OVF – Open Virtualization Format
So what is an OVF and why is it neat? You can read the official scribe here, but basically the neatest part about it is the way developers…
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HA and DRS behavior in a 2 node Cluster.
An interesting new DRS behavior was introduced with the latest Update 2 patch that I recently became aware of at a client. If you have a 2 node…
Backing up Virtual Machines using Vizioncore’s vRanger to a Data Domain
Here is a quick little comparison of the options available to implement Vizioncore’s vRanger product for backing up Virtual Machines to a Data Domain device. I am sure…
Uploading and installing patches with the VI Client
Although most ESX patches are now done through VMware's Update Manager but occasionally we will need up manually patch an ESX host. Here is a quick way to…
BIG BUG in Update 2
Great News flash post @ Virtualization.infohttps://www.virtualization.info/2008/08/vmware-mistake-shuts-down-thousands-of.htmlBasically, any ESX implementation that is running ESX Update 2 (Build 103908) will not be able to power on or vMotion Virtual Machines…
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 Goodies
Here are some other little niceties I have found after upgrading to VMware's ESX 3.5 Update 2. More little hardware facts : Service Tags are displayed in the…
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…