Server Virtualization Archives - ESX Virtualization https://www.vladan.fr/tag/server-virtualization/ VMware ESXi, vSphere, VMware Backup, Hyper-V... how-to, videos.... Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:37:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Free DebugDiag Tool v2 Update 1 – Process crashes, memory leaks, process performance https://www.vladan.fr/free-debugdiag-tool-v2-update-1-process-crashes-memory-leaks-process-performance/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:47:50 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/?p=35065 New update to Microsoft's tool which can diagnose Process crashes, memory leaks and overall process performance has been released recently. The tool has been around for a while but now it's available as a standalone MSI package (for x32 or x64). The utility is called DebugDiag and it's a free download. This 2.0 U1 version includes an […]

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]]> Looking back to 2011 https://www.vladan.fr/looking-back-to-2011/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:47:37 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/?p=14098 2011 is almost finished, let's see how it looked like. The past year was very productive. I was able to kept my posting frequency even if I had too much work for the company I was working for. When I look back at 2011, I can already see several ways that I will be able […]

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]]> Moving ESX host from one Virtual Center to another https://www.vladan.fr/moving-esx-host-from-one-virtual-center-to-another/ https://www.vladan.fr/moving-esx-host-from-one-virtual-center-to-another/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 04:13:21 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/?p=1668 How to register an ESX Server host in a Virtual Center? Sometimes you need to move an ESX Server host into another vCenter Management Server. To move an ESX host from one Virtual Center to another, you must remove the host from Virtual Center first , then  add the host to a new VirtualCenter. It […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/moving-esx-host-from-one-virtual-center-to-another/feed/ 6 How to configure OpenFiler iSCSI Storage for use with VMware ESX. https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-configure-openfiler-iscsi-storage-for-use-with-vmware-esx/ https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-configure-openfiler-iscsi-storage-for-use-with-vmware-esx/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:10:24 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/?p=972 I wanted to test an Openfiler as a solution for HA and vMotion with ESX Server and vCenter. Using Openfiler is a great way to save some money on expensive SANs and for home lab testing and learning, this choice is just great. I did not have 3 physical boxes (2 for ESX hosts and one for […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-configure-openfiler-iscsi-storage-for-use-with-vmware-esx/feed/ 20 Top 10 PowerShell scripts for Virtual Infrastructure https://www.vladan.fr/top-10-powershell-scripts-for-virtual-infrastructure/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:44:56 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/?p=570 I want to share with you the information I found at virtual-strategy.com about Top 10 PowerShell scripts availables today. I think that it's is a great resource, which should be bookmarked and kept safe and every ESX admin should have an online copy…. So in no ordered list: 1. Quick Migration Script from Mike diPetrillo. […]

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]]> Top 5 reasons to virtualize with VMware ESXi https://www.vladan.fr/top-5-reasons-to-virtualize-with-vmware-esxi/ https://www.vladan.fr/top-5-reasons-to-virtualize-with-vmware-esxi/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:54:48 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/top-5-reasons-to-virtualize-with-vmware-esxi/ Everyday I hear people to speak more and more about virtualization. This technology is becoming more and more popular and more and more IT andministrators are just going for it and virtualize their servers. So why should you virtualize your your servers? Why should you use VMware instead of Microsoft or Xen… Most of these […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/top-5-reasons-to-virtualize-with-vmware-esxi/feed/ 2 Free Performance Monitoring tool for ESX Server – VM Monitor from Solarwinds https://www.vladan.fr/free-performance-monitoring-tool-for-esx-server/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:56:57 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/free-performance-monitoring-tool-for-esx-server/ Monitoring Solution for your ESX Server – for free Solarwinds is well know company for their subnet calculator. Today I'd like to present your a free toll from Solarwinds called VM Monitor With this free software you are going to be able to do: Fast check the health of your VMware ESX Server by monitoring […]

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]]> Mounting VMDK disks directly to your windows box – how to https://www.vladan.fr/mounting-your-vmdk-disks-directly-to-your-windows-box-how-to/ https://www.vladan.fr/mounting-your-vmdk-disks-directly-to-your-windows-box-how-to/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/mounting-your-vmdk-disks-directly-to-your-windows-box-how-to/ How to mount your VMDK hard disks easily? Vmware is using VMDK format for virtual disks. You might do not know that you can mount virtual disks (.VMDK) file directly to your windows explorer interface with a little software called VMware Disk Mount Utility. This utility can be downloaded from VMware. I will show you how […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/mounting-your-vmdk-disks-directly-to-your-windows-box-how-to/feed/ 11 How-to prevent downloading the VI client for your lan users https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-prevent-downloading-the-vi-client-for-your-lan-users/ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/how-to-prevent-downloading-the-vi-client-for-your-lan-users/ Prevent downloading the VMware Infrastructure Client via the Web Browser. You already know that you can download the VI client via your web browser, but you don't know that you also can prevent to appear the link for downloading the client to your clients. Oh yes. Your cliens do not need to see the download […]

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]]> VMware ESX – How do I grow virtual disks? How to make your DD larger capacity. https://www.vladan.fr/vmware-esx-how-do-i-grow-virtual-disks-how-to-make-your-dd-larger-capacity/ https://www.vladan.fr/vmware-esx-how-do-i-grow-virtual-disks-how-to-make-your-dd-larger-capacity/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.vladan.fr/vmware-esx-how-do-i-grow-virtual-disks-how-to-make-your-dd-larger-capacity/ Grow virtual disks It happened to me several times. You install your VM, you make your configuration and than you install some of your software to do some testings and suddenly you get a prompt that you are out of space. What to do? You can add additional drive to have another storage space, but […]

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