Installing ESXi 6.0 in VMware workstation 11
So with eager excitement all VMware admins out there have been looking to get their hands on ESXi 6.0. I am no exception to that rule. VMware is a product…
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Create isolated test environment same ips and subnet with VMware
Recently, I had the need to setup a test/development environment that met the requirements of being able to keep the same IPs, subnet, and machine names as the production environment…
Updating VMware Operations Manager vApp
Recently with all of the bug fixes and security updates coming out from VMware and others due to Ghost vulnerability, etc, I decided among other VMware updates to update the…
VMware announces vSphere 6, vSAN 6
Below are notes I took during yesterday’s announcement from VMware in their live event: Vmware’s Announcement for Software defined Datacenter – OneCloud Four components: • vSphere • Network • Virtualized…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
