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Update Intel NIC Drivers on ESX 4.1

I Installed an IBM x3650 M3 the other day. During the installation the additional Intel NIC was not recognized by default in the ESX Host. This I could see in two different ways, from the output on …

  • vSphere
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • VMware
3 min read

Why Should you Care about Veeam Support for Hyper-V

I will not go over the details of this announcement that was released today. Both David Davis and Sean Clark wrote very good articles about the release. I do want to add a small point of my own, and …

  • Microsoft
  • Virtualization
  • vSphere
  • Hyper-V
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Installing the UBER VNX (NFS) v1 - 1st Steps

Ever since EMC released the the VNX I have been itching to get my hands on a simulator to try it out. Now seeing that Chad and Nick are not ones to leave us hanging for long, I started to ask for it …

  • Tools
  • Virtualization
  • Management
  • vSphere
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Xangati for ESX - And it's Free!!

The new version of Xangati for ESX was designed specifically to make the installation process as simple as possible and provides VI administrators with the following benefits and features: A new and …

  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • VMware
  • ESX
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VMware vSphere Design Book - Update

Our book page has now been updated with the following info: Table of Contents Introduction. Chapter 1 An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments. Chapter 2 ESX vs. ESXi. Chapter 3 Designing the …

  • Design
  • vSphere
  • Book
  • VMware
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vSphere 4.1 Update 1 released

Thanks to a tweet from vConsult I learned that a new vCenter and vSphere update was released. As always test before deployment!! What’s New The following information describes some of the …

  • vSphere
  • 4.1
  • VMware
  • ESX
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Cannot start a Virtual Machine

I was presented with an issue yesterday regarding a VM that I was not able to start I went through KB Article 10051, step by step, until I got to:

  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • ESX
  • Troubleshooting
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VMware vSphere design - the book

This is a joint post of three prominent writers in the virtualization community: Forbes Guthrie, Scott Lowe and Maish Saidel-Keesing. For the past 6 months we have been working on a joint project. It …

  • vSphere
  • VMware
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What do you use for your VMware monitoring?

I would be interested in hearing your opinions on what you use for monitoring your VMware environment. I am conducting a study on what tools you find useful for monitoring and Capacity …

  • Tools
  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • Performance
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ESXi has a 32mb Memory footprint

I was listening to an very interesting presentation this evening from Olivier Cremel, Principal Engineer ESXi Internals: Better Understanding for Better Management and Troubleshooting The ESXi …

  • vSphere
  • 4.1
  • VMware
  • ESX4i