VMware have included the old and trustworthy performance monitor VMKUSAGE in VC 2.5 U4. This time the monotor has been added to VC as a plugin. To get access to the new plugin you have to follow this knowledge base article. If you like me upgraded your VC without stopping the Webaccess service first you… Read More »
Today I had to create a script that creates lists of VMs, for each of the below statements: CD-ROM is ‘Connected’ CD-ROM set to ‘Connect at power on’ CD-ROM device type set to ‘Client Device’ CD-ROM device type set to ‘Datastore ISO file’ Floppy is ‘Connected’ Floppy set to ‘Connect at power on’ Floppy device… Read More »
Finally Microsoft is giving away it’s software for free. They are starting with SharePoint Designer 2007 (formally Frontpage). It’s a start and I’m hoping they will keep up the “good work” 🙂 Get it from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42
Today a one of my customers encountered an error when trying to revert to an snapshot. They recived the following error: “error encountered trying to restore cpu state from file /vmfs/volumes/…./xxxxx.vmsn” After a bit of googleing if came up with the problem. The error occures when a VM with snapshots (taken when VM is PoweredOn)… Read More »
A fellow member in the Danish Usergroup has created a very simple backup script for ESX and ESXi using PowerShell and VCB. http://www.virtualize.dk I like that it’s small and simple. Keep up the good work….
To night I had problems with uninstalling VMware Tools in a VM after updating to the latest ESX release. The uninstaller kept asking me to insert the “VMWare Tools” disk and click OK”. In the popup window there is pull-down field labeled “Use Source” and in this field is the number one (“1”). If I… Read More »
Right after lunch today I had a host (3.5 U3) crach with a kernel panic. It shouldn’t be a problem for clusters running HA, but on this cluster I had disabled HA bacause of an error and hadn’t had the time to depug :-(. So my VM’s couldn’t be started on a new host and… Read More »
Have you ever needed to verify the security or hardened state of you ESX hosts? If yes, then these tools from ConfigureSoft.com or TripWire.com will help you make the process easier. If no, take a look at the tools anyway – it’s always nice to know if your “babies” are safe ;-). http://www.configuresoft.com/compliance-checker.aspx Compliance Checker… Read More »
Yesterday i was informed that the links to the files for ESX_History was broken. The links are now corrected and working. Sorry for the mistake.
After we have allowed Windows 2008 Servers in our VMware VI enviroment, we been having problems sysprepping Windows 2008 Server. So here is a quick guide to sysprep a Windows 2008 server in a VMware VI enviroment. (Use this workaround until VMware VI allows you run sysprep against a WIN2008 Server) Change the source or… Read More »