VMware

I have previously written about analyzing host and virtual machine performance using esxtop. This post will continue to look at how this information can help with troubleshooting performance, and what…

As part of my ongoing series of posts on VCAP-DCA objectives, this post is going to look at some of the troubleshooting tasks that may be required when working with…

Before you dive in an apply patches to your production environment you will most likely want to test those patches in a test or development environment. Once you have configured…

Firstly, what is a vApp? A vApp is a container, like a resource pool and can contain one or more virtual machines. Like a virtual machine, a vApp can be powered…

Update Manager baselines can contain a collection of patches, upgrades, bug fixes and third-party extensions. Baseline groups are collections of already defined baselines, and allows you to combine baselines to…

The Update Manger Utility is installed when you install Update Manager or UMDS, and can be found in the installation directory, by default – ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager’. It can…

This post will look at covering a number of the Update Manager related objectives defined in the VCAP-DCA blueprint. Configure a Shared Repository Rather than have update manager download updates…

Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) is an optional component when you are deploying update manager. It is generally deployed in environments where it is undesirable for the server where update…