How-to Install ESXi onto USB Stick – video. Not long time ago I published an article about how to install ESXi 4 onto USB memory stick. It’s a step by step process which needs some tools too… Then Eric Gray has just published a simplified how-to using VMware Workstation for the job. It’s really straightforward […]
Upgrade vCenter from SQL express edition to SQL might happens sooner than you think
During an install of the vCenter you have the possibilities to install SQL server express edition (MSDE) as a database for your vCenter or to install full blown SQL 2005 or SQL 2008. For now, for my tests and deployment I always used this option, since MSDE is fully supported for smaller environments (up to […]
Windows 7 x32 edition does not use 4 gigs of RAM, did you know?
Windows 7 is available to MSDN subscribers since yesterday. So I downloaded the 32 bit version to see if I could use all my RAM available on my laptop. As I expected, after a clean install of Windows 7 (x32), I saw in the control panel only 3 Gigs of RAM usable. The exact message […]
VMware Data Recovery – install and configure video- part1
I’m trying to have a look at the new backup solution from VMware – vSphere DATA Recovery. VMware VDR It’s available since vSphere came out as a part or the SMB package – VMware Essentials Plus. At the same time as I’m learning, I’m doing some videos on it so I hope you guys that you’ll […]
Gain more free space with storage Thin Provisioning
Thin provisioning can save you a LOTs of SAN space. You know that storage space on a SAN its expensive. Insdead of thinking how to get enough money to buy larger SAN or upgrade, why not instead migrate your VMs using a VMware Converter with thin provisionned disks? If you are using VMware Workstation, to […]
How-to quickly save and restore the network configuration of your Virtual Machines
When you convert a physical server to a VM the resulting virtual machine’s network settings are all set to DHCP. It’s because the configuration settings of the static IP addresse of the source server are not retained on the resulting virtual machine after the conversion. I saw this discussion on one of the comments on […]
How-to install vSphere 4 inside of VMware Workstation
I did my own video of installing ESX 4 inside of VMware Workstation. Whether you’re new to virtualization, or experienced user, to test if stuff works you need to practice. I’m using VMware Workstation to test stuff. The latest release is the 6.5.2. – build 156735. This video ROCKS (especially the music…. ) . What […]
How-to install an evaluation license for the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch
Neal Mueller – Cisco product manager will show in this video how to install and try the software implementation of a Cisco Nexus 1000V switch. You can evaluate the fully featured Cisco Nexus 1000V during 60 days for 16 CPU. This is a great video, which makes the steps easy to follow. Where to get […]
Esxi 4 without the service console will replace the ESX 4 in a near future?
I’ve heard this info here and there on twitter and today Eric Sloof again came with the info. The ESX 4 Red Hat linux console will dissapear in the near future. So the only Hypervizor will become the ESXi 4. What you will lose? I did not digg deep enough in the ESXi 4 yet […]
What to do when you can’t delete snapshot
When you can’t delete snapshot. What to do? You know that one of the great features of VMware ESX is a possibility to take snapshot of your system on a regular basics. When something goes wrong, you just revert to the snapshot and here you go. But when the snapshot get’s stuck? You want to […]
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