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What Happened to Export a VM in ESX4i?

I have been meaning to blog about this for a while so hear it is. One of the features I used in ESX3i was the option to export a VM once it was powered off. This made the option of moving a VM off a …

  • Tools
  • ESX3i
  • Management
  • Administration
6 min read

ESXi patches - My Response to Jeff Woolsey

Jeff Woolsey posted a comparison of disk footprint of ESXi and Windows 2008 Hyper-V server. Not getting into what I think of it yet, just a few facts and misconceptions before I start. Since then …

  • Microsoft
  • Security
  • ESX3i
  • Windows
4 min read

Storage DRS and New things at VMWorld 2009

It is less than 1 month to VMWorld 2009 in the Moscone Center in San Francisco (August 31-September 3, 2009). A great conference to start with, and picking up more and more momentum as we draw closer. …

  • Virtualization
  • Management
  • VMotion
  • VMworld
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Happy Sysadmin Day

Very quick post for this morning Show your appreciation for SysAdmin - https://www.sysadminday.com Lots more here

  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
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Install ESX on your Laptop - I had a Crazy Idea

And so this started today with a Twitter post. If you know it or not I am a big enthusiast of trying to install ESX on all kinds of hardware - especially Whiteboxes that are not on the HCL. I have …

  • Miscellaneous
  • Whitebox
  • VMware
  • ESX4i
3 min read

VI client Install in Disconnected Environments

Yes disconnected environments do exist! I mean completely and totally disconnected. NO INTERNET!!! Well I had one of those today. My customer has a network which is completely and physically …

  • Virtualization
  • ESX3i
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
5 min read

How Heavy is your ESX Load?

Well ok.. This could be taken the wrong way (and all of your with the dirty minds should be ashamed of yourselves - ha ha). On one of my previous posts - How Much Ram per Host - a.k.a Lego - I gave a …

  • Administration
  • VMware
  • ESX
  • Troubleshooting
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Promotional Drawing for Free VMworld Pass

No I am not offering one - VMware is. Hot off the press from Twitter - starts now until Midnight - July 24, 2009. The idea is for you to register for the conference and therefore become eligible to …

  • VMworld
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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VMware Workstation & Unity

One of the little known features but, at least I think so, the coolest gems in the last few versions of VMware Workstation is Unity Mode. Access applications within virtual machines as if they were …

  • Tools
  • Workstation
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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Presentations from an Israel VMUG

I was waiting for these to come in they have arrived, and I think that you all could benefit from these presentations. vSphere, What’s New? - Technical Overview - Ofir Zamir (Team Leader SEs, …

  • Virtualization
  • VMUG
  • vSphere
  • Miscellaneous