VMware has released recently the latest update to vCenter Support Assistant 5.5, which is a virtual appliance (650 Mb) allowing to configure. The product is free to download, but can only be used for clients on active SNS or for clients buying support per-incident. vCenter support shows as a vCenter plugin through vSphere web client and […]
vFLOWer Toolkit – a solution that converts vCO packages into versionable source code (XML) and vice versa
Interesting solution for sharing vCenter Orchestrator Workflows has been developed by ByteLife. The solution can convert vCO packages into versionable source code in XML and back. Even if vCO is one of the less known products of VMware vSphere and even I’m not a vCO expert AT ALL, this solution has took my attention as […]
Best Practices for Virtualizing AD on VMware vSphere
Virtualizing business critical applications, like Microsoft Active Directory (AD) must be done right and with caution. Windows Server 2012 has introduced new feature called VM-Generation ID, which enables the underlying ESXi to expose a 128bit counter within the guest VM. This allows the VM to be aware that the VM has been restored from snapshot or […]
How to tag disk as SSD VMware esxi 5.x and 6.0
The vSphere 6.0 web client allows easier possibility. Through a GUI if you have vCenter installed. So How to Mark local disk as SSD disk ? Connect to your vCenter > Go to Hosts and clusters > Select a Host > Manage > Storage > Select disk which you want to tag as SSD. You can click to […]
New VCP Exam VCP550 based on vSphere 5.5 is available
Just to let you know that it’s now possible to get certified on vSphere 5.5. VMware has released new certification exam yesterday which allows to pass an exam based on vSphere 5.5. So the new certification exam VCP550, is based on VMware vSphere 5.5 but earns you still a VCP5-DCV certification only. The same certification […]
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 – what’s in
VMware has released few days back a vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 (vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 | Build 1473063). This update brings customization for Windows 8.1, Windows 2012 R2 and SLES 11 SP3 plus more. Also there has been multiple fixes released which might interest you or your clients if they run on 5.1. Update: […]
VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Driver Rollup 1 released
VMware has released new Driver rollup ISO image for VMware ESXi 5.5.0 few weeks back. There weren’t much news about this release so I thought is’s a good idea to point out to which usages this ISO is destined. This is an installable iso ISO which is suppose to be used for clean installations only so […]
How to create custom ESXi 5.x Firewall rule and why you need to
You might need to create Custom ESXi 5.x firewall rule for different reasons. One of them might be a custom made in-house software application. Services like FTP, SFTP, Telnet or SSH are not enabled by default, and the ports for these services are closed. In the list of services, there is not a possibility for an […]
5 Free Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Management Studio
In my recent article I’ve reported about a nice free alternative to manage SQL databases, which, from the same UI can manage also MySQL databases. I thought that it might be a good idea to actually check out around the web to see if there are other, preferably free tools. And yes there are! In this […]
My VSAN Journey – Part 1 – The homebrew “node”
VMware VSAN product is nice piece of software which allows using local DAS storage as well as local SSD(s) in each host to configure a pooled datastore. The product shall be released in 2014 and you can find all the necessary info and guides through VMware VSAN community page, where you can currently download public […]
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