The event database record information about View Manager events. Without configure the event database events are logged in a log file. The log file has very limited information. So configuring the Event Database in the View environment is a best practice. In Proof of Concept (PoC) environments MS …
Continue ReadingLast week I created a simple example of a HealtCheck PowerShell script that connects to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager and displays information about the Hyper-V hosts and VMs managed by this server. I run the PowerShell script from another Windows Server 2012 host. To make this …
Continue ReadingWhen logging in the vSphere Web Client login page the “Use Windows session Authentication” check box is grayed out. To solve this you need to install the Client Integration Plug-in. The Client Integration Plug-in provides: Access to the VM console Deploy OVF or OVA templates Transfer files with the …
Continue ReadingIn Windows Server 2012 you can choose between a Server Core and Server with a GUI (full) during the installation. The Full Server GUI has all the tools and options to configure and troubleshoot. Server core is a minimal Windows installation with less tools and options. Server Core has the following …
Continue ReadingWhen using VMware Data Protection (VDP) 5.1 and want to backup Windows 2008 R2 VM’s you should disable application-consistent quiescing. On the moment the VADP API doesn’t support Windows 2008 R2 application-consistent quiescing. So be sure that servers that uses a database such as SQL and Exchange …
Continue ReadingWhen deploying the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) it will default look for a DHCP address. When there is no DHCP server available the following error is displayed: O NETWORKING DETECTED. it is possible to manually configure a static IP address by using the command line. Here are the steps: …
Continue ReadingAs virtualization consultant I got frequently questions about Windows Server 2012 licensing in virtual environments such as VMware and Hyper-V. Here is a short blog about Windows Server 2012 licensing in virtual environments. What about the Windows Server 2012 license: The Windows Server 2012 …
Continue ReadingAs the year 2012 is almost over, I like to thank everyone for supporting my blog! It was a good year. Google Analytics collected in 2012 the following statistics: 217,650 visitors 159,187 unique visitors 345,650 pageviews The busiest day was on march 1, 2494 visitors The most visitors came from the …
Continue ReadingUpdate February 22, 2013: William Lam created a clarification on the Zero-Down Time) VMware Tools Upgrade. Here is a quote from the post: Is there downtime when upgrading to future versions of VMware Tools? It depends. If one or more components have been updated since the last VMware Tools upgrade …
Continue ReadingThe following VMware releases are supported with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012: OS Supported versions Windows 8 32/64 Bits Workstation 9 Fusion 5.0 ESXi 5.0 U1 ESXi 5.1 Windows Server 2012 64 Bits Workstation 9 Fusion 5.0 ESXi 5.0 U1 ESXi 5.1 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are supported on …
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