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Useful VMware Reference Posters! (NSX/VCSA 6.5/PowerCLI 6.5/PSC Toplogy Tree)

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Useful VMware Reference Posters!

(NSX/VCSA 6.5/PowerCLI 6.5/PSC Toplogy Tree)

 

For all those VMware techies out there that work with VMware solutions on a daily basis, it’s hard to remember everything we need to know related to the many solutions we manage. So VMware has created several VMware Reference Posters to help us out when we need a little reminder as far as a command-line argument, configuration option, etc.

At the VMware provided website, they have provided us with (3) reference posters for working with PowerCLI 6.5 R1, vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), and Platform Services Controllers (PSC) Topology Decision Tree. Click on the below link to go to the VMware Reference Poster site and download your copy of these great tools!

VMware Reference Posters Link:   https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/posters

Although not listed in the above site, there is also a NSX Reference Poster that is also available! So for those that are managing VMware NSX, I highly recommend you download this poster and keep it handy, I am sure you will need to use it at some point in time while managing NSX.

The dimensions for the NSX posters are designed to be printed in a high-resolution A3 size (no lower than 300 dpi). 

  • In inches: 11.7 x 16.5
  • In mm: 297 x 420

NSX Reference Poster (Printable Version):  Click Here to Download!

NSX Reference Poster:  Click Here to Download!

 

VMCA 6.5 as an Intermediate CA

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VMCA 6.5 as an Intermediate CA – via The Wifi-Cable

VMCA 6.5 as an Intermediate CA

Certificates have always been an interesting topic to me. I have seen complex PKI infrastructures on several occasions but more often than not most environments have utilized certificates in a limited capacity. In regards to vSphere, a majority of the time the default certificates provided by vSphere were sufficient for most deployments.

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Prevent software failures with vCenter Server High Availability

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Prevent software failures with vCenter Server High Availability – via TechTarget

Prevent software failures with vCenter Server…

New to vCenter Server 6.5, VCHA ensures high availability for a vSphere deployment with minimal impact on vCenter Server and vSphere host performance.

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I want a vCSA 6.5 Database Backup

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I want a vCSA 6.5 Database Backup – via VirtualPad

I want a vCSA 6.5 Database Backup

Whenever you decide backing up the vCSA 6.5 Database, as part as the greatest features of vSphere 6.5, these are a few tips to consider:

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New vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Backup / Restore Walkthroughs

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New vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Backup / Restore Walkthroughs

New vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Backup…

The vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 is full of new and exclusive features. One of which is the native file-based backup and restore. I’m happy to announce two new guided walkthroughs on the VMware Feature Walkthrough site.

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VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup With…

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VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup With Simple Configuration – [LAB] – ESX Virtualization

VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup With…

Today we’ll be testing the new VCSA 6.5 feature allowing to setup active-passive architecture where the active node is your usual VCSA 6.5 which manages your infrastructure, and the passive node is a node which sits there doing nothing, just receiving files from the active node. So today’s post will detail VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup […] Read the full post VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup With Simple Configuration – [LAB] at ESX Virtualization .

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VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Improves Uptime for High Availability

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VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Improves Uptime for High Availability

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 improves uptime for…

Downtime can be costly and dangerous for businesses. The latest version of VMware High Availability, included in Sphere 6.5, seeks to reduce downtime, but still needs a little work.

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Migrate vCenter 5.5 with external SSO to VCSA 6.0 with external PSC – Default Reasoning

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Migrate vCenter 5.5 with external SSO to VCSA 6.0 with external PSC – Default Reasoning

Migrate vCenter 5.5 with external SSO to VCSA…

A blog post that describes how to migrate vCenter 5.5 with external SSO to vCenter Server Appliance with external PSC using the migration tool.

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How to Deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter Server Appliance)

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How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter Server Appliance) – vladan.fr

How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter…

VMware has done a great job with this new VCSA 6.5 appliance. You have already seen my lab deployment of VCSA 6.5 by using VMware Workstation – just to test the workflow, but today we’ll do another lab post. You’ll watch and learn How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter Server Appliance).I have also […] Read the full post How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter Server Appliance) at ESX Virtualization.

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Moving from windows vCenter to vCSA 6.5 using…

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Moving from windows vCenter to vCSA 6.5 using the migration-assistant – vPirate

Moving from windows vCenter to vCSA 6.5 using…

Since the introduction of vCenter Server appliance (vCSA), there has always been a debate on which one is better (Windows based deployment or vCSA) and what one’s advantages over the other is.

