July 30, 2010 1:40 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
administrator,
microsoft,
Sysadmin,
system administrator,
vmwareHey everyone, if you an IT Administrator of any kind, its SysAdmin Day! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/udhd9fmOdCs" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] So grab yourself a coffee, sit back, and administrator something technical! :)
July 29, 2010 5:01 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
consolidate helper- 0,
snapshot manager,
snapshots,
Veeam,
vmware,
vsphereA lot of people run into issues with Veeam and the cause can sometimes be the Consolidate Helper. Here is an explanation from Veeam.
"it is automatically created by ESX host during snapshot management process. Whether the job fails due to an error, or manually stopped, Veeam Backup...
July 29, 2010 5:08 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
cannot restore vm,
ESX,
firewall error,
restore vm,
Veeam Backup,
vmwareWhen you go to restore a VM using Veeam Backup 4.x.x you may get the following error.
Failed to validate command "OpenPortIn for firewall port xxxx"
The resolution is simple and as follows.
Under the ESX Host properties you are trying to restore to, enable "Elevate to...
July 20, 2010 4:03 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
conversion fails,
P2V fails,
vconverter,
vHardware,
VM fails to boot,
vmconverter fails to convert machine,
vmware,
VMware hardware 4,
VMware hardware 7,
vSphere 4.0 Update 2,
vsphere 4.1,
Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2008Sometimes you get a server that fails to convert, i.e. it just won't boot. If you use a Recovery CD (Windows Server 2003/2008 Install Disk) you can see that the files are all there, but it just refuses to boot no matter what you do. Well here is what I ran into... ESX Host was ESX 4.1(same results...
July 14, 2010 4:02 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX,
ESXi,
vmware,
VMware ESXi 4.1 Embedded,
VMware ESXi 4.1 Installable,
VMware vCenter Server 4.1,
vsphere 4.1,
vSphere ClientIts finally here, VMware vSphere 4.1, which includes VMware ESXi 4.1 Installable, VMware ESXi 4.1 Embedded, and VMware vCenter Server 4.1.
I intend to start testing this new release tomorrow am, I am usually a big fan of ESX4 Installable, but based on how things are going in VMware I will have...
July 13, 2010 3:39 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX,
ESXi,
SMB clients,
vmotion,
vmware,
vsphere 4.1,
vSphere Essentials,
vSphere Essentials PlusVMware is to announce the official release of vSphere 4.1 tomorrow. One great option for SMB Clients is vSphere Essentials Plus.
VMware vSphere Essentials Plus—This kit includes all the features of vSphere Essentials, plus High Availability and Data Recovery to automatically recover...
July 13, 2010 3:31 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
App Inventor,
front-end,
games,
google,
mac,
pc,
quizzes,
twitterNow this is interesting, a front end to help an end user create their own Google apps!
People can build any app they want with App Inventor, according to Google. The App Inventor team has created blocks for just about everything you can do with an Android phone, the company...
July 13, 2010 3:13 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
convert physical to virtual,
ESX,
Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format,
starwind v2v,
Sysinternals Disk2vhd,
VHD,
VSSRecently updated, Disk2vhd is a wonderful tool that when used with Starwind v2v application you can create a pristine Server 2008/Windows 7/Windows Vista ESX Clone, every time.
Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions...
June 29, 2010 2:59 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
desktop,
HP,
HP Storageworks,
Lefthand,
P4000,
SAN,
VCP,
virtual appliance,
virtual storage appliance,
vmware,
VMware Certified,
VSAHey folks, HP and VMware are introducing a few new solutions that are product of 8 years of working together. I am focusing on HP's Virtual SAN Appliance, it is the only appliance that is certified as VMware Ready.
To give organizations affordable, easy-to-deploy infrastructure...
