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Howto convert a physical RDM into a VMDK disk

Luca Dell'Oca, June 17, 2013December 4, 2016

I’m working with a customer to refresh his VMware infrastructure. At the moment, the platform is based on ESX 3.5 and vCenter 2.5, so it’s pretty old. The upgrade phase is not going to be a problem, but the customer in the past has followed too much some old reccomendations,…

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Howto run the vClient on Mac OS X (or Linux)

Luca Dell'Oca, June 10, 2013December 4, 2016

It’s now common knowledge the vSphere Web Client is the main and preferred client VMware want us to use. Apart the resistance of users to adopt new tools, there are also two clear situations where you still need the Windows Client: the configuration of an ESXi server not connected to…

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Eseguire nativamente il vClient su Mac OS X (o Linux)

Luca Dell'Oca, June 10, 2013December 4, 2016

E’ oramai appurato che il Web Client di vSphere è il client principale che VMware vuole farci usare. Oltre alla resistenza al cambiamento opposto da molti utenti, esistono ancora due oggettive situazioni in cui il client installabile su Windows risulta necessario: la configurazione di un server ESXi non connesso a…

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VMware admin / Splunk noob: #3 Howto install Splunk for VMware

Luca Dell'Oca, May 30, 2013December 4, 2016

Even if Splunk is available also in a free edition with some limit, one of those limits is right the lack of the dedicated App for VMware. Splunk in fact has a common baseline for both the versions, and you can enrich it with tons of Apps, some developed directly…

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VMware admin / Splunk noob: #3 Installare Splunk for VMware

Luca Dell'Oca, May 30, 2013December 4, 2016

Sebbene Splunk sia disponibile anche in versione gratuita con alcuni limiti, uno di questi è purtroppo l’assenza dell’App specifica per VMware. Splunk infatti presenta un modulo base comune a entrambe le versioni, che è possibile arricchire con ulteriori App, alcune sviluppate direttamente da Splunk come quella che descriverò in questo…

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vCenter customization wizard for CentOS

Luca Dell'Oca, December 13, 2012December 4, 2016

Customazion Wizard is a really cool feature in vCenter, but I often found many customers not using it, mainly because they do not even know it exists, or because they had a weak knowledge about how to use it. This is even more true if the template is a linux…

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vCenter customization wizard per CentOS

Luca Dell'Oca, December 13, 2012December 4, 2016

Customazion Wizard è una funzione comodissima di vCenter, eppure spesso ho visto molti clienti che non la usavano, principalmente perchè non sapevano della sua esistenza, o perchè avevano scarsa conoscenza su come usarla. Questo è ancora più vero se il template di partenza è una VM linux. Su CentOS, i…

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