[APAC] vBrownBag Follow-Up: VCAP-DCD Implementation Design
Last week the APAC BrownBags covered the VCAP-DCD Implementation Design section. Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCAP-DCD Implementation Planning from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides
Open Tabs – 4/7/12
<– Seems most weeks feel like this anymore. I’ve also found that in addition to open tabs, the number of browser windows has also multiplied. Here’s some that I think are particularly relevant and/or interesting: Host Profiles Tech Overview – http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW-Host-Profiles-Tech-Overview.pdf Minimum viable vCenter Converter Permissions – http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2000123 Xtravirt on Host Profiles – http://www.vladan.fr/vmware-vsphere-host-profiles-from-xtravirt/ Sometimes
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[Orchestrator] Use VUM to Upgrade the vCO vApp
Incase you have more than a small hand full of vCO vApps handy, you can use vApp functionality in VUM to upgrade vCO. You’ll need to do the following to get that going: Create the vApp Baseline Creating a vApp baseline works much like creating other baselines. On the home page of your vSphere client
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April #vBrownBags
With storage month behind us, April is now here, and with that, some more vBrownBags: Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613559281 Presenter Topic Date N/A Game Show 4/4/12 Jake Robinson PowerCLI 201 4/11/12 @Texiwill vSphere Security 4/18/12 Open vSphere Security 4/25/12 If you have anyone you recommend to fill the open slot… let me know.
Installing VMware Update Manager Download Service
Before getting into installing, let’s take a second to talk about what the Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) is and when you’d use it. As the name implies, UMDS is a service that will go and fetch patch notifications, metadata, and binaries that is separate from your VUM install. When would that be useful? In
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[APAC] vBrownBag Follow-Up – VCAP-DCD Cluster Design
Video Slides More! Did you know there are now a metric boatload of ways to get the vBrownBags? In addition to live and the follow-up posts, you can pull the podcast from these places also: iTunes – http://bit.ly/BrownbagiTunesRSS – http://bit.ly/BrownbagPodcast
vBrownBag Follow-Up – vSphere Storage w/ Ravi Part 2
We both started and finished vSphere Storage month with Ravi Venkat, and what a wonderfully informative month it was. This weeks recording & slides are below: Video Slides More! Did you know there are now a metric boatload of ways to get the vBrownBags? In addition to live and the follow-up posts, you can pull
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After vCenter 5.0 U1 Upgrade, vCO Client Issues
For better or worse, I run my vCO Client from the vCenter Server in my lab, up till today, that wasn’t an issue either. That is, after upgrading to vCenter 5.0 U1 I was presented with: “You may not have the appropriate permissions.” – What? Ok… let’s browse to the directory: Even after clicking “Continue”
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Upgrading vCenter Orchestrator
If you rolled out vCO before the vApp was released, the upgrade path is a bit different than “click here to upgrade”. Here’s the steps: Snapshot/Clone or otherwise backup vCO and your database. Launch the VCO installer (install media \ vCenter-Server\vCO): Click upgrade: Next: Change the SSL Keys (up to you): Next Next Click install,
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[VUM] Configure Update Manager to use a Service Account
There are a few situations you might want to do this, security and least privileged accounts comes to mind, as does auditability. However, you will also need to do this when your SQL server is using Windows Authentication. Otherwise you’ll run into: “There was an error connecting to VMware Update Manager… Database temporarily unavailable or
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Open Compute Platform & vSphere 5
So, outside of a few home drama items recently, there has been a new addition from the Open Compute Platform project, and that is a v 1.0 Intel platform. About Open Compute In April 2011, Facebook launched the Open Compute Project (Announcement) with a stated goal of making servers and datacenters more efficient. The 1.0
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[APAC] vBrownBag Follow-Up – VCAP-DCD Host Design
This week the APAC BrownBags covered VCAP-DCD and vSphere Host Design. Video Slides
BrownBag Follow-Up – IO Analyzer
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[Orchestrator] Configure Host Time Settings
In looking around vCO, at least in the default plug-in, there was not a good variety of workflows for configuring hosts. This workflow, will set the NTP server on a host. Schema Not a very creative schema, and for good reason. Also note, it is designed to work on a single host at a time.
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Open Tabs – Week Ending 3/23/12
Well, Chrome handles a bit better, however, it still gets boggy after a week or two of having too many tabs open. Without further adieu: Pimp the vCO vApp: http://www.vcoteam.info/learn-vco/pimp-my-vcenter-orchestrator-virtual-appliance.html Host Profiles Deep Dive – http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-4008 IO Analyzer w/ @bacon_is_king – http://gabrielchapman.com/?p=238 I need to reinstall View5 at home. Will be using this – http://www.vtexan.com/category/view5install/
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Pano Logic – Demo Unit Unboxing
Disclaimer: I met Pano at VMworld 2009 and asked to do a write up of their stuff. From there followed some back and forth with their support group, x64 and Win 7 support and the like. Things went silent for a bit. Got a contact from them recently when I tweeted regarding Pano and PCoIP
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[APAC] BrownBag Follow-Up – Jon Hall & VCAP5
This week the APAC BrownBags had on Jon Hall to talk about the VCAP 5 Exam registration, environment, and the like. List of good tidbits can be gleaned here. Video Slides
BrownBag Follow-Up – Datastore Clustering with Hersey Cartwright
Video: Slides: Find us on iTunes (and other places) iTunes: bit.ly/BrownbagiTunesPodcast: bit.ly/BrownbagPodcastAPAC VCAP Brownbag: bit.ly/APACBrownbag
On The Road with vCO Book
I’ll be at the Austin vMUG tomorrow with some free copies of vCO book (hard copy / kindle). If you are in town, stop by and say hello. There are a number of other vMUGs in the works (San Antonio, North Carolina, and any others that’ll have me).
VMware Workstation & Fusion Tech Previews Now Available
The technology fairy dropped a note in my inbox about a Public technology preview for VMware’s Desktop Virtualization Products (VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion). While this is a bit unusual for VMware, new and shiny is always fun. The details are below: VMware Workstation CTP The VMware Workstation Team is excited to invite you to
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