Tag: vSphere

Link Dump – 3/12/12

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I’ve again hit the point where Chrome was eating up too much memory. Thusly, here’s what is currently in my open tabs: PCoIP, Win 8, iPad – http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=2984 Resource Pool Shares & vCD – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/02/28/resource-pool-shares-dont-make-sense-with-vcloud-director/ vBenchmark – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/02/29/cool-tool-vbenchmark-fling/ Building Block Scaling – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/03/02/scale-out-building-block-style-or-should-i-say-yellow-brick-style/ Use vCO to manage View – http://cloudnutz.com/2012/03/07/using-vmware-vco-to-manage-vmware-view/ vCenter 5 API for Guest
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Open Tabs–Week ending 2/17/2012

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Yes, it’s only Tuesday, but I need to get some of these tabs closed if for nothing else but to reclaim the memory. That said, there are some good ones. 24% of IT shops, no performance monitoring – http://reports.informationweek.com/abstract/5/8658/Cloud-Computing/research-2012-state-of-cloud-computing.html vSphere Alarms & PowerCLI (This area needs much more coverage) Setting alarms with PowerCLI http://www.seancrookston.com/2012/02/13/setting-vcenter-alarms-with-powercli/ More
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vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.0 – Active Directory Integration

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I’ve talked about vMA and Active Directory (AD) integration before, also upgrading and troubleshooting it. This time out, we’re going to talk about doing this on vMA 5.0. I’ll start with the assumption that you’ve deployed vMA already. Attaching vMA 5.0 to Active Directory (AD) Make sure vMA is in DNS Make sure vMA is
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Installing FreeBSD 9.0 on vSphere 5

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So, FreeBSD9 was released recently. While it’s not on the VMware HCL, the prior release 8.x is, so keep in mind while it works, support may get interesting if something goes sideways. Installing FreeBSD 9.0 Getting the bits I pulled the 2.1GB DVD ISO from here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Choose the ISO that suits what your requirements.
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BrownBag Follow-Up – Storage Smackdown 2011

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This time around, it’s audio only, so either view/listen below, or pick us up on iTunes. Recording Follow-Up Questions There is one round of questions that made it’s way on to the web:http://virtualistmanifesto.com/2011/12/06/storage-smackdown-brownbag-127-a-call-for-questions/ There may yet be more. If anyone feels like transcribing, drop me a line.

vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) Happenings

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While I’ve been head down in the final edits for the vCO book (Pre-Order here), a few things happened in the vCO community. vCO Happenings vCO Training! – vcoteam.info Unattended vCO vApp deployment – vcoteam.info (manual deployment here) Getting started with vCO – PhilipSellers.com, a good getting started piece. vCO Training Videos – vmware.com More
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BrownBag Follow-Up – vCloud Architecture

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Yesterday we dove deep into VMware’s vCloud and it’s associated architecture. Check out the video here: vCloud Architecture Video Slides vCloud Architecture BrownBag View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. iTunes We’re now on iTunes too! http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/professionalvmware-brownbags/id468638808 Links! Sysprep KB’s: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026614http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026317http://4sysops.com/archives/skiprearm-use-vista-indefinitely-long-without-activation/ Maximums: http://www.virtual-blog.com/2011/08/vmware-vcloud-director-1-5-config-maximums/http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf vCloud Cloning series: http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/gotcha-vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-1-overview/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/gotcha-vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-2-deep-dive/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-3-design-considerations/ vCloud “Eco-System” http://www.virtual-blog.com/2011/10/vcloud-ecosystem-components-explained/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/components-for-a-vcloud-deployment/  (A bit older was my original cut
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Pre-Review – Mastering VMware vSphere 5 (Scott Lowe)

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Hot on the release of vSphere 5, Scott Lowe has released an update to one of the best general vSphere books on the market, Mastering VMware vSphere 5. Pre-Review I pulled down the kindle edition of this one about a week ago and moving through at a pretty good clip and wanted to share my
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BrownBag – Networking VXLAN

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Hot on the heels of last week’s vCloud Networking discussion with Kendrick Coleman (web / twitter), we have another networking special, VXLAN. This is going to be brought to you by Han Yang from Cisco. Han will be on to share an introduction to VXLANs – and hopefully we’ll be able to cover some of
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BrownBag – vCloud Networking w/ Kendrick Coleman

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This week we get to rock out with Kendrick Coleman who is a BrownBag veteran. BrownBag – vCloud Networking This time around Kendrick (web/twitter) will be joining us on the Brownbag to talk about VMware vCloud networking. If you’re interested in deploying VMware vCloud Director within your environment, or simply learning more about how VMware
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Orchestrator – Install the vCO vApp

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In case you missed the announcement, the barrier to entry for vCenter Orchestrator was just lowered significantly with VMware’s release of the vCO 4.2 vApp. Here, we’ll talk about installing it. Installing the vCO vApp Assumptions Basically, I’m assuming that you have an edition of vSphere that is licensed for vCenter and have downloaded both
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BrownBag Follow-Up: vSphere Design with Harley Stagner

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In our last BrownBag Damian Karlson hosted Harley Stagner (Blog) and talked about vSphere Design: Video ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – Harley Stagner from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides vSphere Design Brownbag with Harley Stagner View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware

BrownBag – vSphere Design Discussion (Harley Stagner)

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vSphere Design Discussion This Wednesday, October 12, Harley Stagner will be joining Damian Karlson (blog) on the BrownBag for an in depth, interactive discussion on vSphere design. If you are interested in learning more about vSphere design, studying for your VCAP-DCD, or VCDX, this would be the session to attend. Critical Details: Date/Time: Wednesday, 10/12/2011
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BrownBag Follow-Up: vSA and SMB vSphere Design

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This week our illustrious host Damian was joined by Sean Crookston, Chris Wahl, and Bill Hill who Deep-Dived into designing vSphere environments as well as the vSphere Storage Appliance. BrownBag Follow-Up Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – SMB Design View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Video ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – VSA and SMB vSphere Design from ProfessionalVMware on
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Useful Links – vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA)

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To be honest, I’ve not poked at the vSphere Storage Appliance since the vSphere 5.x Beta. That said, the technology itself looks promising, and as will be discussed on the BrownBag this week, it will become part of some of your vSphere designs. To help prep for the BrownBag or to learn overall about the
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