Tag Archives: VirtualCenter

Your session has been terminated

Wow, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) sure plays rough with VirtualCenter vCenter.  I found that every time I restart the SCVMM server it kills all VI Client connections. That is not very nice.  But then again, neither was … Continue reading

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Don’t know much about resource pools

When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager to manage VMware ESX, VMs are removed from their resource pools during migration with VMotion. Continue reading

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VI Client SSL thumbprint cache cleanup

Duncan at Yellow Bricks has a handy post on cleaning up your VI Client cached server address list. There is a related issue with cached self-signed SSL certificate thumbprints.  When you first connect to a VirtualCenter Server or ESX host, … Continue reading

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PRO Tips: pros only, please

I recently had the opportunity to attend a two-day Microsoft training class on Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008.  This was a typical Microsoft course with hands-on labs and was billed as a Technical Deep-Dive – whatever that means. I was particularly … Continue reading

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Automating VI Client login

The VI Client (vSphere Client) accepts several command-line arguments that can help administrators automate logging in to vCenter or ESX. Continue reading

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