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  • Killing in the name of


    Yellow BricksAuthority Authority: 495
    Since vSphere has been introduced more and more of my customers are migrating to ESXi. It makes sense as the thin hypervisor is the way of the future according to VMware. One common used argument by the admins to not use ESXi is killing a rogue VM. Normally an SSH session would be opened to the Service Console and ...
    20 hours ago
  • Upgrade warning for ESX 4 U1 – possible VM loss


    Microsoft Patch WatchAuthority Authority: 159
    There are 6 replies, with the last one on 11/26/2009 at 09:52:06 AM by chamezzzz Quote: Can you not Shift + R to roll back to your before status. From [PDF] http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_upgrade_guide.pdf Roll Back an ESXi Update, Patch, or Upgrade For purposes of rollback, the term update refers to ...
    1 day ago
  • New whitepapers


    Yellow BricksAuthority Authority: 495
    VMware just published two whitepapers. I hadn’t noticed them yet and especially the second one is a very good read! VMCI Socket Performance The VMCI (Virtual Machine Communication Interface) device allows fast, efficient communication between virtual machines running on the same host, without using the guest ...
    1 day ago
  • 2 for 1 offer at Trainsignal for any training


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    If you want your skills to be as sharp as possible, you have a chance and benefit from this promotion at Trainsignal, the market leader for Video learning courses for everyone who wants to learn more and get certified for VCP 4 or Windows 2008. Those learning courses are not only for IT professionals but ...
    3 days ago
  • New feature with VMware vSphere Update 1


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    VMware vSphere Agent Pre-upgrade Check One of the visible thinks you can see when you first execute the installation of vCenter Server is Agent Pre-Upgrade check. What is it?  This feature just ensure that the update process will go well.  It check if all the hosts in your environment are having the necessary ...
    4 days ago
  • Planning for vSphere: Key Considerations for a Successful Deployment


    Petri IT KnowledgebaseAuthority Authority: 408
    The fundamental assumption in all my vSphere4 articles is obviously that you are intending to carry out all the work yourself, rather than bring in outside experts to do it for you. I believe that none of the procedures involved should be beyond the skill level of the average IT Manager, provided they put in the ...
    5 days ago
  • How to Install VMWare ESX Server from a USB flash drive


    SEO, Internet, Web 2.0, Software, Technology News & ReviewsAuthority Authority: 92
    Like many of you (I am guessing) I have an old PC and at least 5 hard disks lying around which I thought I’ll put in good use. So I decided to make a NAS server. And I thought the PC I’ve got isn’t that bad (dual core, 3GB ram, etc. etc.) so why not make it so that I can run another OS if I want. So there came ...
    1 week ago
  • Nice to have Ware – RVTools – updated to 2.7.1


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    RVTools – a great little application has been updated few days ago. RVTools is a small .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines. Rob de Veij has updated and added some new features to this “ Nice to have Ware ” tool for VMware vSphere 4. ...
    1 week ago
  • ESX(i) 4.0 -> ESX(i) 4.0 U1 update


    Yellow BricksAuthority Authority: 495
    My colleague Lee Dilworth just emailed me the following. Those who are running vSphere ESX(i) and have the Cisco Nexus1000v installed might want to read this: If your customers are on ESXi/ESX 4.0 and want to update to U1 using the vihostupdate then first they need to read this new KB: ...
    1 week ago
  • vSphere 4 update 1 released last night


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    vSphere 4 update 1 released. Just saw the news on Jason’s site . It’s the long time awaited vSphere 4 update 1 which has been released last night. But not only. Together with ESX 4, ESXi 4 and vCenter Server there are updates available for other products, to insure the compatibility and reliability. For ...
    1 week ago
  • vSphere ESX/vCenter 4.0 Update 1


    Yellow BricksAuthority Authority: 495
    VMware just released ESX 4.0 Update 1 and vCenter 4.0 Update 1. Most people have already reported on this by now. Two things that stood out for me personally is the following: HA Cluster Configuration Maximum — HA clusters can now support 160 virtual machines per host in HA Cluster of 8 hosts or less. The ...
    1 week ago
  • VMware SRM 4 video explaining installation steps for Shared Recovery Site


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    With a recent release of VMware SRM 4, there has been also a new feature introduced. VMware SRM was released few weeks back . SRM 4.0 is fully compatible with VMware vSphere 4. VMWare Site Recovery helps you create and successfully test recovery plans for your datacenter. VMware SRM is used to protect the ...
    1 week ago
  • vSphere 4 Update 1 released


    VMGuru.nl - I choose (a virtual) life!Authority Authority: 123
    Last night VMware has released Update 1 for ESXi 4, ESX 4, and vCenter server 4.According to the release notes Update 1 includes the following improvements:Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2;Support for View 4;Support for 160 VMs per host in a HA cluster with 8 hosts or less;Increased vCPUs per core ...
    1 week ago
  • Backing up Free version of VMware ESXi 4 with Free VCBGhetto v.2


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    Free backup tool GhettoVCB2 was released. There has been new version of free script for backing up the VMware’s free version of ESXi 4 . As you shoud know (and I’m sure you do), with the free version of ESXi you don’t have a console (unless you use the unsupported mode – not recommended, only to use ...
    1 week ago
  • in the ghetto….


    Yellow BricksAuthority Authority: 495
    William Lam just updated two of his most popular scripts. If you haven’t looked at them yet, make sure you do as they are worth it. ghettoVCB(g2) enables the backup of virtual machines residing on either an ESX or ESXi host. ghettoVCBg2 is a complete rewritten and enhanced version of ghettoVCB or as William puts it ...
    1 week ago
  • Virtualization Short Take #31


    blog.scottlowe.orgAuthority Authority: 520
    Welcome back to yet another Virtualization Short Take! Here is a collection of virtualization-related items—some recent, some not, but hopefully all interesting and/or useful. Matt Hensley posted a link to this VIOPS document on how to setup VMware SRM 4.0 with an EMC Celerra storage array. I haven’t had the ...
    1 week ago
  • Project Onyx, for non scripting people…


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    Project ONYX is a very interesting initiative from The PowerCLI team. What is Onyx and how it can helps you to write scripts. I never write scripts. I’m not a programmer. The only think I can do is to adapt existing scripts a little.. that’s all. I’m sure that I’m not alone. Not everyone wants and can write ...
    1 week ago
  • Thik or thin, that is a question?


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    New performance whitepaper from VROOM blog . If you ever doubted any performance issues due to using Thin provisioned disks , you should read this whitepaper. In fact there are just very little performance loss (if any) when using thin disks. The benefit of using thin disks over thick disks is quite big as you can ...
    1 week ago
  • The number of virtual environements will be multiplied by 10 during the next 2 years


    ESX VirtualizationAuthority Authority: 131
    There has been held an Virtualization event in Prague (Czech Republic) the 3rd of this months called Virtualization Forum 2009 . One of the attendants Petr Buchmaier is also an author of Czech website windowsportal.cz with a virtualization section.  Even though the websites are in Czech language and also the ...
    1 week ago
  • iSCSI Super Friends


    VMGuru.nl - I choose (a virtual) life!Authority Authority: 123
    Since last week I’ve got a new assignment which is a long way from home. Next to the downsides of traveling 5 hours a day and staying in hotels, it certainly has advantages.During my 5 hour drive or when I’m staying in a hotel i have time to listen to the VMware Community Roundtable podcasts [...]
    1 week ago

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