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Suppressing VMware VIX Warnings when running Invoke-VMScript cmdlets
I have a practice of running up-to-date software. Some scripts in PowerCLI which perform in-guest operations, depend on VMware VIX. The latest version of VIX is 1.10.1.12915. But PowerCLI needs 1.10.0....
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Enable RSS in Guest OS with PowerCLI
If you have Windows 2003/2008 (R2) VMs with the VMXNet3 vNIC, you might want to enable RSS. See the following article for more details and the improvements when enabling RSS. Enable RSS (Receive Side...
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Use Windows 2008 R2 as an NFS Server for vSphere
Most people don’t realize it, but Windows 2008 R2 comes with a decent and simple to use NFS component. This can change a simple File Server in Shared Storage for vSphere (to store ISO files, Templates...
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List HA Runtime States with PowerCLI
The HA Agent on vSphere 4.x Hosts can be in several states: - uninitialized - initialized - running - error - agentShutdown - nodeFailed If you have HA Enabled on your cluster, all states except...
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Shutdown Guest does not work on Citrix Servers with an M: drive
As soon as you do a drive remapping of your C: drive to something else (let’s use M:), the Shutdown Guest/Suspend Guest features do not work any longer. When you look at the vmware.log of the VM, it...
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My VMware VCAP-DCA Exam Experience
Yesterday was the day i took my VCAP-DCA410 exam… and i will probably remember that day for quite some time I arrived at the Exam Center in time. I had it scheduled at 11:00. After the usual...
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Starting vSphere Client in other locales
The vSphere Client is available in different locales. Depending on your system locale, vSphere Client will be started in that locale. But sometimes, you may want to change the locale of vSphere (if...
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Install vSphere in VMware Workstation using EFI instead of a BIOS
(U)EFI is the next generation of BIOS. When you install ESXi 5.0 on VMware Workstation 8, it just uses a regular BIOS. It is however possible to use EFI instead of BIOS. The vSphere Installation and...
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Bug in HP Agents 8.70 causes HP DL580 G7 running ESX to reboot on PSU failure...
We discovered a bug in HP Agents 8.70 installed on ESX 4.1 running on HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers. Those machines come equipped with 4 PSUs. When the power is lost of 2 PSUs at the same time, a...
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Enable VASA on HP P4000 Lefthand SAN with vSphere 5
On of the new features of vSphere 5 is VASA. This allows vSphere to read the capabilities of your underlying SAN storage. With this information, you can do all kinds of fancy stuff afterwards...
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vSphere 5.1 Release Date leaked? (Updated)
VMware asked me to pull the post about the release date. So I guess you all have to wait for VMware to release some more info (and not by accident like they did yesterday ).
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How to Shrink a Thin VMDK on ESXi 5.0
I always like to keep my template small. This means the files inside the VM, but the size of the VMDK as well. The reason for this is that I often need to download the VM to USB storage of whatever...
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Use Windows 2008 R2 as an NFS Server for vSphere
Most people don’t realize it, but Windows 2008 R2 comes with a decent and simple to use NFS component. This can change a simple File Server in Shared Storage for vSphere (to store ISO files, Templates...
View ArticleClik here to view.
List HA Runtime States with PowerCLI
The HA Agent on vSphere 4.x Hosts can be in several states: - uninitialized - initialized - running - error - agentShutdown - nodeFailed If you have HA Enabled on your cluster, all states except...
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Shutdown Guest does not work on Citrix Servers with an M: drive
As soon as you do a drive remapping of your C: drive to something else (let’s use M:), the Shutdown Guest/Suspend Guest features do not work any longer. When you look at the vmware.log of the VM, it...
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My VMware VCAP-DCA Exam Experience
Yesterday was the day i took my VCAP-DCA410 exam… and i will probably remember that day for quite some time :-) I arrived at the Exam Center in time. I had it scheduled at 11:00. After the usual...
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Starting vSphere Client in other locales
The vSphere Client is available in different locales. Depending on your system locale, vSphere Client will be started in that locale. But sometimes, you may want to change the locale of vSphere (if...
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Install vSphere in VMware Workstation using EFI instead of a BIOS
(U)EFI is the next generation of BIOS. When you install ESXi 5.0 on VMware Workstation 8, it just uses a regular BIOS. It is however possible to use EFI instead of BIOS. The vSphere Installation and...
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Bug in HP Agents 8.70 causes HP DL580 G7 running ESX to reboot on PSU failure...
We discovered a bug in HP Agents 8.70 installed on ESX 4.1 running on HP ProLiant DL580 G7 servers. Those machines come equipped with 4 PSUs. When the power is lost of 2 PSUs at the same time, a...
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Enable VASA on HP P4000 Lefthand SAN with vSphere 5
On of the new features of vSphere 5 is VASA. This allows vSphere to read the capabilities of your underlying SAN storage. With this information, you can do all kinds of fancy stuff afterwards...
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