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July 8, 2013PowerShell, VMware

Configuring Your PowerShell to run VMware vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets

If you are new to even PowerShell, you need get your base PowerShell configured to run the cmdlets. You may want to take a look at Setting up environment for PowerShell scripting Configure Your PowerShell successfully run the cmdlets in VMware vSphere PowerCLI: Launch VMware vSphere PowerCLI as Administrator on the system you are running: Welcome to the VMware vSphere PowerCLI! Log in to a vCenter Server or ESX host: Connect-VIServer To find out what commands are available, type: Get-VICommand To show searchable help for all PowerCLI commands: Get-PowerCLIHelp Once you’ve connected, display all virtual machines: Get-VM If […]

July 8, 2013VMware

How to Register and Download a VMware product for Evaluation

Putting these steps together for a VMware beginner to kick off his VMware evaluation process Goto My VMware, new user Registration page given below https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/registration OR Navigate to My VMware page directly from https://my.vmware.com/ In the My VMware dashboard > click on “My Evaluations” Then click on “Start a New Evaluation” button which will take you to the all VMware products list page as given below: https://www.vmware.com/try-vmware Choose the product you’d like to evaluate: For example, I choose “VMware vCloud Director Product evaluation Center” Click on “Register” button to submit a Evaluation request and get appropriate license […]

June 13, 2013VMware

VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a free product

VMware vSphere Hypervisor": VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a free product that provides a simple and easy way to get started with virtualization at no cost. vSphere Hypervisor provides only basic virtualization capabilities, allowing customers to virtualize servers and run applications in virtual machines in a matter of minutes. vSphere Hypervisor cannot connect to vCenter Server and therefore cannot be centrally managed. Users can remotely manage individual vSphere Hypervisor hosts using the vSphere Client. vSphere Hypervisor can be utilized on servers with up to 32GB of physical RAM. Source: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf PDF file: VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a free product […]