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• Using storage vMotion or using an Extent to gain space on the LUN

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  VMFS – Virtual Machine File Cluster with a possibility to dynamically expand a volume. I found this video on YouTube, where Satyam Vaghani – Senior VMware Engineer – explains which choice customers are having when they short on space on their LUN. Basically the VMFS file system has the possibility to make ...
  12 hours ago

• Block sizes, think before you decide

  
  Yellow Bricks — Authority: 464
  I wrote about block sizes a couple of times already but I had the same discussion twice over the last couple of weeks at a customer site and on Twitter( @VirtualKenneth ) so lets recap. First the three articles that started these discussions: vSphere VM Snapshots and block size , That’s why I love blogging… and ...
  1 day ago

• HA admission control, the answers…

  
  Yellow Bricks — Authority: 464
  I received a whole bunch of questions around my two latest posts on HA admission control. I added all the info to my HA Deepdive page but just in case you don’t regularly read that section I will post them here as well: The default of 256Mhz when no reservations are set is too conservative in my environment. ...
  2 days ago

• How-to manage licenses in VMware vSphere 4 video

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  Managing licensing keys in vCenter This video from VMware Kb blog is showing that managing licensing keys in vSphere is made much more easier than it was the case in ESX 3. Basically what you need to do to manage your licenses is that you need to access with your Virtual Infrastructure client (VI client) your ...
  2 days ago

• Database Communication Error in CUCM 7

  
  CCIE Talk — Authority: 113
  First time I ran into this issue was back when I was changing the IP addresses of my CUCM Pub and Sub to match the IPX workbooks. While building the VMs, I did not realize and assigned the home network IP subnet 192.168.x.x to these servers. When I changed the IPs, all hell broke lose [...]
  2 days ago

• Gateway 9415 1u Rack Mount Server With Vmware Esxi

  
  VM Times — Authority: 154
  Hey VM Gurus, here are some more auctions:NEW – How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX ServerUS $37.46 End Date: Sunday Nov-08-2009 10:12:21 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $37.46Buy it now | Add to watch listGateway 9415 1U Rack Mount Server with VMWARE ESXiUS $100.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Nov-08-2009 10:33:18 PSTBuy ...
  3 days ago

• How to avoid HA slot sizing issues with reservations?

  
  Yellow Bricks — Authority: 464
  Can I avoid large HA slot sizes due to reservations without resorting to advanced settings? That’s the question I get almost daily. The answer used to be NO. HA uses reservations to calculate the slot size and there’s no way to tell HA to ignore them without using advanced settings pre-vSphere. So there is your ...
  4 days ago

• Free VMware Workstation 7 Fundamentals Course

  
  VMGuru.nl - I choose (a virtual) life! — Authority: 123
  For everyone who is new to VMware Workstation 7 and as a refreshment course for all other VMware workstation users, VMware has released a Free online course you can follow.I must say version 7 of VMware Workstation is a lot faster with starting up and booting virtual machines then version 6.5 was. One very nifty [...]
  5 days ago

• Thin provisioning how could you live without it?

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  If you just starting with VMware Virtualization and want to learn some new features comming with vSphere 4 just read on. Thin provisioning feature which comes with vSphere 4 is cool enough to talk about . Actually I’m even asking myself how come that I could live without it? Thin provisioning can save you a ...
  6 days ago

• Gateway 9415 1u Rack Mount Server With Vmware Esxi

  
  VM Times — Authority: 154
  Hey VM Gurus, here are some more auctions:NEW – How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX ServerUS $37.46 End Date: Sunday Nov-08-2009 10:12:21 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $37.46Buy it now | Add to watch listGateway 9415 1U Rack Mount Server with VMWARE ESXiUS $100.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Nov-08-2009 10:33:18 PSTBuy ...
  6 days ago

• Virtual Infrastructure best practices

  
  VMGuru.nl - I choose (a virtual) life! — Authority: 123
  Lately I keep receiving questions from colleagues regarding virtual infrastructure design using VMware products. So I decided to sum up the best practices I use when designing a new virtual infrastructure. Some of the best practices are based on numbers and calculations but others are pretty obvious. Nevertheless you ...
  1 week ago

• Installing UCCX 7 on VMware ESXi

  
  CCIE Talk — Authority: 113
  Installing UCCX is NOT easy because of the fact that it is a Windows based install and Cisco does not let you install it on a VM. I will start with first creating a new VM and then how to get the UCCX up and running. I will only go as far as the activation [...]
  1 week ago

• Is there enough support for ESXi already

  
  Gabes Virtual World — Authority: 110
  We all know that the future version of vSphere will probably only be the ESXi version. At least, this is what VMware’s aim is for ESX5. Because it is wise to already get used to ESXi now to get... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 week ago

• Layers and Layers of FUD

  
  VCritical — Authority: 116
  Unbelievable.  That old tale about VMware adding an extra layer is still being told in the Microsoft Virtualization Comparison Brochure .  Pretty surprising, and not at all honest — using the term layer implies a particular order or hierarchy, not merely quantity.  And what on earth is the virtualization ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t fear using scripts any more… with Virtu-Al’s power pack

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  Power Pack for PowerGUI and VESI from Virtu-Al Aren’t your little bit afraid when it comes to using scripting for your Virtual Infrasctructure? You think that scripts its not for you? You think that you must be a programmer or so? Not any more. With Alain Renouf’s PowerPack for VESI and PowerGUI you don’t ...
  1 week ago

• Starwind iSCSI SAN 5.0 is out with HA feature

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  Starwind just released a version 5.0 of iSCSI SAN software for Windows. The new version of Starwind iSCSI SAN was just released by Starwindsoftware . With easier setup (no need to install startport driver anymore) and feature like High availability . The HA feature provides automatic failover in case one node ...
  1 week ago

• How to access USB and Other PCI Devices in VMware ESXi4 VMs with VMDirectPath

  
  Petri IT Knowledgebase — Authority: 405
  Introduction to VMDirectPath Although hardware independence is fundamental to many of the advantages of virtualization it also creates a problem when you need to connect a specific hardware device to a virtual machine. Although SCSI passthrough has been available in ESX for some time accessing other types of device, ...
  1 week ago

• When VMware ESX & When VMware ESXi

  
  Virtualization Team — Authority: 91
  I have seen tons of articles talking about the differences between VMware ESX & VMware ESXi, but I have not seen many that discuss when to use them. I have noticed that many of my customers get even more confused when reading comparisons between the two, as not all of them have deep understanding of [...]
  1 week ago

• Using tasks, events and alarms in vCenter

  
  ESX Virtualization — Authority: 128
  Today I watched a video from the second DVD of the new Trainsignal’s vSphere 4 learning course . In this video David Davis explained to me what for are tasks, scheduled tasks, how to use them . Really cool stuff. I did not know that the configuration of SNNP inside vCenter was so easy…. Still inside of ...
  1 week ago

• Installing ESXi / vSphere version 4 and more

  
  Davids Cisco Networking Blog — Authority: 116
  Tom Finnis, Technical Operations Manager for Help4IT, has recently written some excellent articles on VMware vSphere and ESX over at the Petri IT Knowledgebase.  Here are some of the VMware-related articles that he wrote: How to Set Up Your Own VMware ESXi4 Server An Intro to Virtualization with VMware ...
  1 week ago

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