Category: VMware

PowerCLI: Retrieving ESXi Host System Management Network IP Address

August 19, 2015

I was recently looking at retrieving the allocated management network IP address for a large number of ESXi host systems and therefore decided to use the ‘Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter’ cmdlet  to which I would filter based on the device name value retrieved from the ESXi host system. In its simpliest form the cmdlet can be invoked as below: … More PowerCLI: Retrieving ESXi Host System Management Network IP Address

Installing open-vm-tools deployPkg plug-in for Ubuntu Guest Operating Systems

August 18, 2015

If you are installing the open source implementation of VMware Tools ‘open-vm-tools’ into your guest operating system and require to use the virtual machine as a template or leverage Site Recovery Manager to customize virtual machines after failover, then there is a requirement to install the ‘deployPkg Tools’ plug-in. The below details installing the plug-in … More Installing open-vm-tools deployPkg plug-in for Ubuntu Guest Operating Systems

vSphere Web Client – Use Windows Session Authentication not available in Google Chrome

April 21, 2015

Following a recent update to the Google Chrome Browser, in my case to version 42.0.2311.90 I was unable to select the ‘Use Windows Session Authentication’ option when authenticating the vSphere Web Client. In order to resolve this issue I was required to enable the use of  NPAPI plug-ins to support has been disabled by default in versions 42.0 and … More vSphere Web Client – Use Windows Session Authentication not available in Google Chrome

Configuring vRealize Orchestrator and WinRM Host for Kerberos Authentication

March 22, 2015

In order to leverage the vRealize Orchestrator PowerShell plug-in to enable interaction between the vRealize Orchestrator appliance and Windows Powershell there is a requirement to add a PowerShell Host to your vRealize Orchestrator configuration, this will only for workflows to interact with Windows Powershell and optionally PowerCLI and the vCenter Server system.     The … More Configuring vRealize Orchestrator and WinRM Host for Kerberos Authentication

VCP5-DCV Delta Recertification Exam Experience

March 3, 2015

Well my expiry date for my current VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification was due to expire on March 10 2015, and in all honesty for one reason or another I have not been proactive in renewing the certification, ideally I wanted to progress on the certification roadmap with the ‘VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Data Center … More VCP5-DCV Delta Recertification Exam Experience