For my home lab i was looking for a home server with NAS functionality. My current Iomega IX2 (2x500GB) NAS is replaced by this server. For this server I had the following requirements Low power consumption (24x7) Low noise Flexibly and room to expand with extra hard drive(s),hardware RAID and a NIC …
Continue ReadingDuring a Microsoft Exchange (Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2007) migration between to organizations, I discovered that some mailboxes had an English folder structure in MS Outlook instead of a Dutch. After the mailbox is exported and imported using the export- and import-mailbox command, the users …
Continue ReadingLast weeks a lots of software updates and new releases are published. Here’s an overview of some of them: VMware VMware vSphere 4.1 Update 1 A new update for vSphere 4.1 is released. Here are the ESX(i) and vCenter improvements: VMware ESX(i) 4.1 Update 1 improvements Enablement of Trusted Execution …
Continue ReadingThis week I encountered a problem with Sysprepping a Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 VM after cloning. I cloned an existing VM and used a Customization Specification in vSphere vCenter for the Sysprep. When the Sysprepped Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 VM reboots, the following message appears: Windows could …
Continue ReadingMemory Limits When adding existing VMware ESX servers (for example 3.5) to the VMware vCenter 4.1 server, all the VMs got a memory limit. To reset the memory limits to unlimited for all VMs, use the following PowerCLI script: Connect-VIServer <servername> Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | …
Continue ReadingWhen you want to test some Microsoft Hyper-V R2 stuff it’s handy to do that on your laptop. I test a lot stuff on my laptop equipped with Microsoft Windows 7, 8GB RAM and VMware Workstation. Installing Microsoft Hyper-V R2 for example in VMware Workstation is possible, but it is not possible to …
Continue ReadingNot all servers nowadays have a DVD player installed. Sometimes it is handy to boot from USB and installing a single VMware ESXi server. Here’s a example how to make the USB stick bootable and install VMware ESXi 4.1 from it by using Windows. Preparation: Need 1GB USB memory stick or more. Download …
Continue ReadingNot all servers nowadays have DVD player installed. Sometimes it is handy to boot from USB and install for example Windows Server 8. Here’s a example how to make the USB stick bootable for the following OS versions: Windows Server 8 Hyper-V Server 8 Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Server R2 Preparation: Need …
Continue ReadingThis week I visited Copenhagen for VMworld Europe 2010. With over 6000 attendees, 1300 more than last year in Cannes (France). On Monday there were partners sessions and in the afternoon is was already possible to do labs. VMware opened the labs earlier because of the overwhelming amount of VMware …
Continue ReadingHere’s are some links to guides on esxtop and vCenter metrics in vSphere 4.x: vCenter Performance counters for vSphere 4
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