Monthly Archives: February 2012

vSphere-land 2012 voting results

Congrats to all those who made the list on vSphere-land.com for the top VMware blogs in 2012. http://vsphere-land.com/news/top-blog-2012-results.html I'm way down on the list at # 143, but it's still nice to be noticed. Thank you to those who voted for me.

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HostNetworkSystem.UpdateNetworkConfig fail

Ever get this error when you try to migrate a standard switch vmkernel port to a DvS? "Call "HostNetworkSystem.UpdateNetworkConfig" for object "networkSystem-64" on vCenter Server "vCenter.company.com" failed." It is most likly because the SvS is being used by something. In my case, it was the "Core Dump" feature utilizing the SvS. From the command line, [...]

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Easy as pie – Nexus 1000V Installation Management Center

New to release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) is the IMC. Forget installing the Nexus 1000v in 7 minutes, the installation management center will get you there in 4 minutes! This GUI makes it super easy to deploy the appliance. Before, you had to deploy an ova, step thru the config wizard and then use a java web page [...]

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