Using genuine SSL certificates is good for security. It lets users know the device/host they’re connecting to is genuine, and prevents man-in-the-middle attacks. It also removes nasty warnings in the browser title bar. Continue reading
Month: September 2015
Wednesday Tidbit: Adding the SQL Server Agent to a Windows Failover Cluster
Yesterday I decided it was time to patch my VMware vCenter 5.5 hosts to the recently released Update 3. As I make use of properly configured SSL certificates, each component (SSO, Web Client, Inventory and vCenter Server) has to be installed separately. However when I came to install the last one, I ran into an issue. Continue reading
Building an advanced lab using VMware vRealize Automation – another stoppage in play
If you have been following my series on vRealize Automation then you will have noticed I have not posted anything recently.
The installation has experienced a number of issues, the most recent being that I upgraded to version 6.2.3 and it appears to have caused an issue. Continue reading
Wednesday Tidbit: configuring a clustered MSDTC for vRealize Automation 6.x
A few days ago I found I was unable to add reservations to my vRealize Automation installation. After finding VMware knowledge base article 2089503, I realised it was because I’d forgotten to configure the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Co-ordinator (MSDTC) on my new SQL cluster. Continue reading
Editing vRealize Automation appliance PostgreSQL database by hand
About a month ago I accidentally deleted a SQL database as part of a migration to a new failover cluster. The database in question was the IaaS database used by my vRealize Automation installation, and no backup was available. Mistakes like that in a lab happen from time to time and are okay, as long as you can be the one to fix them. Continue reading
Wednesday Tidbit: registering multiple vCenters with vCOPs
Recently, the company I work for has done really well in bringing onboard new customers – nearly all of which we have provided with a private cloud solution running on the VMware platform. Continue reading
Fixing Emulex 10GbE on ESXi 5.5
Last year at VMworld in San Francisco I bought two Emulex OCe10102 10GbE cards for my home lab, and used two Dell/Force10 cables to connect them together. One card went into my Dell PowerEdge T710, and one in my HP Microserver Gen7. Continue reading
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