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Sudo can be used to remove the necessity of using the 'root' user for commands requiring super user privileges. It will also then log what commands each user has ran in /var/log/secure. To set this up you needs to do the following:
I found a problem with the way the license files are generated by VMware and read by the license server.
I was checking the current licensing numbers via VirtualCenter and the FlexLM license server. It was showing there were 8 x 1/cpu for each product (ESX, HA, DRS etc). This is double what it actually shows in the license portal.
This is a guide to the process of updating VMware vCenter Server. Its intention is to give an overview of the steps involved rather than going into too much detail, as this can vary from version to version.
Detailed guides are available for:
I recently came across a problem that was causing the "VMware VirtualCenter Server Service" to fail to start.
After a while the "Getting Started" tabs in VI client can get a bit annoying. But dont worry you can remove them.
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