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Automate Backup of the VCSA to the vMA

January 19, 2017 herseyc 6 Comments backup, crontab, VCSA, vMA

Recently I did a post on how to Target the vMA for VCSA Backups. This post takes things a step further and automates the backup of the VCSA using a shell script, the vCenter Appliance REST API, and cron on the vMA.

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Target the vMA for VCSA Backups

January 16, 2017 herseyc 0 Comments backup, vcenter, VCSA, vMA, vsphere

One handy new feature available with vSphere 6.5 is the ability to take a supported backup of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) configuration and database. VCSA backups can be transferred to a target using HTTP/S, FTP/S, and SCP. This post walks through backing up the VCSA using SCP to target the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) to store the backup.

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Adding a /workspace Disk to the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

January 15, 2017 herseyc 0 Comments disk, vMA, vSphere Management Assistant

The vMA is deployed with a single 3 GB disk with about 1 GB available after deployment. This post walks through adding a disk to the vMA appliance to provide additional storage for scripts, logs, VIBs, iso, backups, etc.

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Learning the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

September 25, 2016 herseyc 0 Comments credentials, esxcli, esxi, vcenter, vi-fastpass, vMA

It has been a good while since I have worked with vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). I used it fairly often when I was managing a vSphere environment. Since I am teaching the vSphere Optimize and Scale class during the winter semester I spun up the vMA in the homelab to re-introduce myself to it.

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AutoLab Video Series Part 5 – Deploying the vMA

June 15, 2014 herseyc 0 Comments autolab, vMA, vsphere, Workstation

This fifth video in my AutoLab Video Series covers downloading, deploying, configuring, and using the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) virtual appliance in the AutoLab vSphere environment.

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Morning vHealth Email From vSphere Health Check Report Script

December 30, 2011 herseyc 2 Comments crontab, health check, report, vMA, vmware

The VMware vSphere Health Check Report is a free script written by @lamw (Check out his site virtuallyGhetto for some

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Enable SNMP Polling on an ESXi host

July 27, 2011 herseyc 0 Comments FastPass, snmp, vicfg-snmp, vMA

When using a third party network monitoring program (like Solarwinds Orion) you need to enable SNMP on your ESXi hosts.

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Saving a custom resxtop configuration

July 18, 2011 herseyc 0 Comments resxtop, vMA, vSphere Management Assistant

The resxtop utility can be run from the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA). The resxtop utility is used to monitor CPU,

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