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...
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...
January 15, 2010 1:42 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
SSL Error,
The request failed due to an SSL error,
upgrade virtual center,
vCenter Update 1,
vCenter Update Manager,
vmware,
vSphere 4,
VUMSome people over look this when upgrading to vCenter 4, even though it warns you before installing vCenter... yeah I fell for it also.
Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.5 to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 without upgrading VUM and Converter might result in certain issues
If you upgrade...
January 9, 2010 6:33 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
certification,
deadline,
VCP,
vcp-310,
VCP-410,
virtual infrasrtuture client,
Virtualization,
vmware,
vSphere 4If you are someone like me and looking to get the VMware Certification before time runs out, your actually not too late. VMware hasofficially extended the date at which you can take the exam. The statement below is straight from VMware's website.
Due to overwhelming demand, existing...
December 1, 2009 12:25 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
e1000,
Intel,
network infrastructure card,
NIC,
paravirtualization,
vmware,
vmxnet,
vmxnet3,
vSphere 4So you think you know Vmware, you have recently upgraded to vSphere 4.0 and you provision a new virtual machine, using the standard E1000 Nick (basically an Intel Pro 1000 Network Interface Card), you have bound 4 1Gb Nics to the virtual switch that the VM is on, so basically, your OS will only get...
October 22, 2009 3:14 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX,
iphone,
rss,
viigo,
vmware best practices,
vmware performance,
vmware vroom,
vSphere 4,
white paper
If you haven't subscribed to this RSS Feed, you should do so now... it includes
October 6, 2009 9:33 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX 3.5,
monitor vmware performance,
Veeam Backup and Replication,
Veeam Business View,
Veeam Monitor,
vm sprawl,
vmware,
vSphere 4... Are now is now available!
For the first time ever, you can see the impact of virtual infrastructure performance on individual business units…and take immediate action! Veeam’s newest release now allows you to bridge the gap between IT and business:
- Group, view, and manage virtual...
September 26, 2009 5:01 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Distributed Resource Scheduling,
DRS,
ESX,
ESX 3.5,
ESX 4.0,
snapshots,
vmotion,
vSphere 4I think setting DRS(Distributed Resource Scheduling) to manual mode when removing snapshots, should be best practice, especially when you are only running two ESX servers and they are slightly taxed. Why? Mainly because when you remove a snapshot, especially a two tiered one, it can cause the hard...
July 24, 2009 5:05 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
hyper-v,
paravirtualization,
vSphere 4,
Windows Server 2008Here is another quick one for you all... When creating a Windows Server 2008 Virtual Machine, do not enable paravirtualization, I know you want to, but whilst using vSphere, you will not be able to install the PCI Memory Controller Interface(you will be prompted to find drivers for this device,...
