Alan Renouf

Alan Renouf is a Product Line Manager at VMware focusing on API's, SDK's and CLI's, He is responsible for providing the architects and operators of private and public cloud infrastructure with the toolkits/frameworks and command-line interfaces they require to build a fully automated software-defined datacenter. Alan is a frequent blogger at http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI a book author and has a personal blog at http://virtu-al.net. You can follow Alan on twitter as @alanrenouf.

Recent Posts

vSphere Management Assistant Deprecation

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Do you remember when the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) was introduced? If you do then I’m sure you also remember the reason! Let’s go back to the days when ESXi was not around, remember ESX? ESX had a much larger service console and managing this service console was sometimes harder than it needed to be, Read more...

Blogger Talk Show–Pilot Episode on PowerCLI

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Here at VMware we are always trying to make sure we give you the information you need in a way that you can best consume it. With this in mind, a little while ago I was asked to take part in a pilot for a new talk show VMware is looking to gain feedback on, Read more...

What’s New in vSphere 5.5 Platform–Quick Reference

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With all the new announcements at VMworld last week you will be excused for not knowing the technical advantages that have been added to the vSphere 5.5 release and specifically in the platform, with this in mind we wanted to create a quick technical overview of what’s new so you are armed with the information Read more...

Instant KB articles in the VMware Knowledge Portal

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Recently we have added the ability to access Knowledge Base (KB) resources via the VMware Knowledge Portal, the FREE iPad and Android tablet app available here: Now you can find the article you need on your portable device and use that information to resolve issues quicker and in an easily readable format. From the main Read more...

Log Insight bulk ESXi host configuration with PowerCLI

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Recently I installed vCenter Log Insight, which by the way has one of the easiest and intuitive installers and configuration wizards ever! After the Install and during the configuration you can easily add your vCenter server and vCOPs server so that monitoring can start straight away. As an extra configuration step you can extend the Read more...

Still not registered for VMworld?

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Are you still not registered for VMworld? Why not?! Let me tell you why I think you should sign up right now and make sure you attend the best event of the year… Sign up Now! Click here to find out more about VMworld 2013 and register. Read more...

Help us to improve vCenter Orchestrator

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Would you like to see new plugins for a specific product or area of your business? Is there something that bugs you about vCO? Help us to make your vCO lives better! As part of the ongoing improvement initiatives at VMware, we would like to collect your feedback through a list of questions in the Read more...

Mobile Knowledge Portal–even more content

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The Mobile Knowledge Portal is a Android Tablet and iPad App which is designed to provide a simple way for VMware customers to view technical collateral around the Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure and Infrastructure & Operations Management products. If you don’t have the app download it today from the Google Play or Apple App store Read more...

Configuring PXE to support multiple Auto Deploy Servers

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One question I constantly receive from customers is how they can use Auto Deploy with their current TFTP solution, often they may have an existing TFTP server but still want to make use of AutoDeploy stateless installs to easily deploy and manage their ESXi hosts.  This can also fall under the question of how can Read more...

Help us to help you and win a copy of VMware Fusion!

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Do you use VMware Auto Deploy? Is there a good reason you don’t use VMware Auto Deploy? Here at VMware we value our customers feedback and want to help make sure our product lines and features are in line with what is needed from your organization, as part of this we are trying to find Read more...