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vCloud Director generic “error” making virtual machine changes
I ran into an issue the other day with my demo vCloud environment where any change I tried to make to vms in the cloud would return “error” and seeming not interact with vSphere at all. VMware support pointed out … Continue reading
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vCenter Chargeback demo database creation and gotchas
If you read the Chargeback 2.5 documentation you’ll notice you have to create a database first – but doesn’t give you a script (see below). Once created you’re asked to create a new role and assign the chargeback database owner … Continue reading
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Installing or upgrading vCenter Server
While upgrading a vCenter Server 5.0 to 5.0U1 I received a message that my FQDN had an issue: However, a ping showed me that the FQDN resolved just fine. A little digging turned up an issue I was not aware … Continue reading
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VMware vSphere Fast Track v5
A new infrastructure class has been added to the current list, “VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.0]” vSphere FastTrack V5 Datasheet While it shares the same name as a 4.1 class it seems to be closer to a 5.0 version of … Continue reading
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Migrate vCenter VM
If you are using Essentials, or otherwise don’t have vMotion but need to move your vCenter server around, here is a quick how-to. Note that other servers don’t need the workaround, if you have vCenter up you can easily migrate … Continue reading
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