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Windows 7/2008 Deployment - KMS and MAK Keys pt. 2

Continuing the problem from part 1. Over the past 8 months this template has been updated with Microsoft security patches (released once a month) and during that time the template OS was activated - …

  • Active Directory
  • Management
  • Windows
  • Administration
3 min read

Windows 7/2008 Deployment - KMS and MAK Keys pt. 3

I would close up what we have learned from part 1 and part 2. During my work with the VMware Support on this case, one of the questions I asked, was is it possible to to inject a parameter into the …

  • Active Directory
  • Tools
  • Management
  • Windows
4 min read

Windows 7/2008 Deployment - KMS and MAK Keys pt. 1

I have been dealing with an issue that has been bugging me for quite a while. It has to do with the deployment of Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 VM’s and License Activation. First let’s …

  • Active Directory
  • Windows
  • Administration
  • VMware
2 min read

My Android Phone as a USB stick

A few days ago, I was presented with a situation that I had a failed ESX Server which needed to be re-installed. How and what happened is another tory for another time though. I wanted to get some …

  • Tools
  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • ESX
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Incorrect NFS Datastore mount

I was contacted the other day with an issue where someone was trying to create a cluster in a box, and they were running into an issue. When trying to power on the VM with the shared, …

  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • ESX
  • Troubleshooting
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Host Crash because of ESX Active Directory Authentication

I was subscribed to this thread and received an update today that I must have missed previously, with an issue much more serious than the one that the thread was originally started with. Previously, I …

  • Active Directory
  • vSphere
  • 4.1
  • Administration
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User Can't Cancel a task

I was asked today to cancel a task of a machine import today - because it was created by mistake. So I naturally asked the Cluster Admin, “Why do you not do it yourself?”. And he naturally …

  • Management
  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • VMware
3 min read

Troubleshooting Tools for vCenter

What troubleshooting tools are you familiar with for monitoring your ESX host? I am sure that one of the first things that pop into your mind is of course ESXTOP. ESXTOP will provide a great deal of …

  • Tools
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • VMware
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The HP G7 does not use /dev/cciss/c0d0

I was entrusted with the deployment of a new HP DL380 G7 as a new ESX Host. I have my build process down very well. I use the UDA: create a new sub-template enter the information that I need in for …

  • Tools
  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • VMware
4 min read

Benchmarking your Disk I/O

How fast is your storage? How do you even check what kind of throughput you are getting? That is a question that comes up often enough, when performing benchmarks. I actually dealt with such a case …

  • Management
  • Administration
  • Troubleshooting