10 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Create a Bootable vSphere 5 USB installation media

In the modern server world we don’t always have a cd/dvd drive in the server, but we always have USB. But how do we get the downloaded vSphere 5 .iso file onto a USB media and make it bootable? Required hardware An USB Media with a FAT32 Partition Required downloads: [ download here ] – [...]

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08 April 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Install vSphere 4.1 to USB or Flashcard

Nowadays more servers have a interal USB port or a Flashcard slot on the motherboard, which is really handy when using VMware vSphere, that’s why i want to show you how to install your vSphere to a USB drive or Flashcard. In my installation i use a HP 4 GB SD Flash Media. (580387-B21) and [...]

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08 March 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Change MailMarshal HELO name

MailMarshal uses de server.domain.com for it’s Helo name. You will probably name your server after it’s role, so this can be for expample mailmarshal01.domain.local. But is most cases you use an other external mx record name. therefor you can change this setting from within MailMarshal. This is a MailMarshal Node-specific setting, and it may be necessary to [...]

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