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How to update drivers on VMWARE ESXI 5

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 … Continue reading

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Virtual Machine Configuration Requirements for vMotion

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 … Continue reading

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VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Datacenter Administration exam tests certification

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 … Continue reading

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Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) support on ESXi/ESX

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, … Continue reading

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VMware ESX 5.0 Available commands

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 … Continue reading

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VMware ESX Command line

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 … Continue reading

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how to edit Alarm in VMware VCenter

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 … Continue reading

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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone P2V Performance optimization

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 … Continue reading

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Vmware Vsphere 5 Error : Unsupported or invalid disk

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 … Continue reading

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VMWare P2V migration

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 … Continue reading

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