VMware replaces Diane Greene as CEO
Numerous sources have been posting that Diane Greene has been replaced as CEO of VMware by former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz.Virtualization.info also makes mention that it will be…
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P2V Linux boxes to VMware Virtual Machines
Here is a great write up by Chris Hahn. I also found some additional information on https://conshell.net/wiki/index.php/Linux_P2V Linux P2V procedure Required Software Red Hat / Fedora Linux CD1…
Extending the BARTPE FIX-VMSCSI plugin
Today while doing a V2P today, I ran into a BSOD. Very typical for V2Ps so I booted up BartPE to fix my BSOD as I usually do.…
Planning your VMWorld 2008 Trip!
If you have been under a rock for a while, you might not know that VMWorld 2008 is happening in Vegas this year. (This will be a 2.0…
ESX 3.5 Cisco Discovery Protocol [CDP] Support
One cool new feature of ESX 3.5 is their Cisco Discovery Protocol Support. CDP allows ESX to capture and broadcast Cisco related information to and from the switches.…
ESX Home Lab on the Cheap II – The Free SAN!
Today, XtraVirt released a free iSCSI solution similar to LeftHand's Virtual SAN appliance.Dubbed the XVS, it allows ESX users to tap their unused local VMFS space on different…
Virtual Machines Device Manager – GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out! So, you have successfully P2V'd a physical server to your Virtual infrastructure. No Blue screens and the machines powers up just fine. There are…
70GB Snapshot, YIKES!
This week I ran into a 70 GB snapshot head on while upgrading an ESX host. The 70 GB snapshot was the result of a snap of a…
ESX 3.5 Console installation
Here is a quick run through of an ESX server 3.5 Console installation. The console installation is probably the fastest and easiest part of the ESX installation. Once…