VMware Octopus wallpaper
Duncan over at Yellow Bricks was nice enough to share this VMware Octopus wallpaper. Of the VMware wallpaper I have this one is my favorite for some reason.
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Become a VMware Certified Associate for FREE!
During the San Francisco VMworld 2013, VMware announced the start of their new VMware Certified Associate certifications.
- VCA – Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
- VCA – Cloud (VCA-Cloud)
- VCA – Workforce Mobility (VCA-WM)
- VCA – Network Virtualization (VCA-NV)
There’s no training class requirement for the new exams although VMware offers a free self-paced e-learning course which is recommended to help you prepare for the exams. The exams normally run $120.00 but VMware is currently running a $60.00 discount for those who take the exam in 2013. NTPRO.nl has an additional coupon code (VCA13ICS) to take the remaining $60.00 off making the exam FREE!
The VCA13ICS coupon code expires on October 30, 2013!
Update:
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Install ESXi 5.1 from a USB Flash Drive
Many servers already come with a DVD/CD-ROM drive or some kind of ability to virtually mount an ISO image from a network share onto your server to then install ESXi. However, not all do or you just want to have your ESXi image readily available. Here’s a quick step by step instructions on how to use a USB flash drive to install ESXi.
- Download ESXi 5.1 from VMware (if you haven’t already) as well as UNettbootin.
- Plug in your USB Flash Drive.
- Open UNetbootin and select “Diskimage”, set Type to “USB Drive”, select Drive letter of your USB flash drive, and set the path of your ESXi 5.1 ISO image. Then click on “OK”.
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Upgrade ESXi host to ESXi 5.5 using VMware Update Manager 5.5
A while back I wrote about how to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 via command line which works great when you only have a few hosts as each host has to download the ISO from the web each time. This time I’ll show you step by step how to upgrade your ESXi 5.1 host to ESXi 5.5 using VMware Update Manager 5.5 (aka VUM).
For this post I’m going to assume you have already upgraded your vCenter and VUM to versions 5.5 as well as the VUM plugin installed. So lets begin!
Upgrade ESXi host to 5.5 using VMware Update Manager (VUM)
- Open the vSphere client and click on Update Manager
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