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VMware – vSphere Basics – Create a Custom Role
I’ve been evaluating a data protection solution in the lab recently and wanted to create a custom role in vCenter for the solution to use. It’s a basic thing, but if you don’t do it often it might not...
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VMware – vSphere Basics – Re-package An OVA
This is a quick and easy one. I came across a virtual appliance the other day that had an expired certificate. When you click Next you’ll get an error saying the package is signed with an invalid...
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EMC – VSI for VMware vSphere 6.5 Linked Mode Issue
As part of a recent deployment I’ve been implementing EMC VSI for VMware vSphere Web Client v6.5 in a vSphere 5.5 environment. If you’re not familiar with this product, it “enables administrators to...
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EMC – VSI for VMware vSphere 6.5 Linked Mode Issue – Redux
I wrote in a previous post about having some problems with EMC’s VSI for VMware vSphere 6.5 when running in vCenter 5.5 in Linked Mode. I spoke about deploying the appliance in just one site as a...
View ArticleVMware – vSphere 5.5 U2 Workarounds and Random Things – Part 5
I’ve come across a few slightly odd things that I hadn’t accounted for during a recent vSphere 5.5 U2 deployment and thought it would be handy to document them. In this post (which is hopefully the...
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VMware – SRM 5.8 – You had one job!
The Problem A colleague of mine has been doing some data centre failover testing for a customer recently and ran into an issue with VMware’s Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8 running on vSphere 5.5 U2....
View ArticleVMware – vSphere Replication 5.8 and Custom Certificates
I waffled on some time ago about using proper certificates in your vSphere 5.5 environment. You can read about some of how to do that here. Eric has a nice summary of the steps here. I got a call...
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VMware – vSphere 6 Basics – Platform Services Controller
I’ve finally gotten some time to dig into the changes in vSphere 6 with regards to deployment options and architecture. I thought I’d do a few posts covering some key enhancements from VMware, paying...
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VMware – vSphere Basics – vCenter 6.5 Upgrade Scenarios
I did an article on the vSphere 6 Platform Services Controller a while ago. After attending a session on changes in vSphere 6.5 at vFORUM, I thought it would be an idea to revisit this, and frame it in...
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VMware Cloud on AWS – TMCHAM – Part 5 – VM Management
In this edition of Things My Customers Have Asked Me (TMCHAM), I’m going to delve into some questions around managing VMs running on the VMware-managed VMware Cloud on AWS platform, and talk about...
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