Category: VMware

It’s very common an administrator would like to automate various of VM operations.  However, some of the activities like copying/Cloning/Snapshoting/Backing up a VM would be a very time consuming if you have a huge VM image to deal with.  To make automation faster, one simply requires a small VM image that comes with lowest footprint OS with which you can perform VM automation activities. You can download a tiny/small Linux based VM guest image in OVA format of size 11.6 MB. From here: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-21621 –OR-     Once you have downloaded the OVA file, you can go ahead and import […]

Once you have vCenter server up and running, login to vCenter via vSphere client and create a new DataCenter as shown below and give it a name:   Once you have DataCenter created, then you can add any of your VMHosts to be part of that DC.   In the “Add Host Wizard”, provide the details as appropriately. Press “Yes” to Security Alert: Click Next on Host Summary Click next on Assign License, if you have a valid license go ahead and Assign here: Choose whether you want to “Enable Lockdown Mode” Select the VM Location that is to choose […]

1.  Download VMware 5.0.1 software sources (to get the download links refer: How to Register and Download a VMware product for Evaluation): ESXi 5.1 Update 1 ISO image (Includes VMware Tools)  VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0 Update 1a Appliance (this is a Linux box) -OR- VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0 Update 1a and modules (these are sources that you can install on Windows boxes) VMware vSphere Client 5.1 Update 1 2.  Then burn a bootable disk with ESXi 5.1. ISO and setup your host server with its installation          3.  Have the vSphere client software installed on your client system or […]