March 2014, Munishpal's Blog

VDP VM Restoration

March 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

Select the Image which you want to restore by navigating to vSphere Data Protection Page via web client Specify Restore Option such as Whether you want to restore to original location or different location Specify the datastore Whether you want to Power ON and You want to reconnect the NIC…Continue readingVDP VM Restoration

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VDP VM Image Backup

March 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

Navigate to the VM which you want to backup Specify the schedule Specify the retention policy Follownig tasks get encountered one backup job is created Now you need to initiate Backup Job to start backup Once completed you can notice the Last Start Time . Earlier it was never this…Continue readingVDP VM Image Backup

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vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Installation & Configuration

March 17, 2014munishpalmakhija

Configuration Https:// Ensure you test the connection before proceeding You can store the additional VMDKs on same datastores as appliance or you can choose the datastores Once rebooted. It will have 3 VMDKs added to the Appliance. Observation. It took approx. 30 minutes for it to reboot and configure storage…Continue readingvSphere Data Protection (VDP) Installation & Configuration

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View Connection Servers Installation

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

We will be installing 2 Servers for High Availability and load balancing First Server For the first server we need to select View Standard Server For the second server we will select View Replica Server Providate data recovery password Add local administrator group as initial view administrator as Best Practice…Continue readingView Connection Servers Installation

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Microsoft NLB for VMware View

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

We need to add the Network Load Balance Feature We will need to create new Cluster on the First Node Specify the Host Name for Node 1 Keep Default Settings for Host Parameters Provide Cluster IP Address We need to ensure we select Multicast for Cluster Operation Mode Refer following…Continue readingMicrosoft NLB for VMware View

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vCenter 5.5 Installation

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

Observations If the vCenter VM is joined to Domain it automatically adds Identity Source for SSO No Database required for SSO SSO can be installed for Multi Sites SSO Account Name has been renamed to administrator@vsphere.local By Default only administrator@vsphere.local has access to vCenter. They have removed local administrator vCenter…Continue readingvCenter 5.5 Installation

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ESXi Upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

ESXi Upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5

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Default Security Policy for Distributed Switch distributed port groups

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

Setup VMware vCenter 5.1 ESXi 5.1 GA build (799733) Issue/Observation We observed that one of our NIC card was not showing connected when we tried to Power ON a VM. Upon investigation we found that VM changed the Mac Address and because the default setting for the security policy have…Continue readingDefault Security Policy for Distributed Switch distributed port groups

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Multi Site SRM Configuration Procedure

March 3, 2014munishpalmakhija

Some time ago I had blogged procedure for Multi Site SRM Configuration Here is the procedure with Screenshot which will give better idea Procedure Installing SRM Servers at Production site: SRM1: · Install the SRM executable from command prompt /V\”CUSTOM_SETUP=1\” · When it ask ’s to enter vCenter Server Address and Credentials,…Continue readingMulti Site SRM Configuration Procedure

Month: March 2014