Tag: vSphere

Get ready as changes coming [vSphere 6 Certifications & 2015 Certification Roadmap]

I’m going to make it fast, It’s not about “VMware vSphere 6” product itself but about it’s related course and education; I recommend you check “What’s New in vSphere 6” post by “Marek Zdrojewski (@MarekDotZ)” for more information on “vSphere 6”. As “VMware, Inc.” introduced “VMware vSphere 6” the new product for creating new generation […]

Updated: February 3, 2015 — 1:42 PM

VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.1.1

Source: "VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.1.1 - Release Note"

“VMware vCenter Support Assistant” is free plug-in for VMware vCenter sever which gives the administrators the ability to creates and manage request while creating and uploading log files. From VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.1, it’s now possible to use it alongside the “VMware vSphere Web Client” so there’s no more need to use multiple application. […]

Updated: September 26, 2013 — 7:34 PM

Mass Hard Disk Creator (Ver 0.1)

Think about scenario which two or more hard disks should be created and added to a specific VM(s); there are multiple ways like using GUI (vSphere Client) or PowerCLI.   😉 If normal GUI (vSphere Client) going to be use, it would be a time-consuming process but when trying to do it with PowerCLI (automated […]

Updated: November 24, 2016 — 8:52 PM

PowerCLI and Networking

In this post I’d try to demonstrate the usage of “VMware PowerCLI” in case of working in some network area, for more clear, I’d create new “Virtual Machine Port Group” and then would add new vNIC to VMs and connect them to the newly created “Port Group”. Step 1 – Creating new “Port Group” First […]

Updated: November 24, 2016 — 9:05 PM

PowerCLI on Server Core

It’s possible and so easy to install “VMware PowerCLI” on the full edition of “Microsoft Windows (Client/Server)” (with GUI) but what about “Windows Server Core Edition”? I’ve tried to install it on “Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Core” and here I’m listing some little points needed to take care of. First of all, “VMware PowerCLI” needs “.NET […]

Updated: November 24, 2016 — 8:59 PM

Windows Server 2012 as Home Lab Storage Server

After long absence I’m starting my work on this blog and other projects. For the first post I’d try to summarize the step needed to install and configure iSCSI or NFS server by using “Microsoft Windows Server 2012” for home lab based on “VMware ESXi 5.x” but for step-by-step visual guide “Windows Server 2012 – File and […]

Updated: December 12, 2015 — 8:57 PM

VMware vSphere 5.1

Few days back, “VMware, Inc.” has released newest version of “VMware vSphere” (Sept 10, 2012) and in this post, I want to share some links for documents, pages and posters. All in one place: Thanks to “Eric Siebert“, Here is a another great post on his site (vSphere-Land) which will help you find all links for applications, documents and […]

Updated: November 24, 2016 — 9:12 PM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#007) – Remote PowerCLI

I’m working on new SMB project which need running application remotely and I thought it’s good time to work on “Microsoft Remote Desktop Service” on “Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1”. In this case, server should be configured in a way to present application for remote access and here I came up with idea of presenting […]

Updated: June 5, 2012 — 1:33 AM

New VMware PowerPoint Icons & Images

“VMware” has been released new three PowerPoint files which contains cool diagrams as well as product icons and images which is a great resource for creating new presentations. You can simply download these three files from this link.   Note: This document was created using the official VMware icon and diagram library. Copyright © 2012 VMware, […]

Updated: May 25, 2012 — 8:13 PM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#006) – Deploy Template (v0.4)

I’ve edited “DTS (v0.3)” so it can generate “.csv” and accept input from “.csv” file as well. Feel free to send your comment and idea and if you find any bug/problem in this script please let me know, I hope this version can do better work and be useful. [wpdm_file id=8]

Updated: May 18, 2012 — 2:40 PM