed vSwitches with the vCenter vApp

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“In the ghetto, we use one vCenter vApp to migrate another vCenter vApp to Distributed vSwitches” Or something like that. The background, was I needed to move some hosts and VMs in my home lab to vDS to take advantage of their awesomeness along side vCloud Director. However, as my primary vCenter lived on those
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vCenter Server Fell Out of Linked Mode

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In prepping for the vCO book, one of the things I tested out was Linked-Mode vCenters. Once I discovered the vCO plug-in would not support linked-mode vCenters in the way I was expecting, I deleted the VM that was hosting vCenter02… this lead to the following in my vSphere client: vCenter Server not connected What?
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vCenter Ops Enterprise

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Was catching up on feeds this weekend and noticed on Duncan’s site that vCenter Operations Enterprise had hit 1.0.1, and there is some good stuff in the release itself: User Interface A new VirtualCenter Relationship Widget that displays the performance status of objects in your virtual environment and their relationships. You can click objects to
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vCenter Orchestrator on VMware Press!

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So this thing here happened. More importantly, the work I’ve been doing is now public: “Automating Day-to-Day Administration of VMware vSphere 5.x w/ vCenter Orchestrator” This hands-on technical guide to automating vSphere with Orchestrator teaches administrators how to save time and resources by automating their virtual infrastructure. Automation expert Cody Bunch teaches valuable practices and
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Installing the SQL Native Client for vCenter ODBC

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Oh my… when it comes to tasks that are set and forget, this one was mostly forget. Not so much setting up the ODBC Connection, rather installing the SQL Native Client ODBC Driver for SQL 2008 when SQL is running on a host other than vCenter. Finding the installation The link in the sources below
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vSphere Automation 101 – Check for Snapshots

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This get’s to be the third post in the “vSphere Automation 101” series or so. Not sure I want to call it a series, as that denotes some kind of commitment, and well, as we’ve discussed in prior posts, I’m lazy. Before we get too deep, here are links to the first and second parts
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Some PowerCLI 101 – Connecting to Multiple vCenters

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A few things brought this post together. First is that Glen Sizemore of Get-Admin and I have co-submitted a “vSphere Automation 101 – PowerCLI” session to the VMworld 2011 CFP. We thought it’d be an excellent idea to share some of that content before hand. The second, and just as important, is that I’m Lazy
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vCenter out of Space! – A Lesson on Shadow Copy

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Ran into an issue today where my vCenter would not come back up after a reboot. Standard troubleshooting ensued… the DB is up, it is accessible, odbc is Kosher, etc. At that point, Windows helpfully popped up a message balloon: “I pity the fool who runs outta disk space!” So I dug, and a dug…
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Rebuild the vCenter 4.1 Database

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After purging my vCenter database, I seemingly corrupted it (I should have taken a snapshot first). In this case, as the database was small (read: 1 host, 6 VMs) I decided to rebuild it. This is not something you’ll want to do lightly, as well, everything kinda goes away. If you do proceed with this
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Pruning vCenter 4.1 Database Using SQL Express

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My home lab vCenter is a self contained Windows 2008 R2 VM, running vCenter 4.1 on SQL Express. Last night, I ran into an issue where the vCenter service would not start, in fact, it was quite angry. Why? Well it seems after 14(ish) days I had hit the 4GB database limit. Here’s the process
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Finding Virtual Center Logs on Windows Server 2008

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Well, if that wasn’t an SEO title, I’m not sure what is. Basically, I find myself often having to find this in either the VMware KB or via Google each time I need it. Where are the logs? C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter The problem you may run into however, is that the “ProgramData” folder is hidden by
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The Math Behind the DRS Stars

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@vRobM and I were discussing an unrelated topic when DRS and the mysterious stars came up.  (**)?  Our first instinct was this was the “special sauce” between the two all beef patties.  However after some creative KB searching we came across a formula that describes it quite well: DRS Recommendations To understand the stars, you
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vCenter Will Not Start! – vCenter Services Startup Order

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This came up on Twitter Sunday, and having happened upon it in the past, I thought I’d share the solution that Ed Haletky (Blue Gears) and I came to. Basically it boils down to the service start order for the vCenter and related services. Specifically the order should be: SQL (MS SQL, Oracle, etc) ADAM
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