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 […]
Update to PXE Manager for vCenter Fling
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 […]
VMware ESXi Total lockdown – what’s that?
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 […]
VMware vSphere Converter Standalone 5 goes public beta
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 […]
Avoiding the VMware Compliance Checker Headache – PowerCLI to the rescue.
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 […]
My homelab – The Network design with Cisco SG 300 – a Layer 3 switch for €199.
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 […]
VMware SRM & HP P4000 VSA Intricacies
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 […]
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 […]
My switch adventures
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 […]
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