Showing posts with label Virtualization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virtualization. Show all posts

VMware Log Insight

VMware 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, Cisco and others - https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/loginsight.

Additional links and references:

Posted by Gabriel Maciel


VMware NSX – Network Virtualization Links and References

Just before VMworld! Here are some good NSX links and references.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

VMware vCenter Server Appliance Links (vCSA)

Lately 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.
Posted by Gabriel Maciel

VMware vSphere 5.1(.1/.0a) – Quick Setup Guide

  • Your 1st install/upgrade should be in your lab
  • Review the followings:
  • 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 the setup program/s as admin
  • If possible, do not use the simple install option
  • Install vCenter Single Sign On
    • Choose multi-node HA
  • Install vCenter Inventory Service
  • Install vCenter Server
  • Install the vSphere Web Client
    • Install Adobe Flash Player
  • Install the vSphere Client  (yes, you still need it)
    • Install the necessary plug-ins later
  • Install VUM (VMware Update Manager)
  • Start configuring/managing your vSphere environment
  • Install the vCenter Support Tools if/when required
  • Others/Optional Components:
    • Install and configure vCloud Networking and Security Manager (vShield Manager)
    • Configure VXLAN if required
    • Install and configure vSphere Data Protection, vCD, vC Ops, SRM, etc.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

General Availability - VMware vCenter 5.0 Update 1b Patch

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General Availability of VMware vCenter 4.0 Update 4a Patch

  • 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

Microsoft Private Cloud Labs

“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 deployment of an application to a production environment
  • Gain insight and visibility through reporting
  • Monitor infrastructure
  • Taking corrective actions in the infrastructure
  • Reduce time to resolution with application performance monitoring
  • Deploy an update to service instance
  • Explore creating dashboards”

You can find more information about the Microsoft Private Cloud Labs here.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation Software

“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 the software here.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

GA of vSphere 5.0 Update 1 & Related Products

“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 vCenter

  • Guest Operating System Customization Improvements: vCenter Server adds support for customization of the following guest operating systems
    • Windows 8
    • Ubuntu 11.10
    • Ubuntu 11.04
    • Ubuntu 10.10
    • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • Numerous bug and security fixes

VMware vCenter Update Manager

  • Security Update: In Update Manager 5.0 Update 1, the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database, the Oracle (Sun) JRE package and the certificate that is provided with Update Manager installation package are updated to address security related issues.
  • Improved Product Usability: Update Manager 5.0 Update 1 provides upgrade release version information, improved maintenance mode impact differentiation, and a warning message that states a snapshot of fault tolerant virtual machines cannot be created during remediation.
  • Improved Product Robustness: In Update Manager 5.0 Update 1, virtual appliance updates and the Update Manager server failure are handled in an improved manner.”

More information here and here.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

GA of VMware Virtual Center 2.5 Update 6b

“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://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html.

  • Support for Firefox 3.0.x and 3.5. x Browsers with VirtualCenter Web  Access

    This release supports Firefox 3.0.x and 3.5. x browsers with VirtualCenter Web Access. Firefox 3.x is not a supported browser for ESX Server 3.5 Update 5 Web Access with this release.

    Note: This update was added in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6a but erroneously documented in the VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6a release notes.”

More information here and in the Virtual Center installation guide.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

HP Software Delivery Repository for VMware – Image Builder, VUM, ESXCLI and ESXi 5

“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 along with VMware.com for further information.

The HP bundles that are provided on the vibsdepot are an important solution for the management and configuration of HP Industry Standard Servers and are already integrated in the HP Customized VMware® ESXi 5.0 image available at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM09.

For a list of HP supplied drivers and versions used in HP Customized VMware® images reference the list at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware-esxi/driver_version.html.

You can also easily install the HP Bundles from vibsdepot on your VMware® ESXi 5.0 image as offline bundle ZIP files with ESXCLI and VUM or integrated as part of your customized ESXi 5.0 image creation with Image Builder.

Use Cases:

  • Directly add the vibsdepot with Image Builder PowerCLI command "Add-EsxSoftwareDepot http://vibsdepot.hp.com" for all the bundles or with any specific bundle subdirectory by appending the respective <bundle-directory> to the URL
  • Directly connect VUM to "http://vibsdepot.hp.com/index.xml"or for a specific bundle subdirectory via http://vibsdepot.hp.com/<bundle-directory>/index.xml
  • Download (or copy)"http://vibsdepot.hp.com/" for all the bundles or any specific bundle subdirectory to your local VMware® depot
  • Download (or copy)"http://vibsdepot.hp.com/" or a specific <bundle-directory>/<offline-bundle-name>.zip to you local management console or to the host and use the ESXCLI command”

You can access the site here.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

New Free Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer

“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 environment! Even though we have put a lot of work into creating the list of optimizations, not all optimizations will make equal sense for everybody. For example, if you use Windows Search regularly, you might not want to disable the service. Finally, it should go without saying that the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer should be run as an administrator.”

You can download Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer here.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel

New Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 Download!

“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, Step-by-step: Using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target with Hyper-V (Standalone, Full, VHD) and Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Windows Server 2008 R2 available for public download.

Posted by Gabriel Maciel