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Configure Syslog on ESXi using PowerShell and PowerCLI
Using powershell, I was able to configure all the hosts in my vCenter instance First, I needed to configure the syslog host get-vmhost| Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -NameValue @{‘Config.HostAgent.log.level’=’info’;’Vpx.Vpxa.config.log.level’=’info’;’Syslog.global.logHost’=’udp://IPADDDR:514′} I then needed to open the appropriate firewall ports for the traffic to get through get-vmhost| Get-VMHostFirewallException |?{$_.Name -eq ‘syslog’} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$true On the C220 M3’s, we had […]
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Installing vCenter Operations Manager 5.3 – A Step By Step Guide
First, download the Free Trial or if your licensed for the full version here! *Note – Roughly 350GB disk space will be required! Then we must configure a couple of pre-requisites required for the installation and successfull deployment of vCenter Operations Manager 5.3. Open your vSphere client, clock on home > networking, then click on […]
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Update the DNS Suffix on your cluster of ESX hosts using PowerCLI
Using PowerCLI, you can quickly update the DNS Suffix on the hosts in your cluster using this short one-liner. get-cluster “LabManager” | get-vmhost | get-vmhostnetwork | set-vmhostnetwork -searchdomain “one.lab.org”, “two.lab.org”
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My favorite VMworld 2012 Session? INF-VSP1475 – VMware vSphere 5 Design Discussions
INF-VSP1475 – VMware vSphere 5 Design Discussions Led by authors Scott Lowe and Forbes Guthrie (co-authors of VMware vSphere Design), this session will focus on high-level topics around VMware vSphere® 5 design. Many decisions need to be made in a typical vSphere design, and vSphere users who do not have experience in vSphere design might […]
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