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Changing vCloud Networking & Security Console Password
While Changing the vCloud Networking & Security or vShield Manager Web Interface password is well documented at: Hardening vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.x virtual appliances, changing the...
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VIB module for agent is not installed on host (vShield-VXLAN-service)
While delivering a vCloud engagement to one of our enterprise customers using the latest vCloud Director 5.1.2 and vCloud Networking & Security 5.1.2a, my VXLAN configuration where failing at the...
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How to get Redhat 6.2 Linux Second NIC to Ping
While trying to setup the Redhat Linux machine with two interfaces to install vCloud Director into it, I had some funny problem with my network cards configuration. I have not installed vCloud Director...
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Configuring vCloud Director Provider SSO Federation
If you have already took the effort to build your vCenter Single Sign On server while upgrading to vSphere 5.1, then it might be worth while to benefit of it to unify your login to vCloud Director....
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vShield Manager is not synched with vCenter Server after you disconnect and...
I had the problem where every now and then powering on vAPPs that utilize vShield fails and it reports that it failed because it could not create the required port group. This used to drive me crazy,...
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Top 5 Veeam Backup & Replication V7 Innovations
For the past couple months, I have been following the features announcements of Veeam Backup & Replications V7 as they were introducing their innovation by every feature they announced during the...
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ATS-Only VMFS Volume ‘VMFS5′ not mounted. Host does not support ATS or ATS...
While being at a customer site last week, I was asked if I could help with a mysterious VMFS datastore behavior. That particular datastore out of a sudden became none accessible and they could not...
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VMware vCloud Director Stuck While Canceling Task
I have a customer who called me yesterday for having a task in vCloud Director that has been stuck in the cancelling stage for over a month. The problem has started after a power outage they had in...
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Restarting vCloud Network & Security Manager Web Service
Some time it happen that your vCloud Networking & Security Manager (vShield Manager) stop behaving & you want to restart it. One of the scenarios where you might need this if it stop...
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Software Defined Datacenter is a Game Changer
At VMworld, VMware will be blasting the world with its Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) story. While VMware is at the center of the Software Defined Datacenter story, the VMware Software Defined...
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Backup & Archive to the Cloud with PHD Virtual Backup 6.5
PHD Virtual has approached me for feedback on their upcoming PHD Virtual Backup 6.5. I have been granted access to an early beta version of the product to try it out, while they have added many...
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VMware vCenter Log Insight 1.5
With the continuous exponential growth of logs in the datacenter, it getting close to impossible to consume them the traditional way. This is no difference in a virtualized environment, where you have...
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VMware Onyx the easy way to generate vSphere Power CLI & vCO Java Script Code
Every vSphere admin will get to a day where he wants to automate particular tasks, though he always have to weight the benefits vs the time required to automate using a vSphere Power CLI script or...
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VMworld 2013 Hands-on Labs is now Available Online
Friends and Fans of the VMworld Hands-on Labs, I have a great news for you. I am sure if you are like me, you did not get enough time at VMworld to do all the Hands-on Labs you planned to go through....
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Assign Domain Users vCenter Single Sign Administrator Privileges
If you have upgraded your Virtual Infrastructure to vSphere 5.1 or 5.5, you are already aware of the addition of Single Sign On. When installing Single Sign On, a default user Admin@System-Domain is...
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vCloud Director VM Customization joining domain fail
Joining VMs to the domain is a part of vCloud Director VMs customization process. While configuring the guest customization screen for your VMs in vCloud Director to join the domain is a straight...
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VMware SRM NetAPP SRA required user permissions
While setting up VMware SRM for a customer lately with a NetAPP filer, I have faced the challenge where the customer wanted to use the minimum required permissions for the user the Solution Replication...
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VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Service failed to start
While installing VMware SRM 5.0.3 at a customer site, both nodes installations have given me the following error right before the installation completion:Failed to start service.Details: VMware vCenter...
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SRM Time Out (300 seconds) while waiting for SRA to complete discoverDevice...
While setting up vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0.3 with NetAPP storage, & in particular at the stage where I try to enable the array pair I was welcomed with the following error:SRM Time Out...
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SRM Error: XmlValidateException Element SourceDevice is not vaild for content...
While setting up vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0.3 with NetAPP 6290 filer, & in particular at the stage where I try to enable the array pair and after I fixed the timeout error I have documented...
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