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Thin provisioning how could you live without it?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 13, 2011

If you just starting with VMware Virtualization and want to learn some new features comming with vSphere 4 just read on. Thin provisioning feature which comes with vSphere 4 is cool enough to talk about . Actually I’m even asking myself how come that I could live without it? Thin provisioning can save you a […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Thin provisioning ESX 4, thin provisioning ESXi 4, Thin Provisioning vSphere

Using tasks, events and alarms in vCenter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 13, 2011

Today I watched a video from the second DVD of the new Trainsignal’s vSphere 4 learning course. In this video David Davis explained to me what for are tasks, scheduled tasks, how to use them. Really cool stuff. I did not know that the configuration of SNNP inside vCenter was so easy…. Still inside of […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESX 4 video, Training ESX 4, Training VMware, VCP training, Video learning Trainsignal vSphere 4, vSphere 4

“Error unable to access a file since it is locked” – how did I do to save my day

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 27, 2009

I had this error in my lab when I was trying to power on a virtual machine with Exchange 2007 installed in it. It’s a testing VM. Since It’s testing VM I did not keep any backup for this VM. I might should….. -:( But then… what to do? I had two options: 01. Google […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Data Recovery VM, unable to access a file since it is locked, V2V, Vmdk, VmWare Converter

How-to enable PvSCSI and when

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

VMware Paravirtualized SCSI (PVSCSI driver) Introduced with vSphere 4 this driver can speed up and offload CPU.  VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter is able to achieve 12% more throughput with 18% less CPU cost compared to the LSI virtual adapter. vSphere ships with this new high-performance virtual storage adapter. Bus logic and LSI logic were […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Install PVSCSI, pvSCSI, vSphere PVSCSI setup

Wish list of features for VMware Data Recovery

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

VMware DATA Recovery (VDR) is great product with relatively simple usage. You could follow through my posts the Installation and configuration, Backup, Recovery and File Level Restore. There are also a step-by-step videos in those posts. But as a user I saw that other users are having little difficulties to use the FLR restore utility […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: backup vmware, FLR, VDR, VMware Data Recovery

Starwind iSCSI SAN – configuration RAID 1 Mirror and connection to ESX 4

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 12, 2019

Configuration RAID 1 Mirror and connection to VMware ESX 4. I wanted to test Starwind Entreprise Server – powerful iSCSI SAN software installing on your existing W2000/2003 Servers, which provides you with the possibility to create RAID1 Mirror. So whether you want to test this software this guide might help with the setup. You might also […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: Starwind, Starwind iSCSI SAN

Second Shot to became VCP 4 or when upgrading from VCP 3

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2009

Good news for people looking to earn their VCP 4 certification exam. If you planning to pass VCP 4 (like myself… -:) , then you will be happy and more confident with the news like this one. It applies to a people wanting to pass VCP 4 and also to people wanting to upgrade from […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Certification VMware, VCP 4, VMware Certified Professional VCP4

ITQ vLan and portGroup manager FREE utility

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2017

There is one more tool I want to talk about and which is cool. The author is Flores Eken from ITQ Consultancy in the Netherlands is an enthusiast VMware SDK programmer. He wrote this application in C# based on the new ESX3.x /VC2.x SDK, but it works in ESX 4 I tested it. This tool […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Free tool Virtual Infrastructure, Management vLAN, Management VMware Port groups

How to clone a Virtual machine in ESX Server video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 27, 2017

With Trainsignal’s Videos everything looks easy. In case you don’t know Trainsignal and their Great VMware vSphere Video Learning courses, I invite you to follow this link and see some solid made videos from David Davis. Watch some more free videos here: Running vSphere inside a VMware Workstation Fault tolerance – an ultimate protection for […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Video learning Trainsignal

Some cool free tools from run-virtual.com

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2017

In case you did not discovered yet until today, there are some cool tools on run-virtual.com. Richard Garsthagen does great job providing all those tools from his blog. So here are thee tools. I did not test all of them, there are quite a few…Only one of them did not work for me. I do […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Free Tools, Monitoring Tools Virtual Infrastructure, VMware Free tools

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