VMware has just released patch 3 for vMA and it contains several security fixes so make sure to update your Management Appliance! Here’s how to do it: # sudo vima-update scan # sudo vima-update update
vMA 4.0 Patch 2 has just officially been released. This release contains multiple bugfixes and security patches. Make sure to install the patch. KB article 1014689 describes how to do the upgrade from within the appliance.
William Lam just updated two of his most popular scripts. If you haven’t looked at them yet, make sure you do as they are worth it. ghettoVCB(g2) enables the backup of virtual machines residing on either an ESX or ESXi host. ghettoVCBg2 is a complete rewritten and enhanced version of ghettoVCB or as William puts it “harder, better, faster, stronger”. [...]
For those running vMA (previously known as VIMA) patch 01 has just been released. You can find all the details in this KB article. Updating the appliance when the proxy has been set up can be done on the command line by typing the following command: sudo vima-update update
I already blogged about this awesome healthcheck script by William Lam a couple of times and it just has been updated to version 1.0. The following details have been added to the already extensive list: New New licensing format/summary New EVC Enabled information New Cluster VM monitoring New Cluster Host monitoring New # of VMotions within a cluster New Datastore [...]
Joseph Holland just updated the “UPS initiated shutdown of ESXi” document I blogged about this week. This time Joseph used VIMA to get the job done. Here’s a link to the document on VI:OPS. The procedure still requires an unsupported change on ESXi. My guess is that this will soon be fixed by using perl on VIMA. Perl enables you [...]
A couple of days ago I wrote an article about a “quick migration” script by William Lam.William seems to have some spare time on his hands or works 24 hours a day cause he just finished up a Health Check script. His script can be compared to the powershell healthcheck scripts and the Service Console script. The script reports on [...]
