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The Non Traditional Way to clone from Linux/Ubuntu Desktop/Laptop to VM VMware Workstation.

 The Non Traditional Way to clone from Linux/Ubuntu Desktop/Laptop to VM  VM = VMware Workstation. Reason :  I tried CloneZilla or Traditional DD commands. it was taking lot of time and was confusing. The method shown here is working for me. It may or may not for you. Steps :  1 - Create same version OS VirtualMachine on VMware workstation. this will create : fat32 - boot ext4 - OS image partition. 2 - Go to the system you want to clone ( having same version ) boot from live cd or USB boot into live cd. Reason : we need to unmount the HDD/ partition. use Gparted copy the ext4 partition from Laptop/desktop and paste it on the pendrive partition. i had created ext4 partition on the pendrive. so i did ext4 to ext4 . 3 - Boot VirtualMachine with live cd , copy the same disk ext4 files to the ext4  partition on the VM OS, by booting into live version on VM.not on regular boot. To boot into live version , you need to use few softwares 1 - Live CD as iso or live cd. 2 - Boot order setup optio

VMware - Tools for Monitoring VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V - Part 3

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Tools for Monitoring VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V - Part 3

11 - Veeam FastSCP for Microsoft Azure :
About Veeam FastSCP for Microsoft Azure - Click Here 

Features :
- Simple and reliable copy of local files to Azure VMs and back
- It’s secure file copy (no VPN needed)
- You can copy manual way (even without the need to leave the UI open)
- You can schedule a file copy jobs nightly and weekly to/from Azure VMs




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Other Useful Tools :

12 - Lightweight VMs for Home lab and Nested lab :
About Lightweight VMs for Home lab and Nested lab  :
- The UDA is a Linux based virtual appliance
- It is a PXE/TFTP/Web-front end system designed to deploy many different operating systems
– It can be used to deploy ESX4/5 in a scripted installation process.

You can see like a poor-mans Alteris or HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP). The creator of UDA is Carl Thijssen who is based in the Netherlands.

Features :
Size: 64MB RAM/SCSI HD (LSI Logic) 1GB (Thinly Provisioned)
Root Account Password: root
SSH account: VMware1!
SSH password: VMware1!

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For vSphere 5.x

13 - vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0.1
About vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0.1 :
It is a Command line tool called vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0.1 which enables you to automate the deployment of certificates for different vCenter components like SSO, vCenter, View Connection server etc.

Features :
- Provide automation of deployment

- Does not manage the actual generation of SSL certificates, which needs to be done through other methods.
- It does not deploy certificates for using in ESXi hosts, the tool manage (deploy, replace) certificates in vCenter components only.




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Generating certificates for use with the VMware SSL Certificate Automation Tool - Click Here

Deploying and using the SSL Certificate Automation Tool - Click Here

14 - Certificate Manager for vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 :
About Certificate Manager for vCenter Server Appliance 5.5  :
This tool is available only for VCSA 5.5. It’s a GUI utility JAVA based. It’s provided by VMware labs. It allows to replace certificates for vCenter Server, Inventory Service, Log Browser, and Auto Deploy and it uses GUI front end.  Graphical user interface (GUI) application to replace digital certificates on the vCenter Server Appliance.

Easily deploy by selecting the components that need digital certificates replaced. This Fling works with vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 only. In version 6.0 of vSphere the certificates are managed through vSphere Web client.

Features :
- Replacing certificates for vCenter Server, Inventory Service, Log Browzer, and Auto Deploy
- Providing Single-Sign On (SSO) that uses the same certificate as the vCenter Server certificate
- Collecting backups of previously deployed certificates and associated files
- Providing tool level logging

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15 - VMware OS Optimization tool :
About VMware OS Optimization tool :
It can optimize different settings which slowing down the VDI desktops when using default settings only. Many services, registry settings, schedulled tasks etc.

Features :
- It has updated templates for Windows 7/8 – based on VMware’s OS Optimization Guide,
- New templates for Windows 2008/2012 RDSH servers for use as a desktop,
- Single portal EXE design for ease of deployment and distribution,
- Combination of Remote and Local tools into one tool,
- Better template management, with built in and user-definable templates,
- Results report export feature.



Various bug fixes, usability enhancements, and GUI layout updates.

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