Deploy-ESXi v1.0 - My ESXi Script-0-Mania entry
As I posted a few weeks ago - I entered the ESXi Script-0-Mania Contest. Unfortunately, my entry was not chosen as one of the top entries, but hey - I don’t do this for the money - I enjoy what …
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Subscribe via RSS →Install EMC PowerPath/VE with Update Manager
I was looking into this a short while ago – after updating the hosts to Update 4.01. This VMware KB – 1018740 will show you the way. Download the the Powerpath/VE 5.4 SP1 package from Powerlink (if …
CD Connected to Another Client
While trying to VMotion a VM I hit an error because of a Mounted CD. Well you might say – that is simple. Just go into the GUI and then disconnect it. But this time it was connected and open in …
A running VM that did not exist
This was a weird one that hit me today. I had a performance issue on a server. esxtop is the first I thing I looked at and got this: ID GID NAME NWLD %USED %RUN %SYS %WAIT %RDY 69 69 VSE 5 83.98 85.74 …
Network Ports needed for VMware Products
As usual looking for this list of which ports need to be punched through the firewall in order allow all kinds of services to work correctly. Well today – I tried to scan a host for (that is behind a …
Spring on VMware Promotion
VMware acquired Springsource not so long ago, and now they have started to offer their first promotion. Excerpt of the announcement below As IT organizations continue to virtualize increasing …
Customize a Template During Deployment
When deploying a Virtual Machine from a template you have the option of Using the Customization Specifications for Automating Deployment. I am sure this has been mentioned more than once but I could …
vCenter on Windows 2008 R2 - not the best idea
Ladies and Gentlemen!!! Because I have seen two such posts in almost as many days here and here - dealing with installation of vCenter Server on Windows 2008 R2 (which of course is 64-bit only) I feel …
Optimize NFS settings for Celerra
In continuation to both Jason Boche’s and Scott Lowe’s excellent posts about the recommended Advanced Settings for ESX while using a Celerra NFS mount, and after Jase McCarty’s post …
Disabling Web Services in ESXi
Duncan posted this one this evening. So to add to his post there is a way to “hide” the web service at least front page in ESXi the configuration file that is responsible for all this is …