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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V allows add/remove RAM while VM is running

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Microsoft has released Windows Server 2016 TP4 last week. I was quickly testing this built with Hyper-V role in my lab as a newly added feature announced by Microsoft took my attention: Hot-add or Hot-remove memory to running VMs as well as vNICs. In fact you can adjust the amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine […]

Veeam v9 Scale-Out Backup Repository – Maintenance Mode

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Veeam v9 Scale-Out Backup Repository can have one (or several) nodes to be put into maintenance mode. A node which is part of a Scale-Out backup repository after being put into a maintenance mode, backup files can be evacuated off that node. What is that maintenance mode and how it can help? We have discussed […]

How to remove Exchange Server from your Domain

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Today’s post will show how to remove Exchange server from your domain. I’m simulating it on my lab environment where I’m running single Microsoft Exchange 2013 server. For organizations moving to Office 365, the best way to seamlessly migrate, is to go hybrid. First you move all mailboxes and then you decomission your Exchange server. […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 1.1 – Describe and differentiate between component functions and features

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VCP6-DTM Study Guide will be a new project that will take shape in following weeks on ESX Virtualization. Mobility is something that’s going fast, very fast and it’s everywhere. Folks studying towards the VMware Certified Professional 6 – Desktop and Mobility Exam will find those series of posts and the VCP6-DTM Study Guide Page helpful, I […]

VMware Photon Platform and Photon Controller Details Unveiled

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VMware Photon platform and Photon controller are part of a new technology coming from VMware. I have already tested the PhotonOS VM installation in the lab, but this is just one part of the puzzle. The other parts are the Photon Controller, which is going to be Open Source, and the Photon Machine (a stripped down […]

PassMark OSFMount – Free utility to create RAM Disk or mount images as local disks

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I stumbled through this utility called OSFMount, which is Free utility to create RAM Disk. It can also mount images as local disks. This free utility isn’t new, but it’s first time I’m testing it. The interest and curiosity had me download this software and quickly create 32Gb RAM Disk on my destkop workstation which […]

This VM will Expire after 7 days – VMware Workstation

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One of the cool features of VMware Workstation is protecting VMs. This can be a VM which has limited lifetime. You can use those VMs for example for student’s class or hand it to prospects or customers without worrying that they’ll continue using those VMs after certain period. The use cases are multiple as you can […]

How-to Set an ESXi Scratch Partition from the vSphere Web Client

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Instalable versions of ESXi has a scratch partition created during the installation process. It’s a 4GB VFAT scratch partition which is created during the autoconfiguratio phase. What’s scratch partition used for? It’s used for vm-support files (when you creating a support bundle). If a scratch partition is not set up, you might want to configure […]

VMware VSAN Stretched Cluster Performance and Best Practices

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There is new PDF from VMware detailing best practices for VMware VSAN. The title says it all – VMware VSAN Stretched Cluster Performance and Best Practices. It does targets the latest VMware VSAN 6.1  where stretched cluster feature was introduced. A possibility to have a full site (with VSAN) failure. You’ll see some detailed tests which looks […]