New URL for this blog moved to carlosvargas.com
New year and new URL. I finally move this blog to http://carlosvargas.com so all the new updates will go in the new website.
Build a lab with Windows Server 2012
Introduction Microsoft has been working on the new release of the Windows Server operating system for a couple of years. Microsoft release the Windows Server 2012 to their OEM partners in August 2012, so now we need to get ready to implement it. Before we can implement the new solutions in productions we will need…
Configure Windows Server 2012 or Hyper-V Server
In this post we will configure Windows Server 2012 or Hyper-V Server 2012 basic settings so we can access it remotely. Change Server Name Press CTRL+ALT+Del to login to the console In the login screen type the administrator password In the server configuration screen type #2 to change the server name. Type the new server…
Install Hyper-V Server 2012
In this blog post I will install the Hyper-V Server 2012 Operating System. The steps are the same for Windows Server 2012. Insert the DVD into the DVD Drive of the server Boot up the server and select to boot up from DVD/CD Wait for the Windows Server 2012 screen Press Install Select the version…
Configure Windows Server 2012 or Hyper-V 2012 VM on ESXi 5
This configuration is not a supported in production. This is a tutorial for IT Pros to build a Lab environment with Windows 2012 or Hyper-V Server 2012 Login to your VMware environment. Create a new VM Select to configure a custom VM Select the name for your Hyper-V server and the datacenter in the VMware…
How to stop a VM from the CLI in vSphere 5
As with every version there is a new set of tools to perform administration in your vSphere ESXi hypervisor. The new tool is called esxcli. Here are some steps to try to get shutdown a VM from the command line Steps to stop a VM from the CLI in vSphere 5 Gather information on the…
vCenter Appliance and Sysprep tools
VMware vCenter Appliance provides the capability to manage your environment from a simple VM without the need to have another Windows server to manage the VMware vSphere Infrastructure. As this appliance is based on SUSE Linux; Where will you copy the Sysprep tools for your VM’s? The location is /etc/vmware/sysprep there you can copy the…
VMware support documentation and 3rd party tools list
For all my friends and co-workers that constantly ask can you send me the links for that documentation. I will start compiling a list of all the support documents and tools I currently use for VMware virtualization technologies. Documentation VMware ESXi 5 documentation VMware vSphere 4.1 documentation Videos VMware TechPubs video library VMware Hot Add features VMware…
Reset VMware View Display Settings Defaults
After reviewing how VMware view set the Display Settings at the client I found that it save them in the VMware ADAM directory. If you will like to reset them to the pool defaults you can use this script to reset them back to the pool defaults. Copy this script to your View Connection Server.
Generate VMware View 2048bit SSL Cert
VMware View requires an SSL certificate in order to secure the traffic between the virtual desktop and the end point. The instructions in the guide do not include how to generate a 2048bit SSL certificate. Here are the steps to generate the strong key. Generate Key Store keytool -genkey -keysize 2048 -keyalg “RSA” -keystore keys.p12…
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