Author Archives: brian.wuchner

vCenter Update Manager alias and SSL

Posted on November 2, 2010 by brian.wuchner

When I setup a vCenter server I typically use a DNS alias (CNAME). This allows me to use a server name that follows an enterprise naming convention, such as S898PAP1B.domain.parent.local, but connect to vCenter with an easy to remember name … Continue reading →

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Working with VLANs in Linux

Posted on October 28, 2010 by brian.wuchner

I was recently working with a Dell PowerEdge M610 blade server that had a processor problem. During troubleshooting steps, Dell requested a DSET report from my ESXi host. I knew this wouldn’t be a problem as I could use the … Continue reading →

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Enabling the root user on vMA 4.1

Posted on October 7, 2010 by brian.wuchner

While using the vMA 4.1 as vi-admin, I noticed that a couple commands I tried to run (for example yum update) would fail because I was not root. When I tried to issue ‘su’ I could not become root either. … Continue reading →

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Update to Enabling vSwitch CDP (vMA 4.1)

Posted on October 7, 2010 by brian.wuchner

In a previous article Enabling vSwitch Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) I discussed enabling CDP on a standard vSwitch using vMA. Today I deployed the vMA 4.1 and started configuring an ESXi 4.1 host — only to find out that vifpinit … Continue reading →

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ESXiBackup Folder Cleanup

Posted on September 21, 2010 by brian.wuchner

In an earlier post Directory partition has not been backed up [DC=virtualcenter,DC=vmware,DC=int] I suggested a method to backup the VMwareVCMSDS ADAM database. As Joern posted in a comment, this solution could fill up your D: drive. The following code should … Continue reading →

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