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More Questions About Queues: LUN and HBA Queue Depth on ESX(i) Hosts

By Andy | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

LUN and HBA Queue Depth on ESX(i) Hosts This is a guest post by Andy Grant. Jason Boche has posted an interesting article on the VMkernel parameter Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding.  I confess that I have never thought much about the setting other than following VMware’s recommendation when changing HBA queue depth. Changing the Queue Depth for QLogic […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

Update to PXE Manager for vCenter Fling

By Andy | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

Update to PXE Manager for vCenter Fling This is a guest post by Andy Grant. Max Daneri has released version 4.1 Update 1 of PXE Manager for vCenter.  Be sure to uninstall the old version including the client plugin prior to installing the update. For all changes see the changelog. A new feature that caught […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESX to ESXi converter, PXE manager for vCenter, VMware Fling

VMware ESXi Total lockdown – what’s that?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

Total lockdown mode for VMware ESXi host

For paranoiacs? Not only. If you really want to close down access to your ESXi servers and make your network more secure, you might missed that there is a Total Lockdown Mode available in ESXi hypervizor from VMware. But watch out, when enabled and if you loose an access to your vCenter, the only way […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi lockdown mode, Total lockdown VMware, What is Total lockdown mode

VMware vSphere Converter Standalone 5 goes public beta

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

VMware vCenter Converter 5 standalone

A public beta of VMware Converter Standalone 5 is available for download. One of the features which is interesting is the optimization of disk alignment of systems. I think that it’s quite evident that the full product will support vSphere 5. One can clearly see it in the release notes. The product supports more OS […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Converter 5 Beta, VMware vSphere Converter Standalone 5 Beta

Avoiding the VMware Compliance Checker Headache – PowerCLI to the rescue.

By Andy | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

Avoiding the VMware Compliance Checker Headache – PowerCLI to the rescue. This is a guest post by Andy Grant. In Vladan’s post Free compilance checker for VMware vSphere he introduced one of VMware’s free audit and compliance tools.  This can be a great way to kick-start a discussion with your Information Assurance (security) department regarding […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Compliance Checker, PowerCLI, VMware PowerCli

My homelab – The Network design with Cisco SG 300 – a Layer 3 switch for €199.

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

Lately I was working on the redesign of my lab at home and I purchased a Cisco L3 capable switch. In my quest for a VMware vSphere homelab, I recently purchased my first Cisco switch. You could see it in my recent post called My switch adventures where I bought the wrong switch because of similarities […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware lab with Cisco SG 300, VMware lab with L3 router, VMware vSphere Home LAB

VMware SRM & HP P4000 VSA Intricacies

By Andy | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

VMware SRM & HP P4000 VSA Intricacies This is a guest post by Andy Grant. I have a bad habit of standing up a solution in my home lab, only to tear it down shortly afterwards to play with something new.   I have been using EMC’s UBER line of virtual storage appliances (VSAs) for my […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: HP P4000 VSA, VMware SRM, VMware vSphere and SRM

vMA + Splunk = Syslog Awesomeness

By Andy | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

How to install and configure SplunK as a destination for ESXi log files

How to manage vMA logs with Splunk This is a guest post by Andy Grant. Managing syslog messages in nearly any size of environment can be daunting.  Aside from the effort configuring every client to send syslog messages to your target server, searching for relevant data can be just as challenging.  There are many articles online […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Splunk, syslog messages, VMware vMA

VMware HA Slot sizes

By Andy | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

VMware HA Slot Sizes

HA Slot sizes – how do we get those numbers from vCenter? Info: This is a guest post by Andy Grant. He lives and works in Canada. Andy was a real help recently when I tried to configure a Cisco switch. You can read about my switch adventures here. This post is an extension of […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: How to calculate slot sizes VMware HA, VMware HA, VMware HA Admission Control, VMware HA Slot sizes

My switch adventures

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 16, 2019

Cisco/Linksys SRW 2008 with the possibility to put it in Layer 3 mode

How misleading Model numbers can make you choose the wrong switch. This is a real life story. This adventure happened to me few weeks ago and I thought that an article on my blog could interest other people willing to build a VMware vSphere Home lab. I’m like you guys, I’m reading my fellow blogger’s […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Cisco SRW 2008, Linksys SRW 2008

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