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I recently upgraded to VMware vCenter v5.5 U2 and switched from Windows to the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (VCSA). Here are the best resources for replacing the self-signed VCSA certificates with ones signed by an internal Microsoft Certificate Authority server. Assumptions You installed the Linux vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (VCSA) All services except vCenter Update …
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This weekend I performed a vCenter 5.1 U1a upgrade (from vCenter 4.1 U1). While the upgrade went well and had only a few issues, I could not have done it as well without these two resources. Derek Seaman’s vSphere 5.1 Resources VMware vCenter Certificate Automation Tool This was certainly the most complex vCenter upgrade I’ve …
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During the VMware vCenter Server 5.1 installation there is an option to check a box that says “Increase the number of available ephemeral ports.” The description reads: If your vCenter Server manages hosts on which you will power on more than 2000 virtual machines simultaneously, this option prevents the pool of available ephemeral ports from …
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Each week I learn a little more about PowerShell and PowerCLI. Today, I wanted to share how I used PowerCLI to change all of the LUNs connected to my ESXi hosts to the Round Robin multipathing policy. Note: Please make sure that your SAN/storage supports Round Robin before making these changes. First thing you need …
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