Online Training – Automating vSphere with the VIX API
This post comes from Eric Sloof‘s blog NTPro.nl! The VIX API allows you to write programs and scripts that automate virtual machine operations, and run programs or manipulate files within guest...
View ArticleVideo: How-to Upgrade vCenter to 4.1 Using the Data Migration Tool
This new video from KBTV is about upgrading the vCenter 4.0 to 4.1 by using a script. vCenter 4.1 is not supported on 32 bits systems any more. In case you do have your existing vCenter on 32 bit...
View ArticleVideo: Deploying vCenter CapacityIQ 1.0.4
This video from Eric Sloof shows how to use the VI Client user interface to deploy the CapacityIQ appliance. VMware distributes the appliance as a .zip file that includes an Open Virtualization Format...
View ArticleWhitepaper: VMware vCenter Server Performance and Best Practices
In this white paper, VMware shows some of the great new performance features for vCenter Server that come with vSphere 4.1, hardware sizing guidelines and software requirements, performance best...
View ArticleVideo: VMware vCenter AppSpeed 1.5
I picked up this video on VMware vCenter AppSpeed 1.5 from Eric Sloof’s blog earlier today. VMware vCenter AppSpeed provides proactive performance management and service-level reporting for services...
View ArticleVMware releases vCenter Chargeback Manager v2
vCenter Chargeback Manager is an end-to-end cost reporting solution for virtual environments that are using VMware vSphere. vCenter Chargeback Manager provides functionality to define unit costs and...
View ArticleVMware KnowledgeBase: Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 best practices
VMware supports in-place upgrades on 64-bit systems from vCenter Server 4.x to vCenter Server 5.0. You can upgrade VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 or later and vCenter Server 4.0.x to vCenter Server 5.0 by...
View ArticleVideo: Don’t Disable DRS with vCloud Director Active
Eric Sloof ‘s blog is one of the sites I always hit each day as he produces a wide range of informative and instructioal videos that can help improve an IT professional’s knowledge. This one is part of...
View ArticleWhat’s New in VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.7?
The latest release of vCenter Operations Manager 5.7 comes with and array of enhancements including: Allocation-based Capacity Planning Greater Scalability New and Improved Widgets The video below...
View ArticleVideo: What’s New in vCenter Ops Manager 5.7!
This video is an overview of VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.7, a component of vCenter Operations Management Suite that provides you with operations dashboards allowing insight into health, risk...
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