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vSphere Installation Media : OEM or VMware?

Here is a topic that has recently come up for me at a few clients so I figured I would just jot some notes down ... Read More

vSphere 5–Unable to Create NetApp FC DataStore [Resolved & then Resolved AGAIN :)]

Here’s a pretty particular error that I ran into at a customer site. Brand new ESXi 5.0 installs connected up to a NetApp filer with ... Read More

Not enough room for vSphere 5 Upgrade? Free some up!

While using VMware’s Update Manager to upgrade a 4.0 ESX host to vSphere 5, I ran into a space issue. Looking at the event tab ... Read More

vSphere 5 Trust issues : Cannot synchronize host.

While doing some seemingly straightforward patching via Update Manager on my Home Lab ESX servers, I got this strange message after a reboot. Cannot synchronize ... Read More

No room to upgrade from ESX3 to ESX4 vSphere. Time to Repartition!

I was recently upgrading an ESX host from ESX3.5 to vSphere when I ran into an interesting issue. The server was built with 36GB local ... Read More