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VMware Workstation updated to 9.0.2
VMware is released a maintenance update for VMware Workstation to version 9.0.2. The update is available for free for all VMware Workstation 9.x customers.
Mostly just bug fixes and a few improvements, here are a few highlights:
- Fedora 18 supported as a guest operating system
- Windows 8 host permissions issues fixed
- VMware Tool updated to support the latest Linux kernels
- Improved general host resource management
- OVF Tool has been updated to version 3.0.2
- Virtual machine sharing improvements
- Memory leak which impacted Windows hosts has been fixed
VMware’s Dual Persona smartphones now available at Verizon Wireless
VMware has announced that the Android running LG Intuition and Motorola Razr M can now both be purchased with VMWare Horizon Mobile software. The VMWare Horizon Mobile software separates the devices into isolated partitions that allow users to keep their work applications and data separate from their personal applications and data.
Today, VMware and Verizon Wireless announced that the Android-based LG Intuition and Motorola Razr M can now be purchased with VMware’s Horizon Mobile software, which separates the device into isolated partitions that keep a user’s work applications and data separate from personal stuff. Licenses to Horizon Mobile start at $125 per user and can be purchased through local resellers of VMware and Verizon Wireless.
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How to install and configure vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1
vRealize Operations Manager is the successor of vCenter Operation Manager which consists of much more then a simple name change, but several changes in the product over all. Just one of the new changes is that vRealize Operation Manager can now be deployed as a single virtual appliance, or on a Windows or Linux machine.
This post we’ll walk through installing and configuring vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 step by step.
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Backup and Restore VMware VCSA 6.5
With the release of vSphere 6.5, the VCSA has had a built-in and convenient way easily backup the configuration, inventory and even historical data right from the VAMI and directly into a TAR bundle. VMware has also made restoring the VCSA from a backup just as easy as well.
Below are quick and dirty steps to backing up and restoring your VMware VCSA!
Clone VMware ESXi USB boot drive to another USB flash drive
A few days ago one of my hosts in my home lab was displaying an alarm message:
Lost connectivity to the device mpx.vmhbaXX:XX:XX:XX backing the boot filesystem /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhbaXX:XX:XX:XX. As a result, host configuration changes will not be saved to persistent storage.
The last part of the message (“persistent storage”) made me think it might have something to do with the USB drive due to the fact that a similar message appeared when setting up the home lab on the Intel NUC’s. After some research it appears my assumption was correct and that the USB flash drive I was using to boot from was indeed starting to fail.
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How to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance from 5.x to 6.0
VMware vSphere 6.0 has finally been released as GA on March 12th and with it out of beta I hope to post several “how-to” posts, this being the first on how to upgrade your vCenter Server Appliance from 5.1/5.5 to vCSA 6.0. So lets get started…
Prerequisites:
- vCSA 6.0 ISO downloaded and mounted or burned to disc.
- Installed Client Integration Plugin (located in the vcsa folder on the ISO).
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