In the latest version of vROPS ( vRealize Operations Manager) it’s very easy to setup the session timeout to never expire. This wasn’t the case always in vCOPS where you had to manually hack the web.xml file in the UI VM of the vCOPS and change the value there. The vROPS 6.0 you can set […]
How-to setup Bginfo on Startup for All users and other Bginfo tips
Bginfo can show different information about the system you’re logged in. Those informations shows on the desktop/server you’re logged in. People usually asks how to setup Bginfo on startup for all users and I’ll show you how. If you’re admin or IT professional or enthusiast you probably know already this free software which is not […]
Install Free Starwind SAN on Free Hyper-V – Part 2
In the first part we have done quite a lot, but there is still more steps to come. We basically have those two Hyper-V nodes installed with Starwind Virtual SAN and we created some volumes on each of the node, which will be mirrored by Starwind. Now I’ll show you how to go further, setup the synchronous […]
How-to update vCenter Operations Manager to the latest release
VMware has made the upgrade of their products based on Linux VMs, most of the time called Virtual Appliances, very easy. Today I’ll show you How-to update vCenter Operations Manager to the latest release. In fact there is a single file to download with extension PAK. This file is then loaded through the admin UI and […]
Free Tool for Nested ESXi Labs – ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter
There is a free utility called ESXi MAC learning dvFilter released by VMware Labs last week. This utility is provided as a VIB and installs on the physical ESXi host, not on the virtual ESXi hosts. I learned about it by reading posts from William Lam and Andreas Peetz. ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter is kind of […]
Backup and Restore ESXi Configuration with PowerCLI
In some situations you might need to backup or restore configuration of your ESXi host. This can be done with several tools with GUI front end or you can use tools diretly built-in ESXi and vSphere. And that’s what we will explore today. There might be a situation where the only choice is what you already have […]
3 Ways to Open Command Prompt With Admin Privileges in Windows 8.x
I just wanted to give a quick heads up to admins using Windows 8 or planning to migrate users to W 8.x and then assist them as a support help. Things changes and the old days of Windows XP are gone…. Oh well. Let’s move on. Before, there was a simple way in Windows 7 […]
How-to Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows – Three Ways To Do It
UAC aka User Account Control has been here since Vista and it’s been hated by the end users and admins all over. It’s one of the first things that users asking to deactivate when setting up a desktop for someone or in VDI deployments when optimizing the master image. User account control = pain. So […]
How-to install vSphere Client on Domain Controller or Use a Workaround
By default it’s just not possible. The installation of the vSphere Client fails with a message saying the as a requirements the management station has to be running XP SP2 and not a domain controler. There might be a situations where in some very small shops you find a single ESXi box with a single […]
ESXi Unresponsive VM – How to Power Off
Sometimes your VM gets stuck and you have no possibility to do graceful shutdown or power off through the vSphere client. Saying it differently, the VM is stuck and the only way is to reboot the whole ESXi host, which you certainly don’t want to do. But the unresponsive VM running there can be “killed” […]
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