Free tool to check alignement of your VMs and also Wasted space on your VMDKs. Ricky El-Qasem from VirtualizePlanet.com has build a nice free tool which enables you to check the alignements of your VMs in the cluster and also check wasted space in your VMDKs. It’s 2 in 1 tool. I was actually participating […]
Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to the server (1010828) error message
How to solve black screen and error message saying “Unable to connect to the MKS” I had this issue the other day when I was trying to connect to the vCenter at my lab at home and then open a console to one of my VMs. “Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect […]
How and where to change default ports for communication with ESXi host if needed
The title of the post says it all. If for whichever reason you need to change the default connection port for communication with ESX or ESXi i host, you might want to know where to go and how to modify it. And also which services (daemons) to restart. This post will teach how and where […]
Testing Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite
I was given an opportunity to test the newly released Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 2011. The software is multi-purpose tool which can do several tasks useful for power home user or small business enterprise. It’s a partition, backup/copy multiboot, disk defrag tool…. When you first start the software you have a basic view, with all […]
How-to enable verbose logging in VDR – VMware Data Recovery
A quick post about how to enable verbose logging in VDR. Update: VDR has been replaced in vSphere 5.1 by VDP (vSphere Data Protection). The product is based on EMC’s Avamar code and present an interesting upgrade for existing customers which are upgrading from vSphere 4.x where vSphere Data Protection (VDP) was bundled. But to transition […]
Most viewed posts in 2010
There are post which gets more traffic then the others. Why? This post will not invent anything, I had the most busy year ever with my VMworld 2010 in Copenhagen, which was a nice break from work but very intense with no rest there… and, the end of the year is the busiest ever with […]
VAAI support with Fujitsu Eternus Disk Storage Systems
VAAI available for Eternus DX400 /DX8000. Support of vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) announced from Fujitsu. You can read the whole post here. The VAAI enhances the performances of Eternus Storage Systems. The latest firmware from Fujitsu is required for the plugin to function. The firmware and plugin are provided free of charge. VAAI […]
If you’re trying to use Windows CIFS with VDR
Error when trying to use CIFS share as a destination for backup. If you’re trying to setup Windows CIFS as a destination deduplication store for your VMware VDR (VMware Data Recovery) appliance, you might run into an error. It’s an error which you can see at the console of the VDR appliance: Status code returned […]
IP address is alreay assigned to another adapter.
Error when assigning static IP adress to your NIC card. I’m sure that you’re already saw this message. The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically […]
How the snapshot consolidation works
Consolidating snapshosts in vSphere 4.1 I stumbled in a nice article explaining the changes to the snapshot consolidation mechanism which was introduced in the vSphere U2. The article was posted in the VMware Support insider section here. The article is written by Simon Todd, who is a Tech Support Engineer in Cork, Ireland office. One […]
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