VMXNET and VMXNET3 are the only adapters that works with Jumbo Frames. If you trying to configure and use Jumbo frames to optimize your VI infrastructure, you should only use vmxnet (and vmxnet3) virtual adapters for that. The other adapters seems to accept the configuration for the MTU, but they’re not actually working like they […]
Windows 2008 R2 with Hyper-V installed on Server with Xeon 5500 Nehalem processor
2008 Server with Hyper-V role installed does not like Nehalem processors? Apparently this problem is known since September… It’s been announced by Intel. Processors affected are: AAK119 (Xeon 5500), AAM123 (Xeon 3500), AAO89 (Xeon 3400), AAJ121 (Core i7-900) and AAN87 (Core i7-800, Core i5) “In an article outlining hidden strife in the processor world, Andreas […]
Changement from LSilogic paralel into pvscsi
How to avoid BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) when you want to change from LSI Logic parallel into PVSCSI. Before update 1 you could only use the new PVSCSI adapter for your DATA disks in your VMs. The process is kind of a workaround. Add a second hard disk to your VM with the PVSCSI adapter. […]
vCloud Express by VMware
Running your infrastructure in the cloud. What is it? For now, the service is still in BETA. You pay for using a server, which is located in service provider’s datacenter. And basically you pay per hour. You for example can choose to create and deploy VM from list of OS availables etc.. It’s coming, the […]
Project Onyx, for non scripting people…
Project ONYX is a very interesting initiative from The PowerCLI team. What is Onyx and how it can helps you to write scripts. I never write scripts. I’m not a programmer. The only think I can do is to adapt existing scripts a little.. that’s all. I’m sure that I’m not alone. Not everyone wants […]
New feature with VMware vSphere Update 1
VMware vSphere Agent Pre-upgrade Check One of the visible thinks you can see when you first execute the installation of vCenter Server is Agent Pre-Upgrade check. What is it? This feature just ensure that the update process will go well. It check if all the hosts in your environment are having the necessary pre-requisites, so […]
VMware SRM 4 video explaining installation steps for Shared Recovery Site
With a recent release of VMware SRM 4, there has been also a new feature introduced. VMware SRM was released few weeks back. SRM 4.0 is fully compatible with VMware vSphere 4. VMWare Site Recovery helps you create and successfully test recovery plans for your datacenter. VMware SRM is used to protect the whole data […]
Thick or thin, that is a question?
New performance whitepaper from VROOM blog. If you ever doubted any performance issues due to using Thin provisioned disks, you should read this whitepaper. In fact there are just very little performance loss (if any) when using thin disks. The benefit of using thin disks over thick disks is quite big as you can save tons […]
P2V ramblings with OEM server installation
Windows OEM license installed on physical Server can’t really be P2V. Or yes? It just came it as an evidence for me because it already happened to me in my production environment several times, but it’s not evident for everybody. So just a little remember. Especially when you are just started learning about virtualization and […]
Windows 7 and VMware VI client issue fixed with official KB
When you want to run VI client on Windows 7 recently released or on Windows 2008 Server R2 The problem was known for some time now, and the bloggers community found a workaround quite quickly. VMware was a bit late to officially fix this trouble with this official KB article: Cannot launch vSphere Client after […]
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