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vShield driver renamed to Guest Introspection driver

A component found in the VMware Tools called vShield drivers, which is used to accommodate agent-less antivirus solutions such as McAfee MOVE has been renamed from “vShield drivers” to “Guest Introspection driver”.

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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:
Global Knowledge also has a coupon code (VCA13GKN) which does not expire until January 31, 2014. Limit one free exam per individual!VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 1 available
VMware has released vSphere 6.0 Update 1, ESXi 6.0 U1 and updates for several other VMware products:
- VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1 Release notes / Download
- VMware ESXi 6.0 U1 Release notes / Download
- VMware Data Protection 6.1 Update 1 Release notes / Download
- VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1 Release notes / Download
- VMware vCloud Director 8.0 Release notes / Download
- VMware vRealize Automation 6.2.3 Release notes / Download
- VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.1.0 Release notes / Download
- VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 6.0.3 Release notes / Download
- VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.1 Release notes / Download
- VMware vSphere Replication 6.1 Release notes / Download
How to create a bootable VMware ESXi installer USB flash drive
I’ve mentioned how to create a bootable VMware ESXi installer USB flash drive in an older post, but wanted to detail the steps I use to create an ESXi bootable install drive.
Creating a bootable flash drive is very useful for machines without a CD-Rom or remote access like an iDRAC where you can virtually mount an ISO image – such as the Intel NUC.
The process is very easy with just one tool needed, Rufus – if you don’t already have it go ahead and download it now!
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How to install VMware vCenter Log Insight

Log Insight is a real-time log management and analytics solution, and one of VMware’s newest product. Log Insight was recently updated to version 2.0 and available to download here.
Below we’ll go through the steps to installing VMware Log Insight and you’ll soon see just how easy it is to get Log Insight up and running.
How to change vCenter Operations Manager session timeout
I’ve been using vCenter Operations Manager for a while now at work for all the great information that can be found about our environment so I tend to log into vCOp at the start of the morning and then come back to as I may or may not need it thoughout the day. One thing that has kind of annoyed me is having to constantly log into the standard UI multiple times a day due to the default 30 minute timeout value.
Luckily, with a bit of SSH and a few commands we can increase this timeout to anything we like or even disable it all together!
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