How to Register a vCenter Server 5.0 with Admin Tool on VCSA 5.1 Using SSH...
The new vSphere Web Client in vSphere 5.1 supports both vCenter Server 5.0 and 5.1, but before you can connect to a 5.0 system, you will need to manually register the vCenter Server with the vSphere...
View ArticleDisabling IPv6 via Command-Line For ESXi 5.1 (Without Automatic Host Reboot)
IPv6 for the VMkernel interface is now automatically enabled by default for the latest release of ESXi 5.1 and you may have also noticed the additional IP Address in DCUI after the host boots up. IPv6...
View ArticleVCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) Resources
Here is a consolidated page on all the articles I have written about the VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance). Hopefully this will be useful when looking for anything related to VCSA. VCSA 5.5 New vCenter...
View ArticleNested Virtualization Resources
Here is a consolidated page on all the articles that I have written about the Nested Virtualizatoin (nested ESXi, Hyper-V, etc) and all the goodies that are "Not Supported". vSphere / vCloud 5.1...
View ArticleChanging VCSA Failed Login Attempt & Lock Out Period
I was going through my twitter-feed this morning and came across an interesting article by @herseyc Locked out of the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance. I recommend you give Hersey's article a read as...
View ArticleRunning ESXi 5.0 & 5.1 on 2012 Mac Mini 6,2
If you recently purchased the new 2012 Apple Mac Mini 6,2 which was just released not too long ago and tried to install either ESXi 5.0 or 5.1, you probably noticed a PSOD (Pink/Purple Screen of...
View ArticleVMware Tools For Apple Mac OS X Guests?
With the release of vSphere 5, virtualizing Apple Mac OS X as a guest OS was possible and fully supported from VMware. To do so, you would need to be run ESXi on Apple hardware either the now...
View ArticleWhitepaper: Migrating From VIX API to the vSphere Guest Operations API
The VMware VIX API in my opinion is still one of the most powerful and undervalued API's that is available to customers and partners for Virtual Machine guest operating system Automation. The VIX API...
View ArticleDid you know that VMware Host Profile is extensible by 3rd Parties?
Managing ESXi host configurations can be challenging and the potential risk for configuration drift between the running environment and the set of configuration scripts or worse, manual configuration...
View Articlew00t! VMware Tools for Nested ESXi!
I have been working with Nested ESXi since it original inception and this technology has greatly benefited me and the entire VMware community, especially when it comes to learning about VMware...
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