Category: VMware

What can you expect in Vembu BDR 4.0 – New Features & Enhancements

As the Vembu team is currently gearing up for the release of Vembu BDR 4.0 here is a quick look at the Advanced new feature sets and the overall product enhancements. New Features: Hyper-V Cluster Backup : First notable feature is the Support for protecting the VMs in the cluster. So even if the virtual […]

Deploy / Configure Update Manager components according to a deployment plan

Deploy / Configure Update Manager components according to a deployment plan: As part of the VCAP6 – DCV we are going to perform Objective 1.3 – Deploy and Configure Update Manager Components For the complete VCAP – DCV Checklist visit Checklist Part of this objective we will perform below tasks. Configure VUM Update Manager download service Configure […]

Manage/Edit the Core Dump configuration of an ESXi host

As part of the VCAP6 – DCV we are going to perform Objective 1.1 Configure Dump Collector service For the complete VCAP – DCV Checklist visit Checklist What is Core Dump? Core dump is diagnostic information being captured during purple screen error or a host failure. The core Dump resides in a Diagnostic partition and in-order to […]

VMware Single-Sign on (SSO) Configurations

As part of the VCAP6 – DCV we are going to perform Objective 1.1 below are the tasks Configure Single-Sign on users and groups. Change the Default domain for Single Sign-On List services registered with Single Sign-on For the complete VCAP – DCV Checklist visit Checklist Before we jump in to our objective let’s see […]

Configure and Manage Auto Deploy configurations

As part of the VCAP6 – DCV  we are going to perform Objective 1.1 below are the tasks Configure and Manage Auto Deploy configurations Determine use case for Stateless vs Stateful installs Create / Modify rules and rule sets Create and associate Host Profiles for an Auto Deploy reference host For the complete VCAP – […]

Edit System Swap Scratch Configuration in VSphere 6

As part of the VCAP6 – DCV  we are going to perform Objective 1.1 Edit System Swap / Scratch Configuration For the complete VCAP – DCV Checklist visit Checklist Edit System Swap / Scratch Configuration in VSphere 6 Swap file VMKernal swap file is serves as a backing store for the virtual machine’s RAM contents. By […]

Syslog collector in VSphere 6

As part of the VCAP6 – DCV  we are going to perform Objective 1.1 Configure ESXi host to use a central Syslog Server For the complete VCAP – DCV Checklist visit Checklist Open the VSphere Client and go to Home and then you will find the Network Syslog Collector icon there. Once you click on the […]

How to increase the disk size of an RDM Disk

I will assume that you are already familiar with the RDM disks if you are not you can have a look at this link. About RDM In-order to increase the RDM disk size, first you need to increase the LUN size from your storage manager console. Once it’s increased you can confirm the increased size […]

How to move VM Templates to another VMWare Host

If you are planning for VMware host maintenance, you may want to manually move your operating system templates to an alternate VMHost. Unfortunately there is no straight forward method of moving a template as you do a Virtual Machine. If you try to move a template to another host you will see an error message […]