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VMware vSphere vMA patch 3

Duncan Epping — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:26:14 +0000

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

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vMA Patch 2

Duncan Epping — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:54:57 +0000

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.

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in the ghetto….

Duncan Epping — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:47:48 +0000

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”.

ghettoVCBg2

11/17/09 – The following enhancements and fixes have been implemented in this release of ghettoVCBg2. Special thanks goes out to Gerhard Ostermann for assisting with some of the logic in the ghettoVCBg2 script and the rest of the ghettoVCBg2 BETA testers. Thanks for everyones time and comments to make this script better!

Enhancements:

Email log support

Include/exclude specific VMDK(s)

Additional logging + dry run mode

Fixes:

Independent disk aware

Large VMDK backups

Original script, but updated with new features and a bug fix:

ghettoVCB

11/17/09 – The following enhancements and fixes have been implemented in this release of ghettoVCB. Special thanks goes out to all the ghettoVCB BETA testers for providing time and their environments to test features/fixes of the new script!

Enhancements:

Individual VM backup policy

Include/exclude specific VMDK(s)

Logging to file

Timeout variables

Configur snapshot memory/quiesce

Adapter format

Additional logging + dryrun mode

Support for both physical/virtual RDMs

Fixes:

Independent disk aware

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VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Patch 01

Duncan Epping — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:13:11 +0000

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

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