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Visual ESX Top – New Free tool from VMware Labs

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New free utility from VMware Labs called Visual ESX Top. As you probably guessed, the free tool allows better viewing experience than the command line ESX Top. In addition, there is a tab which allows to show some nice graphics. The tool can be downloaded from VMware Labs as technical preview, so you must accept the […]

VMware Network Port Diagram

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VMware has published recently, through VMware KB article https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2054806, a very detailed and useful Network port diagram. This diagram covers several VMware products: VMware ESXi 5.x VMware vCenter Server 5.x VMware vCloud Director 5.x VMware Update Manager vCenter Orchestrator It shows you which ports are used by vCenter and the other products to communicates between each […]

How to run vCheck – to get you started

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vCheck is a community project started few years back by Alan Renouf. Since then it has been enhanced and updated several times, with the latest version 6 of the script recently enhanced and shared now at GitHub where the collaborative environment can be leveraged for further improvements. So How to run vCheck? There is possibility […]

The current logged on user does not have sufficient privileges on the existing Directory Services instance

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I’ve had this error message the other day when I was reinstalling my View connection server. Even if I was logged in as an a domain administrator, the Horizon View connection server installer did not want me to allow continue with the installation. The current logged on user does not have sufficient privileges on the existing […]

Free and Simple Installable Tool for Imaging Desktops

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I’ve been looking recently to image a desktop computer. Yes, physical desktop. The need I had was to do a master image which can be restored when the machine gets too “dirty” from too many applications or virus etc. The tool I’ll show you today is free, and simple installable tool for imaging desktops. The software […]

Haswell ESXi Whitebox

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Difficult to ignore the Intel’s latest CPU release. Intel codename Haswell. The K-series parts lack the support for transactional memory extensions and VT-d device virtualization included with standard Haswell CPUs, so obviously I’ve turned out to other than the K-series. If you are into overclocking, then the 4770K would probably be your choice. For my […]

VMware Snapshots Explained through a video series

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I wanted to point out this technical learning video about VMware snapshots. This video is narrated by VMware certified instructor Joe Desmond and he explains all the details about the snapshot technology and the different files which are generated and used in snapshots. In my IT career I’ve encountered situations at client sites, where the […]

Memory Overcommitment in The ESX server – deep dive and best practices. Good Read in VMware Technical Journal 2013!

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Memory Overcommitment in The ESX server is just one of the chapters present in VMware Technical Journal, which went out few days ago. You’ll find the information about how memory overcommit works and which techniques are used, and also some best practices or how to avoid pitfalls. It’s a deep dive chapter. There are also some […]

PCIe XP941 Samsung SSD – 1.4GB/second.

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The limit of 6Gb/s of the SATA III is just surpassed with the latest technology from Samsung. The code release is XP941 and it’s a PCIe flash card which delivers impressive 1.4GB/second sequential read speed, and most importantly, it’s not a sample. The mass production has already started and it seems that it’s already shipped with the […]