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...
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...
June 25, 2010 2:14 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
issues resolved,
vcenter server,
vmware,
vsphere 4 update 2,
Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008 R2Well since i like to follow VMware, I'd like to let everyone know that vCenter Server 4 Update 2 is out. With this release there has been guest operating system customization improvements, support for Server 2008 R2 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit (had issues in the past trying to install on these OS'),...
June 25, 2010 2:07 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX 4 Update 2,
ESXi,
trial installation,
VCP,
vmware,
vsphereWell its been out for about a month, and just wanted to remind my readers that ESX 4 Update 2 is now out... i have included an insert and a link to the download below.
Enablement of Fault Tolerance Functionality for Intel Xeon 56xx Series processors— vSphere 4.0 Update 1 supports the...
June 3, 2010 3:39 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
32-bit,
64-bit,
bootloader,
BSOD,
disk2vhd,
microsoft,
P2V,
VHD,
vmdk,
vmware,
VMware Converter Standalone,
VMWare workstation,
vsphere,
Windows 7,
x64Why is it so hard to find out how to properly P2V(physical to virtual) Windows 7 32 or 64 bit? I looked all over the net, googled until i couldn't google anymore and could not find the answer. Everything I did would end up in a BSOD or Bootloader errors, so i gave up. Then one night I was...
May 26, 2010 12:31 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Aero,
DirectX 9,
industry standard,
opengl,
Virtualization,
vmware,
VMware Workstation 7.1,
Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008 R2As of yesterday the industry standard in desktop virtualization has just been upgraded to version 7.1.
Along with the new release comes the ability to create virtual machines with up to 8 vcpus and 32GB of memory, driverless printing with no configuration for both Windows and Linux guest...
