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vCenter AD authentication
When enabling Active Directory authentication on the vCenter appliance, ensure that DNS name resolution is working first. Set the DNS settings and hostname and then ensure that resolution and rever...
vCenter appliance: “No networking detected”
Overview If after deploying and booting the vCenter appliance, automatic network configuration fails, the vCenter console will display “No networking detected” in red. To configure networking, foll...
Deploy OVF directly from local datastore / SAN
When deploying OVF files vCenter allows for either browsing files locally on the client or specifying a URL. The latter can be handy when you want to deploy an OVF file stored somewhere on the VMwa...
Fullscreen with rdesktop / rdesktop-vrdp
It’s extremely useful to use rdesktop (or virtualbox the rdesktop-vrdp) for RDP connections to Windows hosts from your Linux workstation. Fullscreen mode This is how to launch a session in fullscr...
Dell OME plugin install on ESXi 5.1
Installing Dell OpenManage Enterprise Plugin on ESXi 5.1 Prerequisites Dell OME plugin installation file (OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.2.0-6945.VIB-ESX51i.zip) SSH access to the ESXi host SCP cap...
