Changing Language of vSphere Client for ESXi host

Hi,

I was recently part of a discussion where there was a requirement on the customer's end to change the Language on DCUI of ESXi server as by default its using English.

Not sure about the exact reason to change the language but there is a file you can edit to change the Language of vSphere Client (C#) so here comes the bad NEWS. Technically its NOT possible to change the Language of DCUI. It will be English only.

You can connect to ESXi host with any of the following 6 Languages.

English: /?locale=en_US
German: /?locale=de_DE
French: /?locale=fr_FR
Japanese: /?locale=ja_JP
Korean: /?locale=ko_KR
Chinese: /?locale=zh_CN

In order to select the language, you need to append the language to the end of the vpxclient executable (vpxclient.exe) which is shown in the following example through command line French is selected:

"C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -locale fr_FR

There are few articles published around the same subject matter so refer them according to your requirements.

Forcing a localized vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client installation to launch in a localized language/English


Why does my vSphere Client on French Operating System display in English when I connect to vCenter 

Hope you find this useful !!

Share and care !

Thanks for your time.

VMware NSX Resources

Hello,

As NSX and VSAN are the future and now everyone is looking for the resources on both these products.

Duncan Epping has listed all the resources of VSAN on his website which gave me an idea to do the same for NSX (VMware's Network Virtualization).


Learning / WhitePapers :

VMware NSX Walkthrough 

VMware NSX Resources Page

VMware NSX Network Virtualization Design Guide

VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals (3 hours Self-paced Course)

Customer Use Case by NTT

VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform

VMware NSX on Cisco Nexus 7K and UCS Design Guide 

Combining VMware NSX with Palo Alto Networks

NSX vSphere Design Guide ver 2.1

NSX Multi Hypervisor Network Virtualization Design Guide Ver 4.2

Getting Started Guide for NSX vSphere 

Securing NSX vSphere Ver. 1.0

Getting Started with Micro-Segmentation with NSX vSphere


SDDC operations and solutions

EMC Smarts, RiverBed, Brocade, Tufin, Gigamon

Official Documentation : http://pubs.vmware.com/NSX-6/index.jsp


Labs :

HOL-SDC-1303 VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform
HOL-SDC-1319 Tech Preview : VMware NSX for Multi-Hypervisor Environments



Videos/Podcast :

By Hany Michael


Deploying the NSX Virtual Appliance
Deploying the NSX Controllers
Preparing Hosts and Configuring Unicast VXLAN
Configuring a Logical Switch


By VMware NSX TV on Youtube

VMware NSX - Operational Visibility Across Virtual and Physical Domains
Network Automation with NSX
Service Composer
Activity Monitoring
Verify EPIC Access
Block Finance to EPIC
User Access to Apps
VM Activity
VM Level Activity

Videos by NSX Partners

NSX Demo Video

Youtube NSX channel

At VMworld 2013

Under the Hood Network Virtualization with OpenStack
Session NET5847 Introducing to NSX
Network Virtualization : Moving Beyond  the Obvious
Interview with Bruce Davie at VMworld about NSX
Nicira for Open, Flexible and Virtualized Networking
Interview with Martin Casado
General Session Annoucement at VMworld Barcelona


VMworld 2012

NET 5520 - VMware NSX Integration with OpenStack

By Brad Hedlund

Video Interview at VMworld about NSX
Virtualization Security Round Table : VMware NSX
VMware's approach to SDN from Brad Hedlund

By IpSpace (Ivan Pepelnjak)
NSX Architecture Videos

VMUG NSX series


VMworld 2014 Session for NSX and SDDC

http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/2014/08/vmworld-2014-networking-security-session-guide.html

VMworld Session for NSX

NSX Training Video by Jason Nash on Pluralsight


Certifications :

VMware Certification Road Map on VCA-NV, VCP-NV, VCIx-NV and VCDX-NV (Sign up if Interested in VCIX-NV)

Linkedin Group for VMware NV Certifications

VCP-NV Certfication

NSX Fast Track for Internetworking Experts - VCIX-NV (Now Available)

VCDX-NV Certification

NSX: Design & Deploy (sign up Available)

NSX Troubleshooting Workshop (sign up Available)

Diagrams :


By Hany Michael :

VMware NSX for vSphere - Systems Architecture

VMware NSX with vCloud Director - External Portal Access
VMware NSX with vCloud Director - Remote VPN Access

By Greg Ferro

NSX - Before and After Traffic Diagrams

By Anthony Burke :

VMware NSX for vSphere Architecture v0.2

By Ivan Pepelnjak :

