VMware vCenter Monitoring and Alerts
Learn how to monitor ESXi hosts, virtual machines, datastores, networks, and vCenter Server health, then configure actionable alarms, email notifications, and SNMP alerts to detect infrastructure problems early.
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Managing vCenter Users, Roles and Permissions
Learn how to control administrator access in VMware vCenter Server by managing identity sources, creating roles, assigning privileges and applying permissions to inventory objects.
vCenter Server Backup Best Practices
vCenter Server Backup Best Practices: A Complete Guide for VCSA 8.x and 9.x 📅 Published: October 26, 2026 ✍️ By Khurram Shahzad 🏷️ VMware · vCenter · vSphere · Backup & DR ⏱️ 13 min read vCenter Backup target 3-2-1…
vCenter Server Backup Best Practices
vCenter's file-based backup captures the appliance's core configuration and inventory, and can optionally include historical data such as statistics, events and tasks. When you start a backup you choose which data to include
How to Reset the vCenter Root Password (VCSA 7.x, 8.x and 9.x): Step-by-Step Guide
The root account on a VCSA controls the appliance itself: its network settings, services, updates, backups and the Appliance Management Interface (VAMI). Losing it is stressful, but there are three supported ways to recover, and the best one does not even need a reboot.