How to update drivers on VMWARE ESXI 5 Download the Driver for the device vib file and copy to the ESX datastore ssh your ESXhost go to the directory where you have copied the driver vib file type the following command #esxcli software vib install -v your driver file path/driverfile.vib –no-sig-check For Example you have … Read more
Virtual Machine Configuration Requirements for vMotion A number of specific virtual machine configurations can prevent migration of a virtual machine with vMotion. The following virtual machine configurations can prevent migration with vMotion: ■ You cannot use migration with vMotion to migrate virtual machines that use raw disks for clustering. ■ If virtual CPU performance counters are … Read more
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Datacenter Administration exam tests certification VCAP5-DCA Exam testing center exam code: VDCA510 The VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Datacenter Administration exam tests certification candidates on their skills and abilities installing, configuring and administering large and/or more complex virtualized environments. Exam Blueprint Version 2.3 22 February 2013 Download Link:- … Read more
Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) support on ESXi/ESX To determine which releases of ESXi/ESX support MSCS, consult the table below. The information is based on the release notes for each release as well as the published product documentation. For related information, see the VMware Compatibility Guide. ESX Release MSCS Supported? Documentation 3.0 Yes Setup for Microsoft … Read more
VMware ESX 5.0 Available commands BootModuleConfig.sh du halt net-lbt spmd vm-support Formatters.py echo hbrfilterctl netlogond spmdctl vmcp Formatters.pyc egrep head nohup ssh vmdumper InstallHelper.sh eject hexdump nologin stat vmfs-support Session.py emmett host-ind nslookup statedumper vmkbacktrace Session.pyc enum_instances host_reboot.sh ntp-keygen storageRM vmkchdev env host_shutdown.sh ntpd strace vmkdevmgr – esxcfg-advcfg hostd ntpdc stty vmkdump_extract addgroup esxcfg-dumppart … Read more
VMware ESX Command line Management This documentation describes the concepts, tasks, and commands that you use to administer your virtual environment through the command line. vSphere provides several command-line interfaces that you can use to automate common tasks that you perform to deploy and support your virtual datacenter. For example, you can use vSphere command-line … Read more
how to edit Alarm in VMware VCenter Change Alarm Attributes You can rename alarms and change alarm triggers, reporting, and actions. Required privilege: Alarm.Modify Alarm Procedure 1 Display the object in the inventory on which the alarm is defined. 2 Select the object and click the Alarms tab. 3 Click Definitions. The Defined … Read more
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone P2V Performance optimization
While migrating P2V Microsft server was very slow as we change the red marked line under converter-client.xml file P2V process become very fast. thanks to my friend Mohamed Magdy, for giving me this important tip.
Turning OFF SSL Encryption in VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 can improve transfer rates.
To turn OFF SSL Encryption in VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0, please follow the following steps:-
Vmware Vsphere 5 Error : Unsupported or invalid disk type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported. “ Problem : Unsupported or invalid disk type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported. You can run into this problem when you try to power on virtual machine on Esxi that converted from physical to … Read more
VMWare P2V migration Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service describes the types of clusters you can implement using virtual machines with Microsoft Cluster Service for Windows Server 2003 and Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008. You get step-by-step instructions for each type of cluster and a checklist of clustering requirements and recommendations Setup … Read more