NSX Architecture



Other blogs and Presentations :

By VMware : 

VMware NSX

NSX Availability 

VMware Communities for NSX

Google + community for NSX

By Brad Hedlund :

NSX Convergence and Reforming operational visibility for the SDDC
Seven Reasons VMware NSX, Cisco UCS adn Nexus are more awesome together
NSX Distributed Firewall

By Scott Lowe :

Handling the NVP to NSX Transition

By Anthony Burke :
VMware NSX is here and Now

By Erik Scholten :
Introduction to VMware NSX
VMware NSX Distributed Services

By Techtarget

By CRN

By Network Computing

By Forbes

By Moor Insights & Strategy

By Virtualized Geek

By Greg Ferro

By SDN Central

By Virtualization Practice

By The Register-co-uk

By Network Computing

By Packetpushers : Real World SDN

By Ivan Pepelnjak: NSX Architecture

VMware NSX Defining the Problem

Why is Network Virtualization so Hard?



Sales:
Contact


Support :

By Nicira : Support Page


NSX Training
http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=48389&ui=www_edu

NSX ICM 6.0 course for 5 Days

Social Groups / Community

Linked Group created by yours Truly

Google Plus Community by Angelo Luciani


I will try to keep this page updated as and when receives any feedback or RSS Feeds but you can always leaves the Feedback and I will try to update the post at the earliest.

Share and care as NSX is the Future of Virtualized Networking.

Thanks

Latest Updates for ESXi, vCenter, SRM and Update Manager

VMware has released today the latest patches for the following products



- VMware ESXi Server 5.1 P03 


- VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1c 


- vSphere Site Recovery Manager 5.0.3 


- VMware vSphere 5.0 Update 3 


- VMware Update Manager 5.0 Update 3


For more information refer to the following KB articles

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2055559 

You can also check the release notes for the bug fixes and read out the contents of each article which describes the specific issues fixed for each product.

Enjoy patching and updating !! Make your environment secure.

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VCAP Design Boot Camp

Hello,

Recently John Arrasjid @VCDX001 Tweeted about doing a VCAP Design Boot camp and invited people from the Community who possess VCAP certification (in any order) to contribute to the idea.

I am one of them who was lucky to have the spot and able to add inputs and provide Feedback.
The great thing about this Boot Camp is that its covering all the VCAP level Design certification tracks viz in View (EUC), Datacenter (DCV) and vCloud  (Cloud) areas. And not only that it has the resources available through VMware Education as well as from any additional External resources which helps a candidate achieving the certification depending on his/her expertise.

John has done a fantastic work after moving in to VMware Education Group and I am sure this will help people plan their paths and achieve the same with proper resources on hand. A big Congrats and Thanks to others who ever contributed to this idea and make it happen a Great Help for the VMware community.


This boot camp involves the Process, Exam Formats, Simulation Tool for each track so that candidate can be made aware of the what the Exam will look like and what kind of Questions he/she will get and by having the proper balance between the nature of the questions, resources etc. it will help one to do proper planning to go for this Cert and achieve them.


More details about the Barcelona Boot Camp you can find on the community page.

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/458743

The Boot Camp will be held on October 13th 2013 at 9.30 A.M. and will be Led  by John Arrasjid, Jon Hall and Linus Bourque. All from VMware.

Attendance will be First come First Serve basis so make sure you register for it on time. One needs to send the information to mbrunstad@vmware.com before Oct 10th 2013.

Hope you find the information from this VCAP Design Boot Camp useful and spread the word.

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Download vSphere 5.5 with other Suites

vSphere 5.5. downloads are available from today so after the long wait since the Announcement was made at VMworld


 ESXi / vCenter Server

• ESXi 5.5
• vCenter Server 5.5
  
• vSphere App HA 1.0
  
• vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 5.5

Networking 

• VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.0

• Cisco Nexus 1000v for 5.5
  Note: Please refer the compatibility guide on Cisco's for your vCenter if running SRM and other on Nexus 1000v
     

vCOPS

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager Standard 5.7.2

SRM, VDP & VR

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager Standard 5.7.2
  
• vSphere Data Protection 5.5.1
  
• vSphere Replication 5.5

CLI

• vSphere CLI 5.5
  
• vSphere PowerCLI 5.5
  
• vSphere Management Assistant 5.5
  

vCO

• vCenter Orchestrator Appliance 5.5
  

 vCloud

• VMware vCloud Automation Center 5.2.0
  
• VMware vCloud Director 5.5.0

Please choke the Internet by downloading the bits :-) and Happy upgrading your production systems and also your favorite Home Labs.

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