Not 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
Continue ReadingThe Dutch ICT website Computable _ recently raffled a VMworld 2010 Copenhagen ticket among his followers on Twitter. Last week i was the lucky winner of the free ticket for VMworld Europe 2010. How cool is that! Yesterday i had a interview about my expectations on VMworld 2010 in Copenhagen. The …
Continue ReadingVMware Desktop RAWC 1.2 provides support for 64-bit Windows 7 on target desktop VMs, so your desktop VMs can now run Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit), or Windows XP with SP2 or SP3. For more information check earlier other post on RAWC. VMware Desktop RAWC 1.2 provides support for 64-bit Windows 7 on …
Continue ReadingEric Siebert from vSphere-Land has opened the voting for the top 25 virtualization bloggers list. Voting is very easy by clicking on the link provided. It takes only one minute. Choose your 10 favorites blogs and rank them in order of preference. The voting is from 14 September till 24 September …
Continue ReadingThis week a lot of “new” announcements made at the VMworld 2010 conference in San Francisco. Here are some highlights: VMware View 4.5 VMware 4.5 is released. Here are some improvements in version 4.5: Support for VMware vSphere 4.1 Full Windows 7 support Offline support View client for Mac ThinApp …
Continue ReadingDuring a health check of a vSphere environment i notices dropped packets on several VMs. In ESXTOP the %DRPRX value showed dropped receive packets on several VMs. In the screenshot an example: The customer uses vSphere 4.0 build 244038. All the VMs that experiencing the dropped packets problem were …
Continue ReadingThe new vSphere 4.1 release offers a lot of new cool features and enhancements. Here’s a list What’s New in vSphere 4.1. When upgrading to vSphere 4.1 there are a couple of things to think about before starting: Make sure your systems and components are supported, check the Hardware Compatibility …
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