Timeout value of vSphere Web Client – how to change. The vSphere Web Client will become the main client for managing the VMware vSphere Infrastructures. There is a default timeout value which is 30 min, but it’s configurable. Think twice if you have a real reason, in production environment, to change this value. In my lab […]
vSphere Data Protection (VDP) – backup and master
vSphere Data Protection – configuring your first backup. In the first part of vSphere Data Protection (VDP) – install, configure, manage – you have learned on how to architect this solution and prepare for deployment. In this part we will configure some backups. When you first connect to your vCenter through the web client, you […]
ESXi Free – how to upgrade to ESXi 5.1
If you’re running the free version of ESXi 5.0 in your homelab or testing it at work, you might be wondering what’s the easy way to upgrade existing ESXi 5.0 installation to the latest ESXi 5.1 without much effort and without breaking your existing installation, without re-installing everything. Your existing VMs won’t be affected. I’ve already […]
Unable to install VMware Tools message
Unable to Install VMware Tools – The problem can occur in some cases when wanting to upgrade previous versions of VMware Tools. How to get rid off that error and why actually this error is happening. It’s usually because of the previous installation of VMware tools. The installer cannot remove the previous versions of VMware […]
How to reset admin password in vMA 5
How to reset admin password in vMA 5 vMA – vSphere Management Assistant. Since the introduction of ESXi version of VMware Hypervizor, there is plenty of different ways to manage and configure ESXi hosts after the RedHat linux console is gone. This console was part of the ESX classic version and many VMware users had […]
How to patch ESXi 5 without vCenter
How to patch ESXi 5 from command line. Usually the patching of VMware vSphere Cluster is done through vSphere Update Manager (VUM), but for this you need vCenter. In case you’re managing single ESXi host without vCenter, you might be interested to know how to patch the ESXi host from the command line. No need to […]
How to install nano in vMA 5
How to install nano in vMA 5 The VMware vMA 5 (vSphere Management Assistant). It allows administrators and developers to run scripts and installs agents to manage ESXi hosts and vCenter Server systems. vMA is a virtual machine that includes prepackaged software, a logging component, and an authentication component that supports non-interactive login. The vMA 5 comes […]
ESXi Firewall – How to restrict IP addresses to secure ESXi
ESXi Firewall – How to secure ESXi host by allowing only certain IP adresses or IP ranges. After a fresh installation of ESXi, the host’s firewall isn’t configured with the best possible security for your environment. You usually adapt it for your own environment in order to secure those ESXi servers even more. ESXi firewall is […]
How to install Horizon Application Manager in a lab – part2
How-to configure VMware Horizon Connector via the Setup Wizard. I finally move on with the setup of the Horizon in my lab, which is currently under some transformation too, but I’ll be reporting on that in a separate post. I’m basically testing another configuration with as an iSCSI target the Starwind iSCSI SAN. In my […]
How-to install Horizon Application Manager in a lab
Horizon Application Manager – The setup of the two appliances. I’ll try to show you the the installation and configuration steps for trying out a Horizon Application Manager 1.5. First of all, make sure that all your underlying architecture is corectly setup. That you got your DNS servers ready and operationnal, vSphere up and running […]
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