VMware has VMware View released. The solution consist of: VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VMware Infrastructure 3 + VMware View Manager 3) Storage Optimization with VMware View Composer Application Virtualization with VMware ThinApp Client Virtualization with Offline Desktop – Experimental …
Continue ReadingVMware released two new handy KB articles about how to move or migrating the SQL VirtualCenter database to different server. To move the database When relocating your SQL database: To move SQL Server databases to a new location by using Detach and Attach functions in SQL Server, see Microsoft KB …
Continue ReadingThe Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0 helps organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system updates. The tool provides a way to keep offline virtual …
Continue ReadingA week ago i upgraded a customers environment to VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3 and VC 2.5 Update 3. After the upgrade some Virtual Machines (VM) spontaneously rebooted. After investing the problem we saw that after a VMotion action the spontaneously reboot occurred. We disabled in HA the option …
Continue ReadingVMware has released Update 3 for ESX/ESXi. This new release of ESX/ESXi 3.5 comes with the following enhancements: Increase number of vCPUs per Core Limit (from 8 to 20) New supported servers, NICs and storage IO controllers New supported Guest Operating Systems … and many more improvements …
Continue ReadingToday I tested the VI Toolkit extensions. The VI Toolkit extensions are cmdlets that makes your life easier. Here are some functions of what the cmdlets can do: The VI toolkit extensions require PowerShell V2 CTP 2 and the VI Toolkit. Example: list all VMs by name and list the size of the snapshots …
Continue ReadingAfter rebooting the VMware VirtualCenter (VC) server, i was unable to logon using the VI-client in VC. In the Windows event log the following Error is listed: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031 Date: 25-9-2008 Time: 13:39:58 User: N/A …
Continue ReadingVMware VirtualCenter uses standard the Micrososft SQL Express 2005 database. The statement of VMware is: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is intended to be used for small deployments of up to 5 hosts and 50 virtual machines Microsoft SQL 2005 Expresss supports 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM and a maximum …
Continue ReadingThe winners of the VI Toolkit scripting contest are announced: The first prize goes to LucD Dekens for his Guest Provisioning System script. The Second prize goes to tzamora for his VMware Infrastructure Power Documenter script. The Third prize goes to Dan Baskette with his PowerVDI script. The …
Continue ReadingVMware has released VI Toolkit Update 1. There where performance problems with the get-VM command. Some users had reported slowness when using the Get-VM cmdlet . The reason turned out to be an odd quirk in querying some types of network adapters, so many people weren’t affected at all. On the …
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