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Reducing the amount of RAM for vCenter Orchestrator

***** Disclaimer ***** This is not recommended by VMware and I am also pretty sure it is not supported either, so if you make this change then do so at your own risk. The vCenter Orchestrator …

  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • VMware
  • vCenter
2 min read

Upgrade vCenter to 4.1 U1

I upgraded my lab to vSphere 4.1 U1 on Friday. vCenter was simple. A quick set of screen shots And I was done.

  • 4.1
  • VMware
  • Troubleshooting
  • vCenter
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vSphere 4.1 Update 1 released

Thanks to a tweet from vConsult I learned that a new vCenter and vSphere update was released. As always test before deployment!! What’s New The following information describes some of the …

  • vSphere
  • 4.1
  • VMware
  • ESX
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SQL Upgrade Error - vCenter 4.1 Upgrade

As I said today on Twitter - this one took up some of my time today. This bit me in the butt today http://twitpic.com/2hr42l #vCenter Upgrade. Butt - I bite back!!!! — Maish Saidel-Keesing …

  • 4.1
  • VMware
  • vCenter
  • Upgrade
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Issue with vCenter Versions

I noticed something that I thought was an issue with my the vCenter installation and perhaps a change in location of the SQL database. But it turns out not to be the case. Many of us have, are in the …

  • Management
  • vSphere
  • 4.1
  • Administration
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Troubleshooting Tools for vCenter

What troubleshooting tools are you familiar with for monitoring your ESX host? I am sure that one of the first things that pop into your mind is of course ESXTOP. ESXTOP will provide a great deal of …

  • Tools
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • VMware
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New Updates of VMware Products

As Always, Test Before you deploy!!! VMware Data Recovery 1.2 Available. Release Notes - Download Link - Admin Guide Here are some highlights of the new release: a file level restore client for Linux …

  • vSphere
  • VMware
  • ESX
  • vCenter
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Network Ports needed for VMware Products

As usual looking for this list of which ports need to be punched through the firewall in order allow all kinds of services to work correctly. Well today – I tried to scan a host for (that is behind a …

  • Tools
  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • ESX
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vCenter on Windows 2008 R2 - not the best idea

Ladies and Gentlemen!!! Because I have seen two such posts in almost as many days here and here - dealing with installation of vCenter Server on Windows 2008 R2 (which of course is 64-bit only) I feel …

  • Management
  • vSphere
  • Windows
  • Administration
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New Releases from VMware

Workstation 7.0.1 - Release Notes What’s New Workstation 7.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. This release of VMware Workstation adds the following new support: New …

  • Workstation
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
  • vCenter