January 29th, 2010 |
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VMware has just released LCM 1.1.
What’s new?
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager (LCM) 1.1 release enhances the performance, robustness, and scalability of LCM and resolves a number of known issues.
The LCM 1.1 release runs on VMware vCenter Orchestrator 4.0.1. To run LCM 1.1, you must install the version of Orchestrator (4.0.1 Build 4502) that accompanies the LCM 1.1 download. See the vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for installation instructions.
Download now.
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/lcm_pubs.html
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager Release Notes
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager Installation and Configuration Guide
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager Administration Guide
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager User’s Guide
January 28th, 2010 |
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I received a question from a customer who wanted, for security reasons, to remove the ESXi web welcome screen. This is the screen that enables you to download the vSphere Client and RCLI and even browse datastores.
I’ve tested it and removing (or renaming) the following file will lead to a blank page when the ESXi host is accessed via http(s):
/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot/index.html
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William Lam created another work around which is definitely a more elegant solution: Remove the ESXi web welcome screen.
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January 28th, 2010 |
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Usenix/Sage has just officially publised our new book in the Short Topics series: “Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4″.
Before reading the rest of this article be aware that the target audience for this book is IT Management. It’s an overview of VMware products / technology which enable Cloud Computing. It is by no means intended as a blueprint for cloud computing. If you are a techie this might not be the book for you, we are however working on a more technical book which will detail the process of designing a cloud infrastructure based on VMware products.
Book #21, Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4, by John Arrasjid, Duncan Epping, and Steve Kaplan, is now online for members and available for purchase. Virtualization is recognized as a foundation for Cloud Computing. This book is an overview of the VMware technologies and how they can support the various services and management pieces required for Cloud architecture. Without diving overly deeply into specific design patterns, it provides insight into the tools to fit your design criteria. Take a look now!
Complete PDF version of the booklet can be found here (Usenix/Sage members only) or purchase the print version.
Open PDFs can be found here:
- Covers/About the Authors PDF
- Frontmatter/Table of Contents PDF
- Acknowledgments PDF
- Glossary PDF
- Foreword by Dr. Stephen Alan Herrod PDF
I want to thank both of my co-authors for allowing me to work with them. Both Steve and John have an unseen drive and expertise. Thanks guys!
January 27th, 2010 |
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The VMTN/PlanetV12n Podcast 80 was an open topic. You can find the download here or subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here.
January 27th, 2010 |
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There seems to be a trend in the blogosphere the last months. I already tweeted about it a couple of time but decided to create a list to make it more obvious for some of you non-believers. I guess after reading the following list the question is “who is next” and of course “where can I place my bet?”.
- Hany Michael –> VMware
- Kenneth van Ditmarsch –> VMware
- Scott Lowe –> EMC
- Frank Denneman –> VMware
- Rick Scherer –> EMC
- Ken Cline –> Quest
- Massimo Re Ferrè –> VMware
- Ed Saipetch –> EMC
- Mike Laverick –> Tech Target
- …. more to come soon! Believe me.
Now I’m not judging any of the people mentioned or any of the vendors recruiting these experts; It’s merely an observation. Better said I fully understand why this is happening. The VMware community is full of experienced and knowledgeable people and especially the bloggers have a high visibility.
Now, place your bet.
January 26th, 2010 |
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VMware published the draft version of the vSphere Security Hardening Guide. Keep in mind that it’s still draft and needs tweaking. The Team needs your feedback, so if you have any comments please don’t hesitate to reach out and leave a comment on the community forums.
Overall, there are more than 100 guidelines. The guide itself is split into the following major sections:
Please bare in mind the following:
Another new aspect of the guide is the desire to create it with input from the VMware community. This draft is available for public comment for a period of approximately one month. VMware’s intention is to incorporate public feedback into the next revision of the guide, which will be the final version. However, this current revision is the result of a private review of an initial draft, and so we believe that the final version will not differ too significantly. This revision can therefore be used for customer production deployments today, with the caveat that some new guidelines might be added and some existing ones slightly modified.
Thanks Charu for posting these! They contain really valuable info.
January 22nd, 2010 |
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While doing a new install of VMware vCenter Server I ran into the following error:
Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services instance. Error 28038
This error is caused by the fact that the “Network Service” does not have enough permissions on the root of the drive you’re installing vCenter on. The solution is pretty straight forward and has been described in the KB article.
- Right-click the root drive and click Properties.
- Click the Security tab.
- Under Group and user names, click Add.
- Enter Network Service and click OK.
- Check Allow for the Read permission for the Network Service account in the Permissions for Administrators pane.
- Click Apply and OK.
If this does not resolve the issue look into the following KB articles: 1015887 , 1013822.
vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide