vmware
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Virtualization
How to upgrade VMware Operations Manager VM Tools
In rolling out the latest vCenter and ESXi host updates that have come about in the last couple of days, the other part of that step is making sure that all vm tools are updated on guest VMs in the…
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Virtualization
Updating VMware vCenter Appliance 5.5 to 5.5 Update 2d
For smaller environments the vCenter Server appliance is a great and easy way to get up and running with vCenter. The update process to keep the appliance up to date is rather painless as well. With the recent release of…
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SQL
SQL 2014 Setup there was an error generating XML document
A couple of days ago, a fellow colleague was setting up a VM with SQL and then Microsoft Dynamics or that was the plan. The VM was relatively clean with only Windows updates installed, AV, and a couple of small…
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Virtualization
Installing and configuring VMware Operations Manager 5.5
vCenter Operations Manager allows admins to monitor and manage the health, performance, and capacity planning of their current vSphere infrastructure environment. It provides a really nice graphical interface to help visualize possible heat maps of issues in your vSphere infrastructure…
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Virtualization
Installing vSphere Update Manager 5.5 update 2 and configuration
Maintaining and deploying patches and updates throughout any environment can take a lot of heavy lifting by administrators. VMware environments need to be patched and updated along with other OS environments in any enterprise environment. While updates can be manually…
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Computers
Performance Tweaks VMware Workstation 10
For those of you who use VMware workstation 10 in running VMs on your desktop or laptop computer, you may have noticed that in certain situations or conditions things may get a bit sluggish when your workstation is under load…
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Virtualization
Updating vCenter Server 5.5 to update 2
With the recent release of the Update 2 revision of vSphere 5.5, many admins may be looking to update their environments to this release level to have all the latest and greatest functionality in their VMware environment. Below we will…
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Software
Bare Metal Restore VM using AppAssure
Using AppAssure, there are a couple of different ways that a VM can potentially be restored. You can use both the Restore method or the Export process within the software to successfully bare metal restore a VMware VM back to the environment. The first…
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Virtualization
Apply Latest Patches to standalone Dell Customized ESXi 5.5 host
In spinning up a new environment recently for a client, we wanted to get the hosts to the latest patch level. We didn’t have local VUM in place or even vCenter for that matter. All three hosts were running the…
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Mobile
How to manage your VMware environment from your iPad
Most admins are on the go from the time they get in the office until the time they leave (if they get to leave at the end of the day). Mobile devices have made the system administrator’s life much better…
