When raising incidents with VMware technical support it is likely that you will need to generate log bundles to aid the investigation. Generating Log Bundles for ESXi and vCenter Using…

vCenter Server Log files vCenter Server 5.x on Windows Server 2003: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\ vCenter Server 5.x on Windows Server 2008: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\ vCenter Server 5.x Linux Virtual Appliance: /var/log/vmware/vpx/…

When you install ESXi 5 the firewall is enabled by default, with it only allowing the essential traffic, and denying the rest. You can manage the firewall using the vSphere…

vSphere Host Profiles is a feature that allows an administrator to copy the configuration of one host, then apply that configuration to other hosts or clusters. This helps by reducing…

There are a couple of ways in which you can assign license keys to hosts that you can provisioned with Auto Deploy. You can use the traditional method of assigning…

Once you have your Auto Deploy Server infrastructure configured, and you have your customised image profile, the next step is to create your deployment rules. Deployment rules are used to…

Image Builder A set of Image Builder cmdlets are included in PowerCLI for vSphere 5. These cmdlets allow you to create custom ESXi images which can include updates, vendor software…

The vSphere Auto Deploy Server is user for provisioning ESXi hosts. It uses a PXE boot service combined with vSphere  host profiles to provision and customize hosts. It is a…

In order to install PowerCLI you need to have a supported version of .Net installed, a supported OS and a supported version of Powershell installed. You can read the release…