Month: September 2012

vCenter 5.1 U1 Installation: Part 13 (VUM Configuration)

This installment of the 15 part vSphere 5.1 Installation covers some basic VUM configuration that most people will want to do. In Part 12 we configured VUM to use trusted SSL certificates. Now that the under the covers configuration of VUM is done, we need to perform some basic GUI configuration...

vCenter 5.1 U1 Installation: Part 12 (VUM SSL Certificate)

Welcome to the vSphere 5.1 Update 1 VUM SSL certificate replacement procedures. In Part 11 we installed VMware vCenter Update Manager (VUM) 5.1 Update 1. Recently VMware released the vCenter Certificate automation tool, which helps lessen the pain associated with replacing the self-signed certificates with trusted certificates. I recommend you use that...

vCenter 5.1 U1 Installation: Part 11 (Install VUM)

This installment in the vSphere 5.1 Update 1 installation series will install VUM (VMware Update Manager) on your system. In Part 10 of this series we configured the VUM DSN in preparation for installing VUM. So now we are ready to deploy VUM. You can co-locate it on your vCenter server...

vCenter 5.1 U1 Installation: Part 10 (Create VUM DSN)

Now that vCenter 5.1 Update 1 is installed it is now time to create the VUM DSN. VUM, known as VMware Update Manager, lets you automate the patching process of ESXi hosts, update VMware tools, and also update some VM appliances. You still have to manage VUM via the legacy Windows vSphere client, as VMware...

Create Windows CA VMware Certificate Template

In any enterprise environment, small or large, you should always used trusted SSL certificates for your VMware components. Very commonly people want to use a Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA). But, VMware requires certain properties be present in the SSL certificate to properly function. So you need to create a custom...

vSphere 5.1 Install Screen

vCenter 5.1 U1 Installation: Part 8 (Install web client)

Now that vCenter Server installed, we need to proceed to getting the vSphere 5.1 Web Client installed and configured. In Part 7 of this series we installed vCenter Server 5.1, which is a pre-req. The vSphere 5.1 web client has come a long ways since vCenter 5.0. It is now the primary means to...

vSphere 5.1 Install Screen

vCenter 5.1 U1 Installation: Part 4 (Inventory Service Install)

The vCenter inventory service install is straight forward and only takes a few minutes. The inventory service caches queries from the Web Broswer to increase the perceived responsiveness of vCenter, and in large environments lets you offload the process to another VM or closer to your administrators. This installation is quick and pain...

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