https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare The AGLT2/VMWare web of Foswiki. Everything VMWare en-us Copyright 2026 by contributing authors Wiki Administrator [laurens@msu.edu] The contributing authors of Foswiki Foswiki https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/pub/System/ProjectLogos/foswiki-logo.png https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/ESXiPatches ESXi Patches This page describes how to patch the ESXi hosts Installing patches For each host you want to update, do the following steps: 1 Click on the host... (last changed by JamesKoll) 2014-04-22T13:08:19Z JamesKoll https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/DellManagement Dell Management How to update firmware 1 Move all running VMs to the host you are not going to update 1 Click on the datacenter (bps 1221 in MSU's case) an... (last changed by JamesKoll) 2014-04-17T17:04:24Z JamesKoll https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/WebHome VMWare Subweb * MSUProject * VMWareHardware * VMwareCLI Using command line tools * HostProfiles Using host profiles for managing the ESXi hosts * V... (last changed by JamesKoll) 2014-04-17T15:37:23Z JamesKoll https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/VMWareReplicationAppliance vSphere Replication Appliance The vSphere Replication Appliance can be used to maintain a copy of a VM. At AGLT2 we will use it to keep copies of VMs from UM at M... (last changed by JamesKoll) 2014-03-05T23:34:00Z JamesKoll https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/VMware55Update vSphere 5.5 update notes Update path Recommended path: UM vCenter update (It hosts SSO) MSU vCenter update MSU/UM esxi host update UM vCenter update The first a... (last changed by ShawnMcKee) 2014-02-22T23:19:50Z ShawnMcKee https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/VMware51Update Notes on Applying the vSphere 5.1a Update Applied the vSphere 5.1 update to the ESXi hosts and vCenter server. In theory, this is relatively straight forward pro... (last changed by JamesKoll) 2014-02-21T21:32:35Z JamesKoll https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/VCenterHostName Moving msu vcenter to aglt2.org msu vcenter was initially configured to run on the internal network. After some discussion with Shawn, it was decided that it woul... (last changed by JamesKoll) 2013-05-10T14:07:57Z JamesKoll https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/VMwareCLI VMware CLI VMware offers a wide range of management tools, with over lapping capabilities. ESXi v5 includes a pretty useful shell on the actual VM host. VMware al... (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-11-17T14:00:53Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/MD3220Testing Some quick tests using SysBench. Some tests using dd. Main.TomRockwell 15 Mar 2012 (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-10-05T19:57:38Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/DellPowerVault * PowerVaultManagement * MD3220Testing Documentation * Dell MD3220 Main.TomRockwell 15 Mar 2012 (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-16T02:14:10Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/SysBench SysBench Tarball Install Get it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/sysbench/ Have 0.4.12, to build, in unpacked source directory: yum install libtool libtooliz... (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-15T15:38:51Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/PowerVaultManagement PowerVault Management Dell calls this software "PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager". It is used to manage the PowerVault shelves that have internal RAID cont... (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-15T15:17:55Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/VMWareHardware * DellPowerVault Main.TomRockwell 15 Mar 2012 (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-15T14:58:57Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/WebPreferences AGLT2/VMWare Web Preferences Appearance * Set WEBBGCOLOR = #efefef * web specific background color, current color * Set SITEMAPLIST = on * se... (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-15T14:56:14Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/WebTopicList (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-15T14:56:14Z TomRockwell https://www.aglt2.org/wiki/AGLT2/VMWare/WebIndex (last changed by TomRockwell) 2012-03-15T14:56:13Z TomRockwell