Category Archives: VMware

Unable to increase disk size on virtual machine in ESX server

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Gkhan

you are unable to increase disk size on virtual  machine ,Disk Provisioning option has grayed out even you have disk space on data store . this may be following cases you have migrated P2V , and your disk adapter type … Continue reading →

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How to know vender by MAC address

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Gkhan

if you want to know network card vender by MAC address .MAC address first  16 bit is assign to vender  OUI code . Search your MAC address starting 16 bit below link http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/oui.txt VMware uses the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) … Continue reading →

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The VMRC console has disconnected attempting to reconnect

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Gkhan

I got bellow error from Vsphere client  while accessing console. I just logged in from another PC it is working fine  . There were no error as above.             Re install the Vsphere client and … Continue reading →

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How to encrease datastore with running VMs Datastore on SAN Storage

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Gkhan

How to encrease datastore with running VMs Datastore on SAN Storage http://www.50mu.net/2013/07/09/live-vmware-datastore-expansion-with-running-vms/  

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VMware vsphere esxi vcenter server storage-guide

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Gkhan

VMware vsphere esxi vcenter server storage-guide A quick guide about SAN Storage using VMware ESX servers.

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Maximums Configuration for VMware vSphere 5.1

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Gkhan

Maximums Configuration for VMware vSphere 5.1 When you select and configure your virtual and physical equipment, you must stay at or below the maximums supported by vSphere 5.1. The limits presented in the following tables represent tested, recommended limits, and they are … Continue reading →

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How to create NFS Share on Linux for VMware LAB

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Gkhan

How to create NFS Share on Linux for VMware LAB I am using centos 5.5 Linux to create NFS share to map on VMware Datastores. 1- Create one directory to share  # mkdir /NAS 2- Give Read Write permission to … Continue reading →

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Registering or adding a virtual machine on vCenter Server/VirtualCenter or an ESX/ESXi host

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Gkhan

Registering or adding a virtual machine on vCenter Server/VirtualCenter or an ESX/ESXi host You can register a virtual machine in vCenter Server/VirtualCenter or from a command line. To register a virtual machine in vCenter Server: Open the vSphere/VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client and log in … Continue reading →

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How to enable SNMP Client on ESX5

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Gkhan

How to enable SNMP Client on ESX5 In this example I am assuming your detals as below but it will change according to your setup. ESX Host IP is 192.168.1.10 Username root Password P@ssw0rd SNMP Server IP 192.168.1.100 Note:- on … Continue reading →

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How to add a new VLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000 vSwitch on VMware with Cisco UCS

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Gkhan

How to add a new VLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000 vSwitch on VMware with Cisco UCS Example :- I have a new VLAN requirement to be added in my VMware environment Step-1 Add VLAN on Cisco UCS (configure in LAN … Continue reading →

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