This chapter excerpt on Installing and Configuring vCenter Server (download PDF) is taken from the book VMware vSphere 4 Administration Instant Reference. This book provides information on the ins and ...

VMware has issued a security advisory addressing critical vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, including remote code execution and local privilege escalation flaws. VMware vCenter Server is a central ...

VMware offers dozens of products, but at its core are vCenter and vSphere. Understanding VMware's vCenter and vSphere pricing is critical to determine whether VMware virtualization is right for an ...

The appliance model is here to stay and when done correctly, it works well. That's the case with the vCenter Server Appliance, which I've been using for a while in various capacities, including some ...

One of the tasks I used to neglect in my lab was backing up my vCenter Sever appliance (VCSA). I did so because I always figured the time it took to back it up was greater than the time it would take ...

There are several reasons to move your VMWare vCenter server to new hardware. You might want to replace an aging machine that has become less stable, or you might want to take advantage of newer ...

VMware informed customers today that vCenter Server 8.0 (the latest version) is still waiting for a patch to address a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability disclosed in November 2021. This ...

A suspected China-nexus actor exploits CVE-2026-59310, compromising an estimated 361 IPs in 47 countries and gaining root ...

If the Migrate option is grayed out for a virtual machine in VMware, you won’t be able to move the VM to another host or datastore. This issue usually occurs in VMware vCenter when the VM is stuck in ...