Here 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 …
Continue ReadingWith the announcement of VMware vSphere 5 a complete new license model is introduces. In VMware vSphere 4 the licensing model was per physical processor based on the number of cores per CPU and the physical memory. The VMware vSphere 5 license model is based per physical processor and the allocated …
Continue ReadingDuring my vacation i received an e-mail that I was designate as vExpert 2011. I was very pleased by getting the award. The VMware vExpert Award is given to: individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the past year. vExperts are book authors, bloggers, VMUG …
Continue ReadingBy using VMware Converter 5 the following disk optimizations can be easily done on your existing VM: Convert one or more partition(s) on single disk to partitions on a separate disks. When you want to increase disk space on the C: partition this is a problem because of the D partition is on the same …
Continue ReadingThis PowerCLI script will display specified VM settings for all VMs in the vCenter server you specify. If you do an inventory, a health check or need to troubleshoot VMware environment this PowerCLI script can be useful. The following VM settings will be displayed: VMName, Hostname, IP address, OS …
Continue ReadingI took the VCAP-DCA (VDCA410) exam on 12 May 2011 at Global Knowledge in Nieuwegein (The Netherlands). Today 27 May 2011 I received an e-mail that I passed the VCAP-DCA exam! Great news before starting the weekend! Here are some VCAP-DCA exam requirements: The exam time is 4 hours (time is for non …
Continue ReadingWhen VMware High Availability(HA) comes in action, the VMs are restarted (depending on the HA settings) on other VMware ESX servers in the cluster. It’s handy to know what VMs are restarted. In the vCenter client the Tasks and Events page size can be increased. Default the vCenter client displays …
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