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WinSCP and the VCSA – vRatpack

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WinSCP and the VCSA – vRatpack

WinSCP and the VCSA – vRatpack

Have you ever tried to upload / download files using WinSCP to / from the VCSA >= v. 6.0? Out of the box, this won’t work. In this post I’ll show you how to fix this.

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Installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5…

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Installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 – Mike Tabor

Installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5…

VMware has announced that VMware vSphere 6.5 has gone general available this week. Now installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 (VCSA) is even easier as the requirement for the client integration plugin has been removed and now the VCSA appliance is delivered via an ISO image with an installation wizard that’s been broken up into two stages.

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How to Enable vCenter Server High Availability (HA) in vSphere 6.5 w/single ESXi host?

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How to enable vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) in vSphere 6.5 w/single ESXi host? – virtuallyGhetto

How to enable vCenter Server High Availability…

One of the big new features that was introduced in vSphere 6.5, exclusively for vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), is the vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) capablilty.

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How to Backup and Restore the Embedded vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 vPostgres Database

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How to backup and restore the embedded vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 vPostgres database

How to backup and restore the embedded vCenter…

https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2091961 This video demonstrates how to backup and restore the embedded vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 vPostgres database. Backing up and restoring your database protects the data stored in your database. Note: This article is only supported for backup and restore of the vPostgres database to the same vCenter Server or vCenter Server Appliance. Use of image-based backup and restore is the only solution supported for performing a full, secondary appliance restore. For additional information, see VMware Knowledge Base article 2091961 at the following URL https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2091961

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VMware vSphere 6.5 – Native vCenter High Availability (VCSA 6.5 only) – ESX Virtualization

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VMware vSphere 6.5 – Native vCenter High Availability (VCSA 6.5 only) – ESX Virtualization

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VMware vSphere 6.5 – Native vCenter High Availability. New simplified native HA is possible allows protect vCenter (VCSA) 6.5 for failures

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vSphere 6.5 – Restore VCSA 6.5 from Backup

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vSphere 6.5 – Restore VCSA 6.5 from Backup -via Enterprise Daddy

vSphere 6.5 – Restore VCSA 6.5 from Backup

In this post, we will look at how to restore VCSA 6.5 from backup. In the previous post, we saw how to natively to perform VCSA 6.5 backup which is one of the new features in vSphere 6.5.

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Learning vSphere 6.5-Part-3-vCenter Server and…

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Learning vSphere 6.5-Part-3-vCenter Server and PSC Deployment Types – Virtual Reality

Learning vSphere 6.5-Part-3-vCenter Server and…

In last post of this series we had an overview of VCSA and touched a little bit on what are the new features that are included in VCSA v6.5.

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Will I get Photon OS when I upgrade my VCSA 5.5/6.0 to VCSA 6.5? – virtuallyGhetto

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Will I get Photon OS when I upgrade my VCSA 5.5/6.0 to VCSA 6.5? – virtuallyGhetto

Will I get Photon OS when I upgrade my VCSA…

There seems to be a bit of confusion on how the upgrade from an existing vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 5.5/6.0 to the upcoming VCSA 6.5 release will work

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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 What’s New…

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vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 What’s New Rundown – Emad Younis Blog

vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 What’s New…

During VMworld Barcelona 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5. With lots of new features and updates, this is one of the biggest vSphere releases we have had in a while.

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vSphere 6.5 – Restore VCSA from Backup

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vSphere 6.5 – Restore VCSA from Backup -via Brian Graf’s Virtualization Blog

vSphere 6.5 – Restore VCSA from Backup

The previous blog post was about natively backing up the VCSA 6.5. But a backup though is only as good as it’s ability to restore. To be able to restore a VCSA Backup, you will still need the VCSA 6.5 ISO handy, as you will kick off the Appliance Installer UI and click the ‘Restore’ … Continue reading »

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vSphere 6.5 – How to deploy VCSA 6.5

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vSphere 6.5 – How to deploy VCSA 6.5

If you remember in the first post of vSphere 6.5, I talked about the improvements in the VCSA 6.5 installer. Well, we are going to now take a look at the VCSA 6.5 installer and use to deploy our VCSA 6.5 appliance.

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vSphere 6.5 VCSA and Clients Announcements

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vSphere 6.5 VCSA and Clients Announcements

At today’s VMworld Europe conference in Barcelona VMware are announcing vSphere 6.5. There are a plethora of new features and fixes in this series of postings I plan to cover the ones that caught my eye and so for the … Continue reading →

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