In trying to get used to ESXi and it’s console-less nature I’ve been forcing myself to use the vCLI or PowerCLI to do things. Along the way I’ve learned that the vCLI is generally really well though out, if different. Here is an example of this: Setting up a vNetwork Standard Switch (vSwitch) using PowerCLI [...]
Having just pulled down and installed ESXi, I figured that now is a good time to see what all of the noise around VMware Go was about. Well, perhaps not what it is about, there is plenty of marketing literature for that. Rather, how it works. Time to dig in:
What is VMware Go?
While there is [...]
Thanks to the generosity of some really cool folks at work I am now a MacBook Pro believer. That said, one of my tasks over the holidays was to get things migrated from my old Ubuntu install and into OSX. The first place to start was with my Virtual Machines. The first one over was [...]
Now that we’ve upgraded our client and installed it on Windows 7, let’s upgrade our ESX or ESXi host:
1. Fire up Host Update Utility & Download new Patches from VMware:
2. Scan for updates:
3. OMG Patches! Lets Patch the host (Make sure the host is in maint mode first!):
4. Install FTW!
5. Now comes [...]
This will likely not generate as much fanfare as it did for the 3.5 release of ESXi, however I can confirm that it does indeed still work in vSphere ESXi 4. This is the procedure I used to get it up and running on my “Lab” box.
alt-f1 (Note: As pointed out below, you will not [...]
This particular topic comes up from time to time in discussions. Yes it is OK to run Exchange on VMware, and Exchange 2007 on VMware is a supported configuration… for more info, follow the links below:
The Podcast – Wednesday, Jan 14, for another round of the VMware Communities Roundtable podcast
The Webinar – Jan 15: Exchange [...]
VMware release KB 1008130 yesterday, describing just this:
Symptoms include:
VMware ESX or ESXi host might get disconnected form VirtualCenter.
All paths to the LUNs are in standby state.
esxcfg-rescan might take a long time to complete or never completes (hung).
The KB goes on to say, that right now the only fix is a reboot:
This issue can occur on [...]
I’ll set the scene a little…
I’m working late, I’ve just installed Update Manager and I‘m going to run my first updates. Like all new systems, I’m not always confident so I decided “Out of hours” would be the best time to try.
I hit “Remediate” on my first Host then sat back, cup of tea [...]
I’ve tried not to cover much outside ESX so far, but one cannot keep their head in the sand about what else is out there. Following on Pancil’s ESXi Post, I’ve found a breakdown, here of the "Free" Virtualization products.
Keep in mind, tis not my post, just came across it while looking some things up [...]
So, I’m a feed reader, doing crazy amounts of information processing every day, from Cars, to Gadgets, to Cats… The thing that I read the most about of course, is Virtualization. Not just VMware, but Hyper-V and Xen too! (and VirtualIron, and Cloud Computing, and any number of other virtualization things. While right now VMware [...]
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