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VMware View Certificate Stuff

Posted on 05.11.2012 by domi

VMware View does work with self-signed certificates, but it will always nag you with a warning on the admin interface. to replace it with another certificate, the following reqiurements must apply: -the appropriate root cert must be installed -the private … Continue reading →

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VMware: NFS datastore handling on commandline

Posted on 26.07.2012 by domi

list nfs datastores esxcfg-nas -l restore nfs datastores esxcfg-nas -r delete nfs datastores: esxcfg-nas -d myDatastore or esxcli storage nfs remove -v myDatastore add nfs datastores: esxcfg-nas -a myDatastore -o nas-ip -s /vol/volume VMware KBs: KB1005057 KB1029301

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VMware: restarting management agents

Posted on 26.07.2012 by domi

on ESXi: /sbin/services.sh restart on ESX: service mgmt-vmware stop service vmware-vpxa stop service vmware-vpxa start service mgmt-vmware start

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Brocade SAN Switch Commands

Posted on 16.06.2012 by domi

some usefull Brocade SAN Switch commands: Settings tsclockserver <ip>: set NTP server for time synchronization. theoretically only needed on one switch… (Bug in Firmware 6.2 !) tsclockserver LOCL: disable NTP server tstimezone: to set the timezone. for Switzerland use Zurich: … Continue reading →

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Netapp NFS export example for VMware ESXi

Posted on 12.06.2012 by domi

VMware ESXi always connects with root. /etc/exports /vol/esx_iso    -sec=sys,rw=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32,root=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32 /vol/esx_swap    -sec=sys,rw=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32,root=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32 /vol/esx_data    -sec=sys,rw=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32,root=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32 /vol/esx_os    -sec=sys,rw=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32,root=192.168.1.31:192.168.1.32

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