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
Posts Tagged ‘vima’
VMware vSphere vMA patch 3
February 26th, 2010
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vMA Patch 2
November 21st, 2009
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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.
in the ghetto….
November 18th, 2009
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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 [...]
VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Patch 01
July 14th, 2009
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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
VMware vSphere Health Check Report v1.0
April 22nd, 2009
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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 uncommitted [...]
Update: VIMA and UPS(APC) initiated shutdown of ESXi
February 13th, 2009
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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 [...]
New VMware Healthcheck Script!
February 1st, 2009
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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 [...]
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