I just wanted to write a blog post about Resource Pools. Resource Pools are usually labeled “Low”, “Normal” and “High” with the shares set respectively. This is the traditional example being used during the VMware vSphere 5 course. So of you might have caught on to my reset posts. The best way for me to remember/study… Read More »
Horizon Workspace 2.0 – Part 1.1 OVA install without ESXi Enterprise Plus The following assumptions have been made. 1) You have ESXi and vCenter installed 2) You have Administrative access to vCenter 3) You have Horizon Workspace licensing 4) You have downloaded the “horizon-workspace-2.0…..ova 5) You have two hosts If you have meet… Read More »
How to set a SNMP trap receivers in vCenter Server First, you must register the External SNMP server in the list of SNMP trap receivers in vCenter Server. This list is accessible in the vSphere client -> vCenter Server Settings -> Administration menu. Change localhost to the IP or DNS name of your server. Change… Read More »
In a Virtual design you need an application dependency diagram. An application dependency diagram determines which items are related. During the discovering process of running services you can use this information to draw down the upstream and downstream relationships. If you have a website for example. The website runs on a webserver which runs on a linux server… Read More »
vCenter roles and Permission can be very difficult to sort out. I hope with this post you will help to understand and grasp this concept better. Here are the VMware best practices for for Role and Permissions. VMware recommends the following best practices when configuring roles and permissions in your vCenter Server environment: Where possible,… Read More »
When validating memory and CPU changes when doing virtual designs you may need to limit the memory to test a plan before you implements. The following explain how to make these changes on physical Windows systems. In Windows 2003 R2 and earlier An undocumented /maxmem switch enables you to specify the maximum amount of random access… Read More »
Horizon Workspace 2.0 – Part 1 OVA install The following assumptions have been made. 1) You have ESXi and vCenter installed 2) You have Administrative access to vCenter 3) You have Horizon Workspace licensing 4) You have downloaded the “horizon-workspace-2.0…..ova 5) You must have DRS setup If you have meet these assumptions you… Read More »
How Virtual Design Master has influenced me… This is a boring non technical post I have been following the #virtaldesignmaster season 2 very closely. The compositors have been working very hard on their designs. Anthony Chow, Sean Massey, Bryon Schaller, Joel Gibson, Alex Ramiez, Tom Howarth, Timothy Patterson, Seth Forgosh, Daemon Behr, Geoff Wilmington,… Read More »
Nutanix I want to start with a little background of Nutanix. (Yes I used the information off their website) The Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform is a converged infrastructure solution that consolidates the compute (server) tier and the storage tier into a single, integrated appliance. Nutanix uses the same design principles and technologies that power IT… Read More »
VMware vCenter Installable vs. Appliance VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) is a VMware’s official VA that can be used as an alternative way to implement a full vCenter Server, instead to install on a Windows Server (that must be deployed first). Unlike the installable version, it does not need a Windows Server license and… Read More »