I T U D A http://ituda.com All Virtual and more ... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:26:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 VMware View 5.0 – TCP and UDP Ports http://ituda.com/vmware-view-5-0-tcp-and-udp-ports/ http://ituda.com/vmware-view-5-0-tcp-and-udp-ports/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:24:37 +0000 ldhoore http://ituda.com/?p=1149 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

]]> http://ituda.com/vmware-view-5-0-tcp-and-udp-ports/feed/ 0 VMware View 5.0 – Installation and Configuration http://ituda.com/vmware-view-5-0-installation-and-configuration/ http://ituda.com/vmware-view-5-0-installation-and-configuration/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:11:49 +0000 ldhoore http://ituda.com/?p=1142 PART1: VMware View 5 – Composer and Connection Server Install

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSFnkLW1ve4

PART2:VMware View 5 – Configuration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDc21h0uTkA

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN3lWPZj_Yw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Aa_cp9kn8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPjVM30FtQ

]]> http://ituda.com/vmware-srm-5-and-dell-equallogic/feed/ 0 VMware – Start your hybrid cloud with VMware vCloud Connector 1.5 http://ituda.com/vmwarestart-your-hybrid-cloud-with-vmware-vcloud-connector-1-5/ http://ituda.com/vmwarestart-your-hybrid-cloud-with-vmware-vcloud-connector-1-5/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:35:51 +0000 ldhoore http://ituda.com/?p=1068

Continue reading »]]> 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.

Component overview
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/

]]> http://ituda.com/vmwarestart-your-hybrid-cloud-with-vmware-vcloud-connector-1-5/feed/ 0 VMware vCenter Protect Essentials (Plus) – Installation and Training Videos http://ituda.com/vmware-vcenter-protect-essentials-plus-installation-and-training-videos/ http://ituda.com/vmware-vcenter-protect-essentials-plus-installation-and-training-videos/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:10:29 +0000 ldhoore http://ituda.com/?p=1046

Continue reading »]]> 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

Download the 57.4 MB package from http://www.shavlik.com/downloads.aspx

Execute the downloaded package VMwareProtect_xxxx.exe

Click RUN

I choose to use the local SQL Server Express database – Click YES

The installer checks if all required components are installed on your system and will download and install them if needed – Click INSTALL

Now that all required components are installed, the actual installation of the product can start. Click NEXT

Accept the license Agreement and click NEXT

Click NEXT

Choose whether or not you want to participate in the Product Improvement Program and Click NEXT

Click INSTALL

At this point and time the database will be set up. I choose to create a new database. Click NEXT

Provide the database server name, database name and authentication method. Click TEST SERVER CONNECTION

Click OK

Click NEXT