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October 30, 2012  3:00 PM

VMware pros unamused as vSphere 5.1 patches keep on coming



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
vCenter, VMware, VMware View

VMware has issued yet another patch – the fourth in the last week -- to correct problems in vSphere 5.1. This time, it's for vSphere Replication. The fix in vSphere Replication 5.1.0.1 is twofold, according to a

October 29, 2012  3:18 PM

VMware issues SSO patch, new SSL documentation



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
vCenter, VMware

VMware has released a software update to vCenter Server and a new package of documentation meant to address widespread problems with single sign on and SSL certificates uncovered by users of vSphere 5.1. However, since the patch was released last Thursday, VMware bloggers who have gone over the...


January 18, 2012  7:27 PM

Shoring up vCenter in Auto Deploy environments



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Auto Deploy, vCenter, VMware

One example of the growing criticality of vCenter comes with vSphere 5’s Auto Deploy feature. In certain disaster scenarios, its dependency on...


December 7, 2011  5:05 PM

VMware sneaks out vCenter Chargeback 2.0



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
chargeback, vCenter, VMware

With little fanfare, VMware introduced version 2.0 of its chargeback tool last week, and the release notes include more “known issues” than new features. vCenter Chargeback has been renamed Chargeback Manager and folded into the


July 22, 2011  9:08 PM

VMware highlights vCenter Operations at VMUG



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, vCenter, VMUG, VMware

BRUNSWICK, Maine -- If vCloud Director is VMware's manager of managers, then


April 25, 2011  12:13 PM

PXE Manager for vCenter: VMware’s latest fling



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, vCenter, VMware Labs

VMware has released PXE Manager for vCenter, a new tool that supports automatic PXE boot and patch management for ESXi hosts. PXE Manager for vCenter also lets users automate ESXi host provisioning (both stateless and...


April 15, 2011  6:20 PM

Virtualization management not quite there yet



Posted by: KeithKessinger
management, Microsoft, scvmm, scvmm2012, vCenter, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere

Virtualization has always posed management problems for IT departments. And as more IT shops deploy multiple hypervisors, the problems are getting worse. In companies that deploy both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, 71% have difficulties managing both hypervisors from a single console,...


March 31, 2011  1:10 PM

OEMs plug in to vCenter, turn the volume to 11



Posted by: Colin Steele
Dell, EMC, NetApp, vCenter, VMware

By Mike Laverick, Author, Instructor and Blogger VMware's master plan is starting to bear fruit. When VMware introduced Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3), the company started to allow third parties to...


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