BrownBag – VCP5 Section 2 Networking with Scott Lowe

by bunchc on January 25, 2012

You know… it’s that time of week again. The time of week where you will do the most awesome, career advancing, personal enrichment, raise producing thing you do all week. That is, you will come join VMware expert Scott Lowe (twitter / blog) as we cover section 2, vSphere Networking, on the VCP Exam Blueprint. Even if you aren’t studying for your VCP, and just want to know more about networking in vSphere 5, this is sure to be educational.

About Scott Lowe

Scott Lowe has been in the IT industry for more than 17 years, and has worked as an instructor, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, systems administrator, IT manager, systems engineer, consultant, and technical lead for the virtualization practice at ePlus Technology. Scott currently works as CTO of the global EMC vSpecialist team where he specializes in the intersection and integration of VMware, Cisco, and EMC solutions, products, and technologies. Scott is also a published author, and has written or co-written four books on VMware vSphere.

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Date/Time: 1/25/2011 @ 7PM CST
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vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.0 – Active Directory Integration

by bunchc on January 19, 2012

I’ve talked about vMA and Active Directory (AD) integration before, also upgrading and troubleshooting it. This time out, we’re going to talk about doing this on vMA 5.0. I’ll start with the assumption that you’ve deployed vMA already.

Attaching vMA 5.0 to Active Directory (AD)

  1. Make sure vMA is in DNS
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  2. Make sure vMA is using your DNS server(s):
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  3. Check DNS:
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  4. Set the hostname:
    sudo hostname vma.provmware.local
  5. Do this stuff:
    vi-admin@localhost:~> sudo domainjoin-cli join provmware.local provmware@provmware.local
    vi-admin’s password:
    Joining to AD Domain:   provmware.local
    With Computer DNS Name: vma.provmware.local

    provmware@PROVMWARE.LOCAL’s password:
    Warning: System restart required
    Your system has been configured to authenticate to Active Directory for the first time.  It is recommended that
    you restart your system to ensure that all applications recognize the new settings.

    SUCCESS

Once you’ve rebooted, all should be good! Really:
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BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 3: Storage

January 18, 2012

Video Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag VCP5 Section3: Storage View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware Notes Thin on Thin? Where should you do Thin Provisioning ñ vSphere 4.0 or Array-Level? http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/04/thin-on-thin-where-should-you-do-thin-provisioning-vsphere-40-or-array-level.html Calculating Capacity of a VSA Cluster with RAID10 Configuration http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsa.doc_10/GUID-8941D7EA-A876-4630-A165-80C46D81E219.html http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/02/18/blocksize-impact/ vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976

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On SOPA, PIPA, and Blackouts

January 18, 2012

While not participating in the Blackouts, there are a good number of folks who are. Also, as someone who makes his living on the web and supporting web / cloud related technologies, I figure raising awareness can only be a good thing. Some quick background on what these are and why they’re important to you, [...]

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Installing FreeBSD 9.0 on vSphere 5

January 18, 2012

So, FreeBSD9 was released recently. While it’s not on the VMware HCL, the prior release 8.x is, so keep in mind while it works, support may get interesting if something goes sideways. Installing FreeBSD 9.0 Getting the bits I pulled the 2.1GB DVD ISO from here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Choose the ISO that suits what your requirements. [...]

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BrownBag VCP5 Series – Objective 3: vSphere Storage

January 17, 2012

Coming to a BrownBag near you! Last week Damian (@sixfootdad) kicked off the VCP5 Study Group series with Objective 1 from the VCP BluePrint. Join us again this week as we have Shane Williford (aka @coolsport00) to cover Objective 3: Plan and configure vSphere Storage. Register for the BrownBag Date/Time: 1/18/2012 @ 7PM CSTRegister: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918511944 [...]

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BrownBag Follow-Up: VCP5 Objective 1

January 12, 2012

This week Damian kicked off the VCP5 BrownBag series with Blueprint objective 1. What follows are the video, slides and notes: VCP5 Objective 1 – BrownBag Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCP5 Objective 1 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides ProfessionalVMware Brownbag VCP5 Section1 View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Notes Auto-deploy:http://vmwaretips.com/wp/2011/12/27/vsphere-5-video-series-vmware-vsphere-50-auto-deployhttp://www.virtualnetworkdesign.com/2011/11/20/vmware-auto-deploy/http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/25/using-vsphere-5-auto-deploy-in-your-home-lab/ VMFS3 & VMFS5:http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/21/vmfs-5-vmfs-3-whats-the-deal/[ Virtual machine hardware [...]

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Orchestrator – vCO Interdependencies Map

January 11, 2012

Going over some of the vCO book material I found this diagram I made for the troubleshooting system of the vCO book Basically, it lists out most of the various systems that the vCO engine talks to or depends on out of the box. Useful when you have something that died and you’re not sure [...]

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BrownBag – VCP5 Series Starting This Week!

January 10, 2012

After some time off from an amazing 2011, the BrownBags are back. This time with a series tracking the VCP5 Blueprint and timed to coincide with the VCP4 to VCP5 upgrade timeline. So if you are upgrading (or studying for the first time) be sure to sign up! BrownBag VCP5 Series Details: Days / Time: [...]

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Open Tabs 1/6/2012

January 6, 2012

These are collected over a period of a few weeks while out on leave. They have again gotten to be too many to effectively manage, so as I close them out, I read & dump here. Cloud Shark – A vApp or physical appliance, as well as a service, for uploading packet captures (pcap) files. [...]

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