13 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Upgrade vSphere ESXi 4.0 to 4.1 with vCLI

This article will show you the steps needed to upgrade your vSphere ESXi 4.0 server to the current latest version 4.1. Software downloads needed to complete this task: VMware vSphere CLI ( vSphere CLI 4.1 ) VMware vSphere upgrade patch ( upgrade ZIP from ESXi 4.0 ) or ( upgrade ZIP from ESXi 3.5 ) [...]

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01 October 2010 ~ 7 Comments

Configure your time / NTP server on ESXi

The correct time is essential to your ESXi server, you will need it for a variety of reasons (syslog, iscsi authentication and Security) and your Virtual Clients. A NTP server is the right service for job. It’s allready builtin, you just need to enable it. Tweet

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12 August 2010 ~ 12 Comments

No sound in ESX / ESXi through RDP

Working on vmware is great, but it gets even better when you have some sounds. A straight out the box install gives you a error on the sound card. The audio Service is not running No audio Devices are installed It took me some to figure out this problem, but at the end … it [...]

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05 August 2010 ~ 2 Comments

VMware converter: remove hidden Ghost networkcard (nic)

If you convert a physical machine to a virtual machine you’ll probably give it the same ip as it used to have. But when you try to modify the ip address in the TCP/IP settings of your vmware nic you’ll get the error that there is an existing NIC with the same IP address settings. [...]

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20 March 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Windows 7 BETA in ESXi but no NIC

I finally got myself together and downloaded a beta version of Windows 7 … everybody seems to fall in love with so lets test it. The installation went very smooth, just the way an admin likes it. Not much questions to answer, just a few clicks and it installs itself. Then it reboots and the [...]

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20 March 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Fastfcp 3.0 for ESX / ESXi

Version 3.0 is here, now with support for ESXi. Even without changing the ssh setting ! Features and Benefits Single console Multiple Windows, Linux, ESX and ESXi servers file management in a single console without re-entering logins and passwords, and automated sudo for ESX and Linux servers to save even more of your time. Flexible [...]

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17 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Verschillen tussen VMware ESX en ESXi

ESXi is gratis, dan denk je automatisch ‘ dan kan die minder ‘ dan de ESX versie. Maar wat kan die nou eigenlijk minder ? Tweet

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15 January 2009 ~ 1 Comment

HP ML110 G5 Server

Looking for a home-server to get some hands on experience with ESXi ? HP has a pretty neat server wich is fully supported by VMware. The HP ML110 G5 is a Dual-Core intel machine. Tweet

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15 January 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Run ESXi from a USB drive

You can make VMware ESXi run from a USB drive. Nowadays the USB drives are so large and fast and best of all you can buy it for just a few euro’s. Tweet

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01 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

VMware Infrastructure 3: Advanced Technical Design Guide and Advanced Operations Guide

Detailing both the design environments and operational processes of VMware Infrastructure 3, and written from the practical experience of proven VMware engineers, this book provides IT consultants and system engineers with the insight needed to tackle tough issues in server virtualization such as virtual machine technologies, storage infrastructure, and designing clustered environments. An administrator’s guide [...]

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