How VMware helps combat Viruses
I am not talking about a new Anti-virus solution or a new product, even though VMware does offer VMsafe for this exact purpose. Today I was hit with a very clever phishing attack. Details can be found …
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A new white paper has been published by Hal Rosenberg from VMware it is a 51 page document, with step-by-step walkthroughs of how to troubleshoot performance problems on an ESX host regarding all …
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 …
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 …
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 …
vMotion issues (78%)
In the current series of posts I am writing on running a vSphere lab on ESX 1, 2 and 3, I wanted to set up an NFS shared storage between my 2 ESX hosts to test vMotion. I ran into an interesting issue …
Enable EVC on a Cluster
One of the wonderful useful features that was released with ESX 3.5 U2 was Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC). From the release notes: Enhanced VMotion Compatibility – Simplifies VMotion …
Error Converting to Template
Today I came across an issue that seemed to be strange. I tried to convert a template to VM in order to apply some patch updates. When trying I got a error message: So I went into the folder where the …
Not another esxtop post ...
Well Actually yes. Because there is so much useful information about this reporting and troubleshooting tool, I wanted to add my own. I was pointed to very useful document regarding esxtop. Granted it …
vCenter 2.5 U4 – My take….
Well I have been meaning to put up my experiences out on the web about what has happened with my attempts (and partial success) with the installation of vCenter 2.5 U4. Now for me the nicest new …