In VMware View there is no central way shadow a desktop session such as for example in Citrix XenApp. It would be nice if in the future it is possible to shadow a desktop from for example the VMware View Connection server. This is frequently asked question by customers were VMware View is …
Continue ReadingLast week Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter RC is released. Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter is a stand-alone tool that makes it possible to convert and deploys VMware based VMs to Hyper-V based VMs. It’s coverts the VMware VM and virtual disks (VMDK) to Hyper-V VMs and Virtual Hard Disks …
Continue ReadingAfter upgrading to vCenter 5, the vCenter Service Status page displays the following error: com.VMware.converter alert unable to retrieve health data from https:///converter/health.xml This error occurs because the integrated vCenter Converter plug-in is no longer available in vSphere 5! To solve …
Continue ReadingHP has created a vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) depot for all sort of important HP driver bundles for VMware vSphere 5 and higher. The VIP depot contains: HP ESXi 5.0 Management Providers bundle - includes the latest HP Common Information Model (CIM) Providers, HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) …
Continue ReadingIn this blog post I explain how you can install Windows 2012 Server Release Candidate (RC) in VMware ESXi and enable the Hyper-V role. It is possible to build a Hyper-V cluster LAB and live migrate VMs between the virtual Hyper-V nodes on one VMware ESXi 5 host. Before you begin make sure: Windows …
Continue ReadingThis procedure describes how to install Windows Server 2012 in VMware Workstation. The following versions are used: VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2012 e.x.p Build-646643 Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter Build 8400 In VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2012 create a new VM …
Continue ReadingDuring a VMware health check, I noticed that the syslog files aren’t updated anymore in the repository from he vSphere Syslog Collector server. Here are some basic steps I used to troubleshoot this problem. VMware ESXi hosts On the VMware ESXi hosts check the following settings: Syslog destination. …
Continue ReadingLink Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)is a vendor-neutral open standard discovery protocol that is supported by multiple vendors such as Cisco, HP and Juniper for example. LLDP displays for example on what network switch and port the NIC in the ESXi hosts is connected. Prior VMware vSphere 5 only …
Continue ReadingWhen a snapshot didn’t commit properly, it can happen that the snapshot manager in the vCenter server shows no snapshot(s), but that there are still active delta files on the datastore. These ‘hidden’ snapshot can cause the datastore to run out of space. To report these ‘hidden’ snapshots (prior …
Continue ReadingThis blog will explain how to configure the vCenter Server SQL Express 2008 R2 instance to host the vCloud Director database. This can be handy when you have limited resources in your test environment. SQL Server Express 2008 R2 is not a supported database for vCloud Director. For production …
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