Installing and Configuring VMware vSphere Update Manager Download Services

If you have a vCenter Update Manager server and it does not have Internet access (for whatever reason: Safety Issues…) to download the security patches of our vSphere environment we can use an intermediary server that downloads the updates and then passes them to the vCenter Update Manager server, in this document we will look at the installation and configuration of VMware vSphere Update Manager Download Services (UMDS).

Installing VMware vSphere Update Manager 5.0

En este documento veremos la instalación del componente VMware Update Manager en vSphere 5, nos permitirá mantener actualizado nuestro entorno virtual de VMware, en esta nueva versión sólo los servidores ESXi y los virtual appliances de VMware con sus últimos updates y upgrades, anteriormente también podíamos aplicar parches a máquinas virtuales Microsoft & Linux. Tras la instalación del servicio cada cliente que se conecte al vCenter deberá descargarse y habilitar el Plugin para poder gestionar VUM,

Upgrading an ESX host(i) 4.x a ESXi 5 manually

In this document we will look at one of the ways to update our ESXi 4.x hosts (we could also migrate from ESX 4.x to ESXi 5.0 and ESX(i) 3.5 to ESXi 5), it will be in a manual/interactive way by entering the ESXi cd/dvd/usb 5.0 on the ESX host itself(i) 4.x. This is one of the simplest ways for smaller environments, In future documents we will see other forms of updates. Prior to the upgrade we will have verified that our hosts support the new hypervisor using Agent Pre-upgrade check,

vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker

Antes de actualizar nuestra infraestructura VMware vSphere a la versión VMware vSphere 5 (nuestros hosts a ESXi 5.0) debemos ejecutar una utilidad que tenemos en el DVD de VMware vSphere 5, donde podremos comprobar sin paradas de servicio si nuestros host ESXi son compatibles para una posible actualización de versión (de VMware ESXi 4.x a VMware ESXi 5.0) gracias a vCenter Agent Pre-upgrade Check tool.

Introducing vSphere 5

This document is presented as a summary of the main new features of VMware vSphere 5 we will also try to explain the new and definitive licensing (now you also pay for RAM). Until a few days ago, the licensing of vSphere 5 even affected the free version by limiting it to 8Gb of RAM, until a few days ago they rectified it by limiting it to 32Gb (as well as the rest of the products), ya que incluso frenan la entrada de nuevos clientes. VMware se compromete a darnos 7 years of support with the version 4.1.

Installing VMware ESXi 5

With the intention of making a series of articles that show us all the elements of the new version of vSphere 5 We will see different articles (more or less simple as this one is); where we will see the installation of the new VMware ESXi hypervisor 5, In this case we will carry out an interactive and manual installation, since we could deploy it massively over the network. Before doing so, we must prepare the installation medium CD/DVD or via a USB device.

What's New in vSphere 5 and licensing

This document is presented as a summary of the main new features of VMware vSphere 5 we will also try to explain the new and definitive licensing (now you also pay for RAM!). Until a few days ago, the licensing of vSphere 5 even affected the free version by limiting it to 8Gb of RAM, until a few days ago they rectified it by limiting it to 32Gb (as well as the rest of the products), since they even stop the entry of new customers O_o In addition, VMware is committed to giving us 7 years of support with the version 4.1, See…

VMware ESXi Network Installation 5 using PXELINUX and configuration files

En este documento veremos cómo desplegar o realizar instalaciones de red de VMware ESXi 5 usando PXELINUX y archivos de configuración mediante PXE, utilizaremos un servidor DHCP que será el encargado del direccionamiento, un servidor TFTP para transmitir las imágenes mediante PXE, ficheros de configuración de los hosts (optional) en el arranque de los hosts, con esto conseguiremos de una forma automatizada disponer de tantos hosts ESXi como necesitemos de forma instantánea,