I had this issue with vCenter Server on my home lab. Virtual Center starts before the SQL database it depends on. I found a solution in a KB on VMware’s website. This article provides steps to prevent the race condition from occurring. VirtualCenter service does not start after reboot. First I checked log files […]
How-to auto Login to Virtual Center with VI Client
Is this possible? Oh yes… So what’s this all about? You are able to auto login to your vCenter Server without typing login/password every time. You can do it by using pass through authentication. Simply add the following to your VI Client shortcut (at te End): -passthroughAuth -s virtualcenter.domain.local So the whole line should look like this: […]
Three guides on about how to setup iSCSI conection to VMware ESX Server
There is many ways to test iSCSI connection to VMware ESX Server. Sure that there is many different free software which can be used as a shared storage (OpenFiler , Free NAS, EMC Celera (VM) , Xtravirt). It seems tha one of the most popular way is to setup the connection with an Openfiler. Few […]
Free Backup solution to backup VMs with GhettoVCBg2 script
GhettoVCBg2 script is here for those of you who need to implement a backup of your virtual infrastructure. If you are on a tight budget. You can use this script for free to backup your VMs running under Free edition of ESXi 4 or ESXi 3.5 U2. No need for activating SSH too… The authors, […]
VMware Data Recovery – your first backup – part 2 video
VMware Data Recovery is a product shipped with vSphere essentials plus. It’s GUI product to backup your virtual environement. In my home lab I’m having a physical box with Openfiler configured with iSCSI connection to another physical box running ESXi 4 (evaluation version). Openfiler is a great linux distro that which can provide you some […]
Installing ESXi 4 onto USB memory stick using VMware Workstation Video
How-to Install ESXi onto USB Stick – video. Not long time ago I published an article about how to install ESXi 4 onto USB memory stick. It’s a step by step process which needs some tools too… Then Eric Gray has just published a simplified how-to using VMware Workstation for the job. It’s really straightforward […]
Upgrade vCenter from SQL express edition to SQL might happens sooner than you think
During an install of the vCenter you have the possibilities to install SQL server express edition (MSDE) as a database for your vCenter or to install full blown SQL 2005 or SQL 2008. For now, for my tests and deployment I always used this option, since MSDE is fully supported for smaller environments (up to […]
Windows 7 x32 edition does not use 4 gigs of RAM, did you know?
Windows 7 is available to MSDN subscribers since yesterday. So I downloaded the 32 bit version to see if I could use all my RAM available on my laptop. As I expected, after a clean install of Windows 7 (x32), I saw in the control panel only 3 Gigs of RAM usable. The exact message […]
VMware Data Recovery – install and configure video- part1
I’m trying to have a look at the new backup solution from VMware – vSphere DATA Recovery. VMware VDR It’s available since vSphere came out as a part or the SMB package – VMware Essentials Plus. At the same time as I’m learning, I’m doing some videos on it so I hope you guys that you’ll […]
Gain more free space with storage Thin Provisioning
Thin provisioning can save you a LOTs of SAN space. You know that storage space on a SAN its expensive. Insdead of thinking how to get enough money to buy larger SAN or upgrade, why not instead migrate your VMs using a VMware Converter with thin provisionned disks? If you are using VMware Workstation, to […]
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