Tag: vCenter Server Appliance

VMworld 2015 breakout sessions now on YouTube

Unknown to most out there, VMworldTV has been busy uploading recordings onto their YouTube channel. All the General Sessions are available to watch, and currently there are around 54 breakout session videos available - sessions such as: SDDC5273 - VMware EVO SDDC: Deploying a Software-Defined Data Center Made Easy INF5060 - What's New in vSphere … Continue reading VMworld 2015 breakout sessions now on YouTube

VMware Labs re-write the Onyx tool for vSphere 6.0 Web Client

I've been a fan of Onyx since it was launched back in 2009/10 and was an avid user of it when I had to quickly learn how to write some automation scripts for a previous project. For those of you who haven't heard of this tool before, Project Onyx is a script recorder that sits between vSphere … Continue reading VMware Labs re-write the Onyx tool for vSphere 6.0 Web Client

Comparing the Configuration of vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and 6.0

Great White Paper here for those of you transitioning from 5.5 to 6.0 and want to know what the differences are: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vsphere-60-vcenter-server-appliance-55-60-comparison.pdf For me the major difference is VMware have dropped the Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), which makes sense as why would you want to manage your virtual environment from one browser url and … Continue reading Comparing the Configuration of vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and 6.0

Issues using Windows Session Credentials with vSphere Client and vCenter Server Appliance

So it seems there's a known bug when using vSphere Client to log into your vCenter Server Appliance..... it actually affects vCenter Server Appliance 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0. If you try to log in to vCenter Server by checking the "Use Windows Session Credentials", it bombs out with a General System Error as follows: Looking into the vpxd.log … Continue reading Issues using Windows Session Credentials with vSphere Client and vCenter Server Appliance

Installing/Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

I've been itching to deploy vSphere 6.0 GA for weeks now (since it was launched last month - wanted to replace my vSphere 6.0 Beta environment) but due to work commitments I've had to put this pet-project on the back-burner..... really hate when vendors release new toys at the end of quarter as it means … Continue reading Installing/Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

vCenter Server (Windows) to vCenter Server Appliance Converter

A couple of days ago, the clever bods at VMware Labs released a new fling that allows you to migrate from a Windows-based vCenter Server to the vCenter Server Appliance: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vcs-to-vcva-converter This is a great Fling idea as a lot of end-users are now considering the vCSA given the enhancements made to it in 5.5! (BTW, vCSA … Continue reading vCenter Server (Windows) to vCenter Server Appliance Converter

vSphere 6.0 Launched

So Tuesday was quite an eventful day..... not only did it snow in my neck of the woods (South West London) and cause chaos to road traffic - which meant I had to walk just over a mile to the station in freezing weather as the buses weren't going anywhere - it was also the … Continue reading vSphere 6.0 Launched

vCenter Server – Appliance or Windows, which to deploy?

One of my New Years’ resolutions was to try and clear out the draft folder of my blog where I had started to write down my thoughts for different topics, only to get side-tracked…. Happens quite often as I'm the "Prince of Procrastination"…. =) After deleting loads of draft posts which have become redundant due to product … Continue reading vCenter Server – Appliance or Windows, which to deploy?

Has your root password for your vCenter Server Appliance expired? No problems, check out this KB!!

So it slipped my mind that the root/admin passwords for the vCenter Server Appliance expires after 90 days by default..... and when I tried to access the admin webpage today in my demo environment so that I could update the appliance, I couldn't log in...... dammit.....!Surprisingly this must be a really common issue with customers … Continue reading Has your root password for your vCenter Server Appliance expired? No problems, check out this KB!!