A link to the VMware View 5.0 Documentation Center documenting the TCP and UDP Ports needed for VMware View 5.0: http://pubs.vmware.com/view-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.view.security.doc/GUID-A0B8412C-6C42-4C78-90B2-C1B2A2237AD1.html
Jan
21
2012
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Jan
18
2012
VMware View 5.0 – Installation and Configuration
PART1: VMware View 5 – Composer and Connection Server Install
PART2:VMware View 5 – Configuration
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Jan
07
2012
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Jan
04
2012
VMware – Start your hybrid cloud with VMware vCloud Connector 1.5
When you’re reading this, you most likely have already a vSphere environment up and running. Moving some workloads to a vCloud Director powered public cloud – and thus building your own hybrid cloud – is very easy to do.
The best of all is that the software you need will not cost you anything. The only cost involved will of course be the price you have to pay to the public cloud provider to run your workloads over there.
vCloud Connector is an enterprise product that provides a single user interface for overseeing multiple public and private clouds and for transferring cloud content from one cloud to another. It allows you to connect multiple clouds, both internal and external, in a single user interface.
Using vCloud Connector, you can stop and start virtual machines, check their performance, and transfer virtual machines, vApps, and templates from one cloud to another.
vCloud Connector Components
vCloud Connector consists of three distinct components:the vCloud Connector UI, the vCloud Connector Server, and vCloud Connector Nodes.
vCloud Connector UI
vCloud Connector UI is the user interface that vCloud Connector Server produces. It can be surfaced in vSphere Client or at vcloud.vmware.com. If you decide to display your UI via vcloud.vmware.com, and your vCC Server is behind a firewall, only browsers also behind the firewall can see the UI. You decide where to display the UI during the configuration process.
vCloud Connector Server
vCloud Connnector Server is a virtual appliance that coordinates the activity of vCloud Connector, controls vCloud Connector Nodes, and produces the vCloud Connector UI. Only one vCloud Connector Server is needed.
vCloud Connector Nodes
vCloud Connector Nodes are virtual appliances that handle transferring content from one cloud to another. Transfers between clouds that are interrupted, for example because of network problems, can be resumed at the point that they were interrupted. A vCloud Connector Node must be installed in every vSphere or vCloud cloud that vCloud Connector oversees.
Go to http://vcloud.vmware.com/ for your free download of VMware vCloud Connector 1.5.
The full documentation about the product can be found online in the VMware Hybrid Cloud Documentation Center
Interesting articles on Chris Colotti’s blog:
http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/how-to-get-started-with-vcloud-connector-1-5-part-1/
http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/how-to-get-started-with-vcloud-connector-1-5-part-2/
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Jan
03
2012
VMware vCenter Protect Essentials (Plus) – Installation and Training Videos
VMware released the latest version of vCenter Protect Essentials. This product is a combination of several technologies but the major part is from Shavlik Technologies, which VMware acquired on 16 MAY 2011.
VMware vCenter Protect Essentials provides
- centralized patch management for Windows and third party applications
- centralized asset inventory for Windows and third party applications
- for both virtual and physical machines.
The VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus versions adds
- centralized antivirus
- centralized power management
- centralized configuration management
- ITScripts
More information on the product can be found on VMware’s website and in a blog article at VMGuru.NL
Pricing information can be found here
INSTALLATION
The installation of the product is very easy and straightforward. All you need is a Windows machine and a SQL database. The details requirements can be found here
Here are the steps to follow for the installation
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Dec
26
2011
VMware – SRM 5.0 and EMC SRDF SRA 5.0
Training session recording for the SRDF SRA 5.0 release for VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0
https://community.emc.com/videos/2336#
Topics include
SRM 5 Overview
Configuration
Failover
Failback
Test Failover
SRA Utilities for VSI 5
SRDF/STAR Support
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Dec
17
2011
VMware – vCenter Database Pre-Upgrade Checker
Before you upgrade vCenter Server, you can run the VMware vCenter Database Pre-Upgrade Checker on your current vCenter Server database to reveal problems that could prevent the upgrade or affect the performance of your database after the upgrade.
For more information see KB article 2004286
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Dec
07
2011
VMware – SQL script to create the vCenter 4.1 database
use [master]
go
CREATE DATABASE [VCDB] ON PRIMARY
(NAME = N'vcdb',
FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.VIMSQL\MSSQL\DATA\VCDB.mdf',
SIZE = 2000KB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%)
LOG ON
(NAME = N'vcdb_log',
FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.VIMSQL\MSSQL\DATA\VCDB.ldf',
SIZE = 1000KB ,
FILEGROWTH = 10%)
COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
go
use VCDB
go
sp_addlogin @loginame=[vpxuser],
@passwd=N'@Password',
@defdb='VCDB',
@deflanguage='us_english'
go
ALTER LOGIN [vpxuser] WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF
go
CREATE USER [vpxuser] for LOGIN [vpxuser]
go
CREATE SCHEMA [VMW]
go
ALTER USER [vpxuser] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA =[VMW]
go
sp_addrolemember @rolename = 'db_owner',
@membername = [vpxuser]
go
use MSDB
go
CREATE USER [vpxuser] for LOGIN [vpxuser]
go
sp_addrolemember @rolename = 'db_owner',
@membername = [vpxuser]
go
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Dec
07
2011
VMware – SQL script to create the SRM 4.1 database
use [master]
go
CREATE DATABASE [SRMDB] ON PRIMARY
(NAME = N'srmdb',
FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.VIMSQL\MSSQ\DATA\SRMDB.mdf')
LOG ON
(NAME = N'srmdb_log',
FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.VIMSQL\MSSQ\DATA\SRMDB.ldf')
COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
go
use SRMDB
go
sp_addlogin @loginame=[srm],
@passwd=N'@Password',
@defdb='SRMDB',
@deflanguage='us_english'
go
ALTER LOGIN [srm] WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF
go
CREATE USER [srm] for LOGIN [srm]
go
CREATE SCHEMA [SRM]
go
ALTER USER [srm] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA =[SRM]
go
sp_addrolemember @rolename = 'db_owner',
@membername = [srm]
go
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Nov
25
2011
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