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Some links on using a LSI MegaRAID SAS/SATA 9260-8i controller with BBU using...
So I won’t forget: MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i. Battery Backup Unit (BBU) – BBU. What is a (raid-controller-) BBU for? – Server Fault. Using the LSIiBBU Battery Backup. MegaRAID Storage Manager remote on...
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vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) can run any hardware level since ESX Server 3.5
Last year, I missed this tiny sentence: So in plain English, any VM that was generated on VMware ESX Server 3.5 or later can run atop ESXi 5.1 unchanged. Which means it is a snap to move your VMs from...
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USB drive/stick as DataStore is possible, but not recommended (via: VMware...
A long while ago I blogged about Creating vSphere 5 ESXi embedded USB Stick so I could boot ESXi from USB. Since then, I changed USB sticks to be larger (and faster) ones and thought it might be...
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How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager (thanks @ccolotti)
So I won’t forget: How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager. It describes how to: enable SSH on your ESXi host download the patches directly from the VMware Patch Portal copy them to on your...
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VMware ESXi 5.1 Complete Update 1 is out (via: VMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.1,...
Time to start planning the patching process: VMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-Update01: VMware ESXi 5.1 Complete Update 1. You can also download the fresh installation ISO at Download VMware...
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Screenshots: Creating vSphere 5 ESXi embedded USB Stick with MBR partition table
A long time ago, I promised steps how to install VMware 5 ESXi using the MBR boot format. The steps with screenshots are below, but first some background information. As of VMware ESXi 5, GPT (short...
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More ESXi5 installation steps
(note: part of this post is unfinished, but I wanted to make sure all the links are publicly accessible, so I posted earlier and incomplete) I already did a few ESXi5 postings (they apply to 5.1 as...
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ESXi and VMware Workstation: quick way of getting Console screenshots in PNG...
Thanks DoubleCloud for the post on Really Easy Ways to Capture VM Screenshot. It also works for VMware ESXi, and by default is enabled: browse to https://esxi-machine/screen?id=# to get a PNG...
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HP xw6600 Workstation – The Computer Setup F10 Utility: enabling Intel VT so...
On a HP XW6600, you can run ESXi 4 or run ESXi 5, but in yourder to run x64 guest VMs, you need to enable Intel VT in the BIOS first. So, in the HP XW6600 BIOS, the choose the menu “Security”, then the...
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ESX(i) AutoStart virtual machines: how to change the VM startup/shutdown...
Since it usually is a one-off setting, I find it hard to remember how to configure the startup/shutdown behaviour of VM guests in an ESX(i)/vSphere environment. Adding to the confusion is that this is...
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Interesting start of a new bi-weekly “Wahl Network’s Tech Blast” series: Tech...
The new bi-weekly “Wahl Network’s Tech Blast” seems to be centered around virtualization with lots of information about vSphere, ESXi and integrating cloud stuff like the *aaS acronyms. But it also has...
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VMware Front Experience: How to make your unsupported SATA AHCI Controller...
Interesting: VMware Front Experience: How to make your unsupported SATA AHCI Controller work with ESXi 5.5.Filed under: ESXi5, ESXi5.1, Power User, VMware, VMware ESXi
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Some links about VMware ESXi, SSD and TRIM/UNMAP support
These posts seem to describe the current state of the art about ESXi and SSD support, especially with respect to TRIM/UNMAP: Does ESXi support TRIM on SSDs and does it function? | FreeNAS Community....
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Download ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and the other vSphere pieces to get your home lab...
For my links archive: TinkerTry IT @ home | Download ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and the other vSphere pieces to get your home lab started. TinkerTry IT @ home | My VMware’s “You either are not entitled or do...
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Important when migrating to ESXi 5.5: “Do not upgrade the virtual hardware of...
Thanks to the guys at v-front.de/2013/09/how-to-update-your-standalone-host-to.html Do not upgrade the virtual hardware of your VMs! If you try to upgrade the virtual hardware of your VMs to the new...
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ESXi: for high speed copying from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 use @Veeam FastSCP...
I had to move a bunch of stuff from an old ESXI 4.1 server to a newer ESXi 5.1 server. For that I used a Windows XP VM on the new ESXI 5.1 server that had two different 1 gigabit network connections so...
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ESXi 5.1 and rsync – damiendebin.net.
Interesting: ESXi 5.1 and rsync – damiendebin.net. It works in ESXi 5.5 too, and the French link below has a version that runs on ESXi 4. Now you can do these forms of backup: ESXi: Hot Replication of...
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VMware ESXi 5.5 LSI MegaRaid 9271: Firmware Update / Driver & CIM Provider...
Soon I’m going to update the ESXi 5.1 with the youngest LSI 9260 driver and CIM from MegaRAID 9260-8i RAID Controller Card | SAS RAID | LSI. Steps are at VMware ESXi 5.5 LSI MegaRaid 9271: Firmware...
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Best Buy Guides (BBGs) – mux’ blog – Tweakblogs – Tweakers
Interesting as it talks about both ZFS and ESXi servers with ECC memory: Best Buy Guides (BBGs) – mux’ blog – Tweakblogs – Tweakers.Filed under: *nix, ESXi5, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, Power User, VMware,...
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Moving Mac OS X VMware Fusion VMs to ESXi (via: Ask Different)
Interesting read: vmware – Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi – Ask Different. I was kind of expecting something like this, as VMware has been notoriously bad at proving Mac OS X tools (whereas their VMware...
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