There are many ways to check ESXi logs. You can SSH to your host (if SSH enabled) and check the logs through Putty for example, or you can generate log bundle via your vSphere Windows C# client (Administration > Export system logs) to check them out after extracting those out from the zipped bundle. Logs […]
VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) Free VMworld Session
Another free session I want to point out is the VSAN session by Vijay Ramachadran and Christos Karamanolis from VMware. You’ll learn how VSAN works and see some under the covers functions that makes VSAN so exciting new technology for the near future. They also brings the topic of price you’re paying for magnetic disks […]
16 vCPU VMs for Fault Tolerance
How cool it is to have 16vCPU in a VM for Fault Tolerance? I remember when first introduced, FT had the same magic as vMotion. But limitations to 1vCPU VMs and other limitations concerning backups were factors that this feature is not widely uses, even if the configuration at the vSphere level is minimal. For […]
Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with VMware 5.x – Free E-learning
There is a new Free E-learning course provided by VMware Education, which allows you to follow online training called Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with VMware. It’s a 3 hours long training which gives you a good overview on how to architect a deployment of Microsoft SQL Server in vSphere environments considering SQL licensing policies and […]
vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide Available – Free Download
New updated release of vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide – to match the latest VMware vSphere 5.5 – is out. This guide as in its previous releases gives you some good tips to secure your vSphere environments. As I reported already in the past on this guide – here is the vSphere 5.1 article, the format is […]
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0a update available
VMware has released an update to vCenter Server 5.5.0a. Both versions, Windows based and also VCSA (Linux Appliance) based vCenter servers – vCenter server appliance are updated. There is no new features in the 5.5.0a version. It’s only maintenance release as it fixes some bugs which showed quickly after the initial release. While I don’t […]
VMware Thinapp 5 – New release
VMware just released VMware Thinapp 5. It’s a surprise to me as I thought that VMware has already shoot all the news and announces during VMworld SF and Barcelona, but the opposite is true. The new release of Thinapp comes in after quite a long period of the 4.x versions (fourteen in total !!) , […]
Linked Clone GUI Tool called LCTree – a Fling
Another usefull utility allowing to display linked clones in hierarchical view of linked clones of VMs from vCloud Director. There are two VCD version which can be used with, the 1.5 and 5.1 (5.5 is not on the list yet). Also you’ll need Java Runtime Environment 6 installed on your workstation in order to have the […]
VMware vSphere and Private VLANs
As the title shows, this post is about private VLANs (PVLAN). This topic shows on VCAP exams, but also on VCP based exams. So if you’re studying for VCAP or VCP, this article might be your interest. VMware vSphere and Private VLANs are great topic, but not easy. Usually you can separate traffic and secure […]
Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2 Poster of component architecture – Free Download
If you collection freebies, this might be your interest. With the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 few days back, there is a new poster(s) available as a free download from Microsoft’s website. A poster showing the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V component Architecture, which can be […]
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