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vCenter Troubleshooting

You're reading from vCenter Troubleshooting Resolve some of the most commonly faced vCenter problems with the use of this troubleshooting guide

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783554034

Length 184 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

VMware Vcenter

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Chuck Mills

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

vCenter Troubleshooting

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. vCenter Upgrades and Migrations FREE CHAPTER

2. Working with the vCenter Database

3. Setting Access and Permissions

4. Monitoring and Performance Considerations

5. Working with Storage

6. Solving Some Not-so-common vCenter Issues

7. Backup and Recovery

8. Additional Support Methods and Tools

9. Troubleshooting Methods

Index

VMware vCenter Support Assistant

The VMware vCenter Support Assistant is used to collect diagnostic data on your vSphere environment. It is a free tool from VMware and is used to alert you of problems in your environment so that you can take action before they become bigger problems.

The Support Assistant performs the following functions:

Problems discovered by the vCenter Support Assistant will be reported to the vSphere Client as alarms. It sends proactive alerts along with recommended fixes. The notifications within vCenter Server will help you become aware of problems and then accordingly recommend solutions.
Allows the transmission of selected support bundles automatically by configuring the Assistant to collect support bundles selected by you and then transmits them to VMware Technical Support on a regular basis. The information will be matched against a list of known problems.
Provides the configuration of data collection times by allowing you to select the files, the collection frequency...

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Authors (1)

Chuck Mills

Chuck Mills

Chuck Mills (@vchuckmills) has been involved in virtualization technologies for more than 12 years and has focused on using those technologies to create efficient and resilient solutions for datacenters and desktops. Chuck is currently the senior technologist for Racktop Systems, Inc. in Fulton, Maryland. Prior to joining Racktop, he was the EUC practice director for GANTECH, Inc. In his previous roles, Chuck led the efforts to create multiple datacenters that were 100 percent virtualized. He coauthored VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions and has given numerous presentations regarding the benefits of virtualization, including VMworld and VMware Partner Exchange. He is a former member of the VMware Customer Council (VCC), and coleader of the Maryland VMUG, and he has been a vExpert since 2011. Chuck also maintains a blog at www.vchuck.com that is dedicated to virtualization.

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