VMFS or NFS
We are outgrowing our current storage capabilities, and virtualization is one of main “customers” that is causing this. So we are now looking for a 2nd storage that will enable us to …
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Lately I have been asked more and more to install an ESXi system on a whitebox. Why you may ask - because users (we are a R&D company) are asking to have a box with multiple operating systems with …
Bug in SNMP traps sent from vCenter
I encountered this today. I was trying to configure the alarm for datastore usage. Relatively simple operation - there is even a built in alarm for this in vCenter So I configured the alarm to fire to …
vCenter PowerCLI Migration Script
As I promised in a previous post I wanted to migrate from a vCenter to whole new machine Process was: Export folders Export VM locations in Folders Export Permissions Export Custom Attributes Create …
Bad VM! Bad VM!!
I had an issue today with a slowly responding ESX 3.5 Host. When going into the Host – it was visible that pCPU0 was running constantly at 90-100%. In esxtop I saw that the console process was running …
Upgrade vCenter pt. 2
As much as some of the Virtualization community would like - vCenter is a Windows application that means no Linux. VMware have released a CTP of an appliance that will run on Linux, but if you ask me …
Upgrade vCenter pt. 1
To continue my experiences and planning for the upgrade to vSphere, here is the next stage. To Upgrade / Re-install - that is the question (and it is a very good one if I may say so). Here are some of …
Adding ESX 3.5 Servers to vCenter 4.0
I came across this today while performing and migration from vCenter 2.5 to vCenter 4.0 When adding an ESX 3.5 Server you will need to provide a license for the host. vCenter 2.5 uses a separate …
Travelling Down 5th ave. - at 180 KMH
Today I got an urgent call from an administrator saying that he had one machine that “had started to crawl. It was working fine yesterday!!!” So I pulled out my VI client. First thing you look for is …
Understanding the Upgrade Process - MJTV2
To continue my experiences and planning for the upgrade to vSphere, here is the next stage. First and foremost you have to understand what the process is for upgrading your environment. So off I went …