This came up recently on the VMware Virtualization group on LinkedIn. The question was essentially: “In the event of a host hardware issue, can I VMotion my VMs off the host and send a notification?” The answer is: “Most Certainly!” This can be done by setting up a vSphere vCenter Alarm and corresponding action. Let’s [...]
Trouble with your HA config? vCenter (VirtualCenter) giving you all kinds of crap while setting it up? Let’s take a look some things to do when ‘Configure HA’ bunks up.
Do you meet the requirements?
There are a few things that you need in order to make sure all the bits of HA work. There aren’t many, [...]
Came across this useful little gem today, its the executable responsible for running, or at least managing the VMware Virtual Center Service.
Where is it located?
C:Program FilesVMwareInfrastructureVirtualCenter Server>dir vpxd.exe
Volume in drive C is C_DRIVE
Volume Serial Number is F463-F653
Directory of C:Program FilesVMwareInfrastructureVirtualCenter Server
07/12/2008 04:07 AM 13,557,760 vpxd.exe
1 File(s) 13,557,760 bytes
0 Dir(s) 378,903,293,952 bytes free
Cool, so what can [...]
Why? Because it’s awesome, that’s why. Below is an example, complete with syntax and screenshots on how to defragment a windows guest using VMware’s VIX.
Here is what it looked like before:
Here is the command used from the host where VIX is installed:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VIX>vmrun -T esx -h https://vCenter.server.com/sdk – u [...]
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 [...]
Today VMware updated their website to reflect the new product names announced at VMworld 2008. I’ve gone ahead and created a little table you can use to make the transition/translation simpler:
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