March 25, 2010 12:58 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
datastore,
iSCSI target,
lun,
mcp,
starwind,
VCP,
VCP3,
vcp4,
vmwareStraight from StarWindsoftware.com, mind you this is a little late, but I am sure not many people were aware, is if you are a VCP or MCP(apparently), and email vmware@starwind.com, you can get a key to activate the software. I have included an insert from...
March 23, 2010 12:06 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
small to medium business,
SMB,
Timothy Stephan,
Virtualization,
vmware,
vSphere 4,
vSphere EssentialsVMware announced that as of March 18th vSphere Essentials can be acquired for less than $500 USD. Finally VMware is looking more seriously at the SMB space, not just enterprise, this will allow many more companies to take advantage of this great technology.
“VMware vSphere allows...
March 18, 2010 3:05 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
alarm,
alerts,
commiting snapshots,
snapshot,
virtual machine,
VM,
vmware,
VMware vCenter ServerEver check on your VMs and they have been running on a snapshot for the last couple months? Committing a couple months worth of snapshots can take 1 to many hours depending on the hardware and disks present, well VMware has posted a video on how to create an alarm to alert you when virtual machines...
March 17, 2010 2:43 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
CCDA,
CCNP,
Cert. Info. Sys. Security Professional,
Certifications by Salary,
Cisco Certified Design Associate,
Cisco Certified Network Professional,
CISSP,
MCSE,
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer,
Top 5 Certifications,
top 5 certs,
VCP,
VMware Certified ProfessionalWould you like to fast track your way into a job interview? While Certifications alone won't get you the job, it can definitely open doors, and get you an interview. Once you pass the interview you could be starting your dream job with that dream salary.
Here are the top 5 certifications based...
February 14, 2010 8:53 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
BlackBerry,
google,
microsoft,
smartphone,
Windows 7,
Windows Mobile 7,
xbox liveCan Windows Mobile 7 breath new life into Microsoft smart-phones? My guess is if they put as much effort into making Windows Mobile 7 as they did with Windows 7 then we may have a worthy successor. If the mobile OS gets good ratings, it may bring Microsoft back into the...
February 13, 2010 4:35 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Cannot Upgrade ESX 3.5u4 to vSphere using vSphere Host Update Utility,
ESX 3.5,
esx-4.0.0-1.9-208167-release,
Unsupported ESX version: esx-4.0.0-1.9-208167-release,
Upgrade Package Validation Failed,
viclient,
VMware-viclient-all-4.0.0-208111,
vSphere 4I am doing an upgrade right now to ESX vSphere4, using the Host Update Utility, sure enough it failed (nothing ever works the first time, right?) with this error message Upgrade Package Validation Failed: Unsupported ESX version: esx-4.0.0-1.9-208167-release .
Basically what it is saying to you...
February 5, 2010 6:36 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
console commands not returning anything,
ESX 3.5,
ESX Host,
kill -9,
ps -ef | grep vmware-hostd,
putty command stalling,
service mgmt-vmware restart,
service vmware-vpxa restart,
SSH,
unresponsive,
Vmware-cmd -lJust had this issue with a college, one of our ESX hosts was unresponsive, ie if you typed in a command to list Virtual Machines; vmware-cmd -l nothing would show up, like it was hung.
Here is what you need to do...
ps -ef | grep vmware-hostd
You should see something...
January 21, 2010 10:38 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
iSCSI,
VCP,
vcp-310,
VCP-410,
VCP3,
vDistributed Switches,
vmotion,
vmware,
vsphere,
vSwitchingWell I did it with 9 business days of studying I attained VCP vSphere4 Status! Since I am not a good studier as my buddy Raj, I found the exam a little more difficult. When I found out that they lowered the...
