I tested the NICs below in my VMware ESXi 5.x whitebox server at home. Here the status: NICRecognized by VMware ESXi 5Listed in ESXi 5 asIntel PRO/1000GT Desktop Adapter PCIYesIntel 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet ControllerRealtek RTL 8111EYesRealtek 8168 Gigabit EthernetIntel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter …
Continue ReadingWhen installing VMware vCenter 5 with the default database engine (Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 R2) the SQL Management Studio is not installed by default. It can be confusing to add SQL Management studio at a later time. Here are the steps explained: Download Microsoft SQL Express 2008 R2 or …
Continue ReadingVMware Flings did it again. They released another cool tool called “ESX System Analyzer”. This tool helps when you want to migrate from VMware ESX to VMware ESXi. It scans the VMware environment and collects the following information: Hardware compatibility with ESXi. It checks if the hardware is …
Continue ReadingWhen using a whitebox lab environment at home and like to test for example vSphere 5, vCloud Director, VMware View and MS Hyper-V (nested in VMware vSphere you need a lot of processor power and memory. In almost all whitebox lab environment the processor power is not the problem but the amount of …
Continue ReadingWhen you start the Remote Tech Support (TSM) service on a VMware ESXi host a warning and the following message will appear: Remote Tech Support Mode (SSH) for the host … has been enabled When the warning appears some Admins get a little nervous. Since VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 2 and VMware ESXi 5 the …
Continue ReadingThe most information available on how-to perform a unattended scripted installation of VMware ESXi 5 is based on Linux. Here is a procedure how-to create a scripted installation of VMware ESXi 5 using Microsoft Windows. Here is an overview of the boot process: What do we need The following software …
Continue ReadingHere is a simple procedure to make a bootable VMware ESXi 5 or ESXi 6 USB stick in Windows and perform a scripted unattended VMware ESXi installation. The 5 steps are: Step 1 Be sure removing all partitions and format a FAT32 partition on the USB stick by using the following command: Open the …
Continue ReadingVMware Data Recovery (vDR) is an appliance to backup, storage, and recovery of virtual machines and files within the virtual environment. The new version 2.0 has the following enhancements: VMware Data Recovery 2.0 is now a fully 64-bit virtual appliance. Email reports. VMware Data Recovery 2.0 …
Continue ReadingIf you want a low power consumption whitebox motherboard to run some VMs that are not resource intensive the Asus E35M1-M PRO Zacate motherboard is an option. It has an AMD E-350 dual core 1,6 GHz processor with passive cooling, onboard graphics, max 8GB memory support, onboard LAN and 5x SATA 6 …
Continue ReadingThe following three supported upgrade methods to VMware ESXi 5 are available: Upgrade Method ESX or ESXI to ESXi5 Upgrade or Patch from ESXi 5 to ESXi 5.x vSphere Update Manager yes yes Interactive upgrade from CD, DVD, or USB drive yes yes Scripted upgrade yes yes vSphere Auto Deploy no yes esxcli …
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