Monthly Archives: December 2012

VMware Tools and VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Posted on December 31, 2012 by brian.wuchner

As part of my series on installing VMware Tools on virtual appliances, I wanted to post an article on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance. The instructions for this topic are identical to the VMware Tools and vCO Appliance post. There … Continue reading →

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VMware Tools and vCO Appliance

Posted on December 27, 2012 by brian.wuchner

In a recent post I wrote about my obsessive compulsive desire to update all my VMware Tools. In many cases virtual appliances come with a ‘3rd-party/independent’ version of VMware Tools which are not ‘Current’ according to the vSphere Client. If … Continue reading →

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VMware Tools and vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I recently deployed the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) virtual appliance to an ESXi 5.1 host. While it worked fine, the VMware Tools Version Status displayed ‘3rd-party/independent’ instead of Current. While this is normal, I was on a kick to get … Continue reading →

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vCenter Plugins, SSL certificates, ExtensionManager and Powershell – what more could you want for Christmas?

Posted on December 24, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I was recently working in a lab environment trying to register the vCenter Operations 5.6 virtual appliance into a vCenter Virtual Appliance environment. As a standard practice I like to issue CA signed certificates to everything — even in a … Continue reading →

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