tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:30:43 +0000VirtualizationVMwareMicrosoftWindows ServerESX ServerVirtual CenterHyper-VSecurityFreeIT ManagementActive DirectoryStorageBest of the WeekESXi ServerClusteringMiscNSXNetwork VirtualizationVDIXenServerLog InsightCloud Computing, Networking & Security, SDLC, VMware, Microsoft, AWS, and Related Technology Topicshttp://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)Blogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2740607180738647288Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:30:00 +00002014-09-08T17:37:33.302-07:00Log InsightMiscSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMwareVMware Log Insight provides real time log management for virtual and physical systems including Windows, Linux, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, etc. Version 2.0 supports 7,500 eps (events per second) per node and you can cluster up to 6 of them to achieve 45,000 eps. It also includes content packs to extend its functionality free of charge from several vendors like VCE, HyTrust, NetApp, EMC, http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2014/09/vmware-log-insight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-4439324197340853371Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:11:00 +00002014-09-03T17:15:26.528-07:00FreeNSXVirtualization vCO Videos – VMware Education VMware vCenter Orchestrator Community vCenter Orchestrator Plug-ins vCO Team vCO Portal VMware vCO Blog vCO Documentation vCO VMware Solutions Exchange vCO Developer Center vCO Plug-in SDK Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2014/09/vmware-vco-resources-v2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-1596349866177728584Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:01:00 +00002014-08-17T16:36:48.445-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerNetwork VirtualizationNSXSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMwareJust before VMworld! Here are some good NSX links and references. NSX Walkthroughs - http://vmwarewalkthroughs.com/NSX/ VMware NSX Network Virtualization Design Guide - http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/nsx/vmw-nsx-network-virtualization-design-guide.pdf Deploying VMware NSX with Cisco UCS and Nexus 7000 - http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/files/2014/02/http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2014/08/vmware-nsx-network-virtualization-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-5436035372000210014Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:05:00 +00002013-06-17T06:22:52.055-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerFreeVirtual CenterVMware VMware vCenter Orchestrator Documentation vCenter Orchestrator Plug-ins VMware Education Services vCO Videos VMware vCenter Orchestrator Blog VCOPORTAL Blog VMware vCO Team Blog VMware vCenter Orchestrator Community Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2013/06/vmware-vcenter-orchestrator-vco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2168257342506501685Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:00 +00002013-05-20T17:43:00.182-07:00Virtual CenterVirtualizationVMware - vCenter Single Sign-On – Part 1: what is vCenter Single Sign-On? - http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/vcenter-single-sign-on-part-1-what-is-vcenter-single-sign-on.html - vCenter Single Sign-On – Part 2: Deployment Options - http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/02/vcenter-single-sign-on-part-2-deployment-options.html - vCenter Single Sign-On – Part 3: Availability - http://http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2013/05/5-great-vmware-single-sing-on-sso.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2653941616094623745Tue, 14 May 2013 00:25:00 +00002013-05-13T17:25:00.690-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware - VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat FAQ - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2044902 - VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.5 Release Notes - https://www.vmware.com/support/heartbeat/doc/vcenter-server-heartbeat-65-release-notes.html - VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Documentation - https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2013/05/vmware-vcenter-server-heartbeat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-830329096710650841Fri, 03 May 2013 00:14:00 +00002013-05-02T17:19:17.423-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerNetwork VirtualizationSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware - Security Principles in Virtualized Datacenters – Training (3hs) – Self Paced – http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=one&id_subject=43250 - VMware Network Virtualization Design Guide - http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10354 - VMware vSphere 5.1 Security Guide - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2013/05/5-network-virtualization-security-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-1127564629575740575Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:06:00 +00002014-08-17T16:21:47.751-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMwareLately I have been using the VMware vCenter Appliance a lot and I really like it and see it is as a good alternative to the Windows based vCenter. Since there are several on-line resources with good information about it, I am listing some of them here for future reference. - Minimum requirements for the VMware vCenter Server 5.x Appliance - Synchronize the vCenter Server Appliance Clock withhttp://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2013/03/vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-8933787102827722710Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:56:00 +00002012-11-10T16:37:08.575-08:00ESX ServerESXi ServerVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware Your 1st install/upgrade should be in your lab Review the followings: vCenter 5.1.0A Readme vSphere Upgrade Guide Check your AD/Directory health Create reverse DNS records (PTRs) for all the necessary servers (vCenter, Sql, etc.) if you do not already have them Take print screens during the installation process since you may need them later Run http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/11/vmware-vsphere-510a-1-quick-setup-guide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-6903279234830511264Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +00002012-09-16T22:00:04.200-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerFreeSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware Detailed information regarding resolved and known issues and enhancements can be found in the VMware vCenter 5.0 Update 1b Release Notes VMware vCenter 5.0 Update 1b Patch is available for download here Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/09/general-availability-vmware-vcenter-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-1767938372221395454Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:10:00 +00002012-09-15T21:55:15.718-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerFreeSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware Detailed information regarding resolved and known issues and enhancements can be found in the VMware vCenter 4.0 Update 4a Release Notes  VMware vCenter 4.0 Update 4a Patch is available for download here Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/09/general-availability-of-vmware-vcenter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-4639209405329650140Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:48:00 +00002012-09-15T21:50:58.904-07:00ClusteringESX ServerESXi ServerFreeSecurityStorageVDIVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMwareHere is the link for accessing the videos and below is the information for the sessions. NET2207: VMware vSphere Distributed Switch—Technical Deep Dive | Pdf STO2980: vSphere 5 Storage Best Practices | Pdf VSP1168: Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure | Pdf VSP1800: vSphere Performance Best Practices | Pdf VSP2825: DRS: Advanced Concepts, Best Practices and Future Directions | http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/09/vmworld-2012-top-most-popular-breakout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-7745827606561106819Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:29:00 +00002012-04-23T17:29:00.842-07:00FreeMicrosoftVirtualizationWindows Server “Core Capabilities Addressed in the Guided Labs: Provide resources through self-service requests Drive consistent Service Delivery Provision additional cloud infrastructure Delegate cloud resources Create consistency through service templates Perform a standardized application deployment to test Stage application resources Self-service http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/04/microsoft-private-cloud-labs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-8002473935728473758Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:21:00 +00002012-04-22T17:38:16.880-07:00Active DirectoryClusteringFreeHyper-VVirtualizationWindows Server “A Microsoft private cloud dramatically changes the way your business produces and consumes IT services by creating a layer of abstraction over your pooled IT resources. This allows your datacenter to offer true infrastructure service capability as well as optimally managed application services. Microsoft private cloud solutions are built on System Center and Windows Server.” You can get http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/04/download-microsoft-private-cloud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-229682310253154385Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:44:00 +00002012-03-18T16:44:32.236-07:00ESXi ServerVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware“This release provides the following improvements: VMware ESXi Support for new Intel and AMD processors Adding support for Native Storage Drivers for Intel C600 series chipset and upgrades LSI MegaRAID SAS driver to version 5.34 Now supporting Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.2 and 10.7.3 guest operating systems Numerous bug and security fixes VMware vCenterhttp://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/03/ga-of-vsphere-50-update-1-related.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-7910383450753448279Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:17:00 +00002012-03-11T16:19:14.036-07:00ESX ServerESXi ServerSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware “Resolved Issues This release updates JRE version to 1.5.0_32 Oracle (Sun) JRE updated to version 1.5.0_32, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Oracle (Sun) JRE. Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers for issues that are addressed in JRE 1.5.0_32 in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory for October 2011 at http://http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/03/ga-of-vmware-virtual-center-25-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-1600844829757822786Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:11:00 +00002012-02-25T18:19:30.425-08:00ESXi ServerFreeVirtualizationVMware“Overview Welcome to the HP vibsdepot. This site at http://vibsdepot.hp.com provides our customers and partners with online access to the HP developed VMware® Bundles for use with VMware® vSphere 5.0 Image Builder, Update Manager (VUM) and ESXCLI. It is assumed you are familiar with these applications and command line utilities and if needed should refer to the VMware® vSphere 5.0 documentation http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2012/02/hp-software-delivery-repository-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-619563848276229493Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:07:00 +00002011-09-21T18:07:00.611-07:00Active DirectoryFreeIT ManagementMicrosoftWindows Server “With the Active Directory Topology Diagrammer tool, you can read your Active Directory structure through LDAP. The Active Directory Topology Diagrammer tool automates Microsoft Office Visio to draw a diagram of the Active Directory Domain topology, your Active Directory Site topology, your OU structure, your DFS-R topology or your current Exchange 20XX Server Organization. With the Active http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsoft-active-directory-topology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2201580485594688306Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:11:00 +00002011-09-19T17:11:00.085-07:00FreeVDIVirtualization “You can run the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer both on already deployed desktops as well as on reference machines (templates / golden images), where our best practice is to apply the optimizations to the latter. No matter where you run the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer it’s important to always test the optimizations applied by the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer in a test http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-free-quest-vworkspace-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-6932767147544269529Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:46:00 +00002011-09-15T16:48:04.221-07:00Active DirectoryFreeMicrosoftStorageWindows Server “File server capacity planning and performance troubleshooting are critical aspects of high-level network administration. File server capacity planning tools can be valuable in choosing new hardware for purchase, identifying the capacity of existing hardware, locating existing bottlenecks, and planning for resource expansion in advance of resource exhaustion. The throughput capacity http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsoft-file-server-capacity-tool-v12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-4047369402001773045Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:32:00 +00002011-09-01T14:32:00.522-07:00ESX ServerFreeSecurityVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware ESX/ESXi Convergence How to Remove Storage Devices from ESXi Hosts Auto Deploy Architecture vSphere Network IO Control ESXi Firewall Concepts Adding Allowed IP addresses to the ESXi Adding a Service to the ESXi Firewall Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/video-links-from-vmware-technical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-1451119326905386721Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:15:00 +00002011-08-29T14:20:36.577-07:00ESX ServerFreeStorageVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware Download free ESXi – VMware vSphere Hypervisor Download VMware vSphere 5 and its modules Download vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0 ESXi and vCenter Server 5.0 Documentation vSphere 5 Additional Resources PDF and E-book Product Documentation Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 best practices Installing ESXi 5.0 best http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/08/vmware-vsphere-5-downloads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-4417695236523197313Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:56:00 +00002011-04-04T12:02:55.139-07:00Active DirectoryClusteringFreeHyper-VMicrosoftStorageVirtualizationWindows Server “iSCSI Software Target is an optional Windows Server component that provides centralized, software-based and hardware-independent iSCSI disk subsystems in storage area networks (SANs).” You can download the new package here and find additional information by reading Jose Barreto’s blog posts: The Basics of the Virtual Disk Services (VDS), Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-microsoft-iscsi-software-target-33.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-5151977105674683074Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:29:00 +00002011-01-29T11:37:41.387-08:00ESX ServerFreeVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMware “Este libro te enseñará cómo instalar y configurar el producto VMware Site Recovery Manager. También cubre en detalle los procesos de failover y failback y te servirá de guía para la puesta en marcha del producto. En este libro no se incluye ninguna teoría sobre la gestión de proyectos que caracteriza a una gran cantidad de libros de TI. Es práctico y técnico, y presupone que ya estás bastantehttp://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/01/administrando-vmware-site-recovery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-5669622931794234993Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:33:00 +00002010-12-31T11:34:12.224-08:00ESX ServerVirtual CenterVirtualizationVMwareWindows Server “Details: You receive a black screen on the virtual machine when using Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 as a guest operating system on ESX 4.0. You experience slow mouse performance on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine.” You can find more information about Troubleshooting SVGA drivers installed with VMware Tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 running on ESX 4.0 here. Posted byhttp://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/12/problems-with-vmware-tools-on-windows-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0