Always look at your OS versions.
This evening I started to create a Windows 2008 R2 Template for my environment. I created the VM with the assistance of this walkthrough adding my own tweaks along the way. I then tried to import the …
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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 …
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 …
ESX Disconnecting from vCenter
I got a call today from a colleague that had an issue with an ESX Server that was behind a firewall that kept on disconnecting every 30 seconds, and he could not understand why. I remember that I had …
Benefits and Justification - MJTV1
Firstly, you might ask what is MJTV1? I was thinking that I would like to tag all my posts for this series with something to be easy to recognize it by. So no it is not Michael Jackson TV 1, but …
Once Upon a Performance Issue
if you were following me on Twitter - you would have noticed this week that I was extremely busy with troubleshooting and solving a serious performance issue that I encountered. First things first - …
Testing Network Failover with PowerCLI
Two weeks ago I wrote an article about How To Bring Down A Single NIC In ESX?. In that post you could see that in order to test this you had to go into the console of the ESX and run the commands on …
Disconnected ESX Host
Got a call today. Panic!!!! All VM on an ESX host just went grey – all disconnected. Trouble shooting steps: Ping ESX host Service Console – All ok Look in the VI client what is with the server – NOT …