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VMware Converter 4.01: “Unable to obtain hardware information” or “Unable to...
Sometimes you get an error message “Unable to obtain hardware information” or “Unable to determine Guest Operating System” when using VMware Converter 4.01. This happens at least with VMware Converter...
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Veeam Backup and Replication on ESXi 4.1: “Input string was not in a correct...
I’m in the process of moving the VMs on my ESX 3.5 box to an ESXi 4.1 box (so I can get ESXi 4.1 installed on the ESX 3.5 box). I tried copying over the files using the free Veeam Backup and FastSCP...
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VMware ESXi 4.x: meaning of “Create User: User name or password has an...
Sometimes when you add a new user to your ESXi 4.x installation, you get this error message (click for the full size picture): Create User: User name or password has an invalid format Until now, only...
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Veeam FastSCP on ESXi 4.1: “API version on the server does not allow...
Last week, I wrote Veeam Backup and Replication on ESXi 4.1: “Input string was not in a correct format.” -> Upgrade to 4.1.2 I was partially wrong in that Veam Backup FastSCP 3.0.2.270 did not work:...
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x64 support in ESXi4.1 requires VT, I know that! but why warn so late?
I know that ESXi 4.1 requires VT (the Intel support for hardware assisted virtualization) to be enabled to run x64 VMs. This is the warning that you get when starting an x64 VM, and you don’t have VT...
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Talking SOAP to your ESXi box: VMware vSphere Web Services SDK
Note that what you can do through the SDK (and vMA and its’ virtual appliance or that matter) is limited by what your ESX / ESXi license allows. The VMware KB has more information on this: you will...
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Moving my VMs from ESX 3.5 to ESXi 4.1
After doing quite a bit of research and testing, these are the steps I used to move my VMs from an ESX 3.5 box to an ESXi 4.1 box. Have a test scenario for all your VMs so you can prove they work. (for...
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VMware ESXi 4.0 / ESXi 4.1: enable SSH login for non-root users (and only them)
VMware ESXi has SSH disabled by default. In ESX / ESXi 3 and 3.5, it took a while for people to recognize the ‘unsupported’ trick and enable SSH. In ESXi 4.0, /sbin/services.sh was fixed, so SSH was...
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Performed an VMware ESXi 4.0 to 4.1 Update: 5 minutes of work
Thanks to an excellent post by Peter Sebastian from Jargon Technology, it was a breeze to upgrade. I did the upgrade using Using the vMA virtual appliance, the statements are these: After bringing the...
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ENDIAN Firewall – Connected client can access EFW but no other hosts: enable...
While solving a problem with Windows 7 machines not being able to ping the machines on the GREEN LAN of an Endian when connecting through OpenVPN, but XP machines could, I did a few upgrades, then went...
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Sneak Preview – Build your own vSphere 6 home datacenter in about an hour –...
Interesting: Sneak Preview – Build your own vSphere 6 home datacenter in about an hour – YouTube. –jeroen Filed under: ESXi6, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi
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Oops: Exception 14 in world – ESXi 5.1
Need to figure out if VMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-Update02: ESXi 5.1 Complete Update 2 indeed solved the issue below as it seems to beVMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple...
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ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs
Interesting: ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs.Filed under: ESXi5, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, ESXi6, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi
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ESXi: specifying the ciphers used to serve the vSphere Client
You can specify the ESXi ciphers used to serve the vSphere Client. You can do this both ways: either extend them (make it less secure, but more compatible, for instance to server vSphere Client on...
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VMware Front Experience: The great VMware Tools dilemma; VMware Tools 10.0.0...
Interesting: VMware Tools 10.0.0 Release Notes Source: VMware Front Experience: The great VMware Tools dilemma –jeroenFiled under: ESXi6, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi
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Create a Custom ESXi Image with ESXi-Customizer-PS Script – YouTube
Via G+ Paul Braren: Great new video by Alex López (VCA6, and moderator at http://tonymacx86.com), all kinds of great info in this video, check it out! Create a Custom ESXi Image with ESXi-Customizer-PS...
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ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs
Interesting stuff to play with the next few weeks: This version of the ESXi Embedded Host Client is written purely in HTML and JavaScript, and is served directly from your ESXi host and should perform...
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How too many vCPUs can negatively affect performance | Gabes Virtual World
Interesting: Think twice before you give VMs extra vCPUs which they don’t really need. You can negatively impact the performance of your environment since the vmkernel has to try and find a time slot...
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D-1541 with increased speed plus support for SR-IOV and DDR3 memory might end...
I wrote about TinkerTry’s Xeon D-1540 fueled ESXi 6.0 home lab build begins LIVE! before as I think it is an amazing buy. In the mean time, there are more some bundles of it available, even one...
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ZFS, SuperMicro, ESXi passthrough, CrashPlan and other links
Some great blog entries to read: FreeNAS vs. OmniOS / Napp-It – b3n.org. SSD ZFS ZIL SLOG Benchmarks – Intel DC S3700, Intel DC S3500, Seagate 600 Pro, Crucial MX100 Comparison – b3n.org. VMware vs...
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