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There are three methods of VLAN tagging that can be configured on ESXi/ESX. Our presentation today provides a brief overview of these methods that can be configured on ESX/ESXi: External Switch Tagging (EST), Virtual Switch Tagging (VST), and Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT). For further information and steps, refer to the KB article:VLAN configuration on virtual switches, physical switches, and virtual machines (1003806).   --> Please see the rest on the blog... [Lire la suite]

VMware just announced that there’s a new technology preview coming up, vCenter Mobile Access. For a demo/preview go to the VMTN Blog section: vCenter Mobile Access. Introducing VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA).  vCMA allows you to monitor and manage VMware Infrastructure from your mobile phone with an interface that is optimized for such devices. Specifically, it allows you to: Search for virtual machines in your data center Migrate virtual machines from one host to another using vMotion Execute recovery plans... [Lire la suite]

Administrators considering VMware ESXi may wonder if vCenter Converter will workfor VMware ESXi conversions. The answer is yes, but there’s a gotcha. Converting a physical machine into an ESXi virtual machine works best when you use the latest version of VMware Converter, version 3.0.3. While prior releases, such as 3.0.2 had support for ESXi, it has improved greatly with the updated 3.0.3 release. ESXi has a more updated version as well, version 3.5 Update 3. Likewise, if you are using PlateSpin’s PowerConvert or Vizioncore’s... [Lire la suite]

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/vmware-fixes-virtualcenter-2-bugs-with-virtualcenter-update-3/?track=NL-915&ad=666604&asrc=EM_NLN_4681834&uid=8243575 On Friday, VMware released the latest version of VirtualCenter, Update 3 (no update 3 for ESX yet). Unlike Update 2 (which contained some great new features), this version is mainly focused on fixing bugs. VMware administrators may be a little leery of installing this update after the time-bomb debacle that occurred several months ago with... [Lire la suite]

http://www.vmguru.com/content/view/70/68/ http://www.vmguru.com/files/VCDBApps.pdf As we kindly pointed out on page 272 of the new VI3 Book, we have a very thorough document written by Rob Zylowski, who is an awesome consultant not just for virtualization, but one of the best in the Windows and networking space that I have ever had the pleasure to work with.  Ron, Mike, and I put aboslutely NO effort into this document.  It is 100% Rob Zylowski.  Unfortunately, it was cut from the book due to its mammoth... [Lire la suite]

http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1328046,00.html Comment installer et utiliser la version "light" de Capacity Planner de VMWare incluse dans Virtual Center 2.5. The release of VirtualCenter 2.5 included a new feature called Guided Consolidation (also known as Capacity Planner) which uses a built-in wizard to discover physical systems and analyze them for preparation to be converted into virtual machines (VMs). This feature is a "lite" version of the full Capacity Planner application... [Lire la suite]