vcenter

2 Maggio 2019 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 2 Maggio 2019 admin Cloud

Focus on vSphere 6.7u2

A new vSphere version is live with some improvements. Near some useful vCenter features and improvements like File-based backup and restores using SMB and NFS protocol and simplified certificate management, a look into integrations with Code Capture and the vSphere Enterprise ROBO are new ingredients of this last release. Let’s see in-depth… New features and […]

1 Aprile 2017 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 3 Aprile 2017 admin Sysadmin

vSphere 6.x and HTML 5 Web Client

After a little configuration trick I got an HTML5 frontend to my vCenter. This is a great improvement for folks which are thinking about new client and wants the oldest C# client. Just to note that vCenter Web client that is coming with v. 6.x is more speedy/stable than v. 5.5 . Finally with the […]

3 Gennaio 2017 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 3 Gennaio 2017 admin Study Notes

VCP 6 Study Note – vCenter Overview

vCenter is primary management tool for vSphere admins. It provides: point of control for all components in vDC management functionalities and services rights, permission and roles management storage and resource requirements management unification view of all resources provided by every ESXi host Components in vCenter Server PSC (Platform Services Controller) Components and feartures: SSO Licensing […]

2 Gennaio 2017 / Ultimo aggiornamento : 2 Gennaio 2017 admin Study Notes

VCP 6 Study Note – Logs purposes and locations

This is not only a study, this could be a rapid guide to identify logs locations and their purposes. Sources: KB 1021806 https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021806 ESXi Source: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-F35D7005-58EB-48AC-99D5-B9942EB2A8EF.html VMkernel Location: /var/log/vmkernel.log Purpose: ESXi and VM activities VMKernel warnings Location: /var/log/vmkwarning.log Purpose: VM activities VMkernel summary Location:/var/log/vmksummary.log Purpose: uptime and statistics about ESXi Host Agent Location: […]