vSphere 5 - 2 - Eric Sloof

Thursday, September 27. 2012

VMware vSphere 5.1 Documentation Center - PDF and E-book Formats

VMware really did an outstanding job with the availability of vSphere 5.1 information at the new vSphere 5.1 Documentation Center. It offers a wide range of documents in searchable HTML format but also offers all guides in PFD, ePub and mobi format. It even has a link to one downloadable zip file with all the vSphere 5 PDFs you need.

ESXi and vCenter Server 5.1 Product Guides:

vSphere Installation and Setup
vSphere Upgrade
vSphere vCenter Server and Host Management
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
vSphere Host Profiles
vSphere Networking
vSphere Storage
vSphere Security
vSphere Resource Management
vSphere Availability
vSphere Monitoring and Performance
vSphere Troubleshooting
vSphere Examples and Scenarios [pdf | epub | mobi]

Zip Archives of ESXi and vCenter Server Documentation

Thursday, September 13. 2012

ESXCLI and vCLI remote connection options - VMware ESXi 5.1 Reference Poster

vSphere supports several command‐line interfaces for managing your virtual infrastructure including the vSphere Command‐Line Interface (vCLI), a set of ESXi Shell commands, and PowerCLI. You can choose the CLI set best suited for your needs, and write scripts to automate your CLI tasks.

The vCLI command set includes vicfg- commands and ESXCLI commands. The ESXCLI commands included in the vCLI package are equivalent to the ESXCLI commands available on the ESXi Shell. The vicfgcommand set is similar to the deprecated esxcfg- command set in the ESXi Shell.

You can manage many aspects of an ESXi host with the ESXCLI command set. You can run ESXCLI commands as vCLI commands or run them in the ESXi Shell in troubleshooting situations. You can also run ESXCLI commands from the PowerCLI shell by using the Get-EsxCli cmdlet. See the vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide and the vSphere PowerCLI Reference.

The set of ESXCLI commands available on a host depends on the host configuration. The vSphere Command‐Line Interface Reference lists help information for all ESXCLI commands. Run esxcli --server <MyESXi> --help before you run a command on a host to verify that the command is defined on the host you are targeting. You can use this link to get your copy of the VMware ESXi 5.1 Reference Poster.

Saturday, June 2. 2012

vSphere 5.0 Hardening Guide - Official Release

This is the official release of the vSphere 5.0 Security Hardening Guide, v1.0. The format of this guide has changed from previous versions. The guide is being released as a Excel spreadsheet only. The guideline metadata from earlier guides has been greatly expanded and standardized. CLI commands for assessment and remediation of the guidelines is included for the vCLI, ESXi Shell, and PowerCLI.

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-19605

Wednesday, April 11. 2012

VMware vSphere 5 Memory Management and Monitoring diagram

The VMware vSphere 5 Memory Management and Monitoring diagram provides a comprehensive look into the ESXi memory management mechanisms and reclamation methods. This diagram also provides the relevant monitoring components in vCenter Server and the troubleshooting tools like ESXTOP. Source KB: 2017642 kudos to Hany Michael

Friday, March 16. 2012

501 Release Notes

vSphere 5.0 U1 Release Notes

Support for new processors
Support for additional guest operating systems
New or upgraded device drivers
L3-routed NFS Storage Access

vCenter 5.0 U1 Release Notes

Guest Operating System Customization Improvements

View 5.0.1 Release Notes

PCoIP-enabled View Client for Mac OS X
Client SSL requirement

vCD 1.5.1 Release Notes

Firewall rules can be configured with CIDR blocks, IP ranges, and port ranges
Added system notification for lost connection to AMQP host
Enhanced cell management tool and log collection script
Support for AES-256 encryption for VPN tunnels
Increased the retention maximum for vCenter Chargeback history

SRM 5.0.1 Release Notes

Forced failover to allow you to recover virtual machines in cases where storage arrays fail at the protected site
Added support for IP Customization of Ubuntu
VMware VSA Support (Virtual machines that reside on the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) can be protected by SRM 5.0.1 using vSphere Replication (VR). VSA does not require a Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to work with SRM 5.0.1)

vShield 5.0.1 Release Notes

Enhanced reporting and export options
New REST API calls
Improved audit logs
Simplified troubleshooting
Improved vShield App policy management
vShield App High Availability enhancements
Enablement of Autodeploy (Stateless ESXi)

Configuration Manager 5.5 Release Notes

vSphere Guest Summary dashboard
Virtual Environments Change Management dashboard
Virtual Environments Compliance Posture dashboard (previously named Security Posture)
Cloud Infrastructure Suite Integration (CIS) tree

Chargeback Manager 2.0.1 Release Notes

Upgraded the Apache Tomcat server to version 6.0.35
vCenter Chargeback Manager fails to validate XML API requests
Upgrade fails with database connection error
Usage of some of the computing resources are reported as zero
Enhancements to the vCloud Director Data Collector
Enhancements to the VM Instance Cost job
Report schedule generates duplicate reports

Heartbeat 6.4 Update 1 Release Notes

Support for vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1
The ability to install vCenter Support Tools

Thursday, March 1. 2012

The Rise of Security and Compliance in the Middle Ages

Do your IT security and compliance policies seem positively medieval? Watch this painstakingly researched overview of the Rise of Security and Compliance to find out why... then be thankful that we live in a time with VMware security and compliance solutions for the Cloud.

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