Tag Archives: vCenter

Don’t Sysprep Me, Bro!

With SCVMM, VM templates are generalized with Sysprep before storing in the image library — the original VM is destroyed and cannot be updated. vCenter only Syspreps after cloning. Continue reading

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VMware vSphere 4 has a Snapshot Alarm

Snapshots have always been a powerful feature of VMware ESX — even in production deployments.  There are tons of innovative tools and scripts out there to monitor snapshots — just check out this new one from Virtu-Al. If you happen … Continue reading

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VMware vCenter Server 4 task and event retention

As tasks and events happen in vCenter Server they are logged in the VC database.  After a while these tables can become quite large. Prior to vCenter Server 4, customers wishing to prune their VC database down needed to do … Continue reading

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VMware vCenter Server 4.0 installation video

VMware officially launched vSphere earlier this week, and it’s great! I just took the gold vCenter Server 4.0 for a spin and rolled the camera while I was at it.  This video starts off with the installation of vCenter Server … Continue reading

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VMware vCenter Server performance stats levels

VirtualCenter (vCenter) database storage requirements grow rapidly as administrators increase the levels from default settings. Continue reading

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