ESXi 5.1 – Ceyhun KIRMIZITAS

30Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 and ESXi 5.1 Update 1 Released

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[caption id="attachment_561" align="alignnone" width="303"] VMware vSphere 5.1 Update 1[/caption] April 25th, VMware released vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 and ESXi 5.1 Update 1. This release offers the following improvements: vCenter Server is now supported on Windows Server 2012 Additional vCenter Server Database Support: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Additional Guest Operating System Customization Support: Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 Ubuntu12.04 RHEL 5.9 Resolved Issues: This release delivers a number of bug fixes that have been documented in the Resolved Issues section in release notes. All new vSphere features are available only through the vSphere Web Client. vSphere Client will continue to operate, but not exposing any of the new features in vSphere 5.1. vSphere 5.1 and its subsequent update and patch releases are the…

21Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

How to Join VMware ESXi 5.1 to Active Directory Domain

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It’s important to join your ESXi host to a Windows domain if there is one present in your architecture. By allowing AD to authenticate, you can simply delegate permissions based on your AD groups such as the Domain Admins’ group. Steps to enable Active Directory authentication: Log in to your ESXi hosts locally and click on Configuration. On the left side of the dialog, select Authentication Services and then click Properties. From the Select Directory Services Type drop-down, choose Active Directory. In the domain settings, you can add your domain in one of two ways: Simply add mydomain.local; this will add the computer account for ESXi in the default Computers OU. To specify a different OU where you want the ESXi computer account to be located, use this format: mydomain.local/vsphere.…

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