VMware 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 …
Continue ReadingHealthcheck is a PowerShell script that reports information like snapshots, VMware tools version, datastore space, CDROM and/or floppy drives connected etc. to HTML and e-mail the output to a person or distribution list. Reason for creating this script: As VMware Consultant I see a lot of common …
Continue ReadingVMware has released version 1.0 of VMware HealthAnalyzer. VMware HealthAnalyzer is an virtual appliance that collects and analyses the VMware configuration and analyses categorized by VMware Health check best practices. This tool can be uses by VMware consultants and VMware Authorized Consultant …
Continue ReadingIn VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) is introduced.. EVC makes it possible to VMotion between different CPU generations. Processors included in the new enhanced VMotion compatibility for AMD are: First-Generation AMD Opteron ™ Rev. E AMD Second-Generation AMD Opteron …
Continue ReadingYou got the following error when powering on a VM: Unable to Power On virtual machine with “A General System error occurred: Internal error” An issue has been uncovered with ESX 3.5 Update 2 and ESXi 3.5 Update 2 that causes the product license to expire on August 12. VMware is alerting customers …
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