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Archive for January, 2010
Restoring hidden files in vRanger Pro
Jan 15th
When performing a file level restore, vRanger Pro normally shows the list of files excluding hidden files. To work around this, you simply need to navigate to the directory where the file level restore is being mounted as the vRanger Pro service account. (%USER PROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp\FLR)
For example – I have a Windows 2008 VM that I want to restore some data from C:\ProgramData. In the GUI for File level restore I see this:
As you can see the directory ProgramData is not there, because it is hidden. So I browse to the vRanger Service account’s directory (Administrator.Demo) and I can see More >
Work in Progress – Part 2
Jan 10th
I’ve made the switch to WordPress for my blog, and over the next week or so I will be updating the theme a bit as well as content. Please let me know what you think!
Thomas
Associating Custom Attributes in vFoglight
Jan 10th
I am often asked how to associate a custom attribute in vCenter to a group in vFoglight. To do this in vFoglight we create a Service. For an example I’m going to use the Custom Attribute called “Business Unit” to create service for all VMs that have “Business Unit” set to “Sales”
First, we need to turn on Custom Attribute collection. In vFoglight Pro 6.0, the default collection is to not collect CA’s. To change this, we must navigate to the collector installation path.
- If you have a default installation it is C:\Program Files\Vizioncore\vFoglight\VMware Agent
- Edit the FoglightAgent.WinService.exe.config with your favorite text editor
- Look More >
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