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 …
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 …
VMwareVCMSDS - A time for change
As of vCenter 4.0 when installing a new instance of vCenter, in order to allow for Linked Mode, an instance of Microsoft ADAM is installed on Windows 2003 or AD LDS on Windows 2008. The reason for …
The case of the my SSL cert – RTFM!!!!!
It took me a while to understand why this was not working - it could be because I hate - actually loath -having to dig through logs because of Java and Tomcat issues, but I only have my self to blame …
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 …
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 - …
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 …
Access Console in Linux Guest
Have you ever had the issue of wanting to go into the console of a Linux Virtual Machine that is running at RUNLEVEL 5 (GUI) - because you are one of those Linux geeks who think that GUI is for the …
How To Bring Down A Single NIC In ESX?
I was installing a new ESX Host today, and before putting it into Production, I wanted to test that the Network Failover was working correctly. Now instead of going over to the server and pulling out …