Posts Tagged ‘ VMWare ’

Extend VMFS volume with VMware vSphere Client

  • July 1st, 2010
  • Posted in VMWare

I was setting up a central logging host. I created a Volume through our EqualLogic SAN of 100GB with thin provisioning.  Then created a virtual host through VMware and gave it the entire 100GB of space for the disk. I had a configuration error that caused my log files to grow to the entire 100GB [ READ MORE ]

Windows Server 2008 unidentified network VMware

I am in the process of setting up a VMware virtual machine that requires one public NIC and one private NIC for iSCSI traffic.  I kept getting the “unidentified network” for the second NIC and I came across this post:  robboek.com/2008/12/18/vmware-unidentified-network-issue-in-vista-and-windows-server-2008-fix/ There is however, a very annoying problem when you install VMware on Vista (and [ READ MORE ]

Upgrade ESX 3.5 to 4.0 with Upgrade Manager

  • January 21st, 2010
  • Posted in VMWare

Backup VirtualCenter Server database just to be safe. Perform an upgrade from VirtualCenter Server 2.5 to vCenter Server 4.0 Download latest ESX 4.x update .iso from VMware. You will need your license account to login Login to vSphere client and enable the Upgrade Manager Browse to the Upgrade Manager tab Click on Admin View -> [ READ MORE ]

VMWare High Availability Could not reach isolation address

  • January 11th, 2010
  • Posted in VMWare

1. Right click cluster and select Edit Settings ... 2. Select VMware HA tab 3. Select Advance Options ... das.usedefaultisolationaddress set to false das.isolationaddress set to IP address[ READ MORE ]

Upgrade VMware Infrastructure 3.x to VMware vSphere 4.x

  • January 11th, 2010
  • Posted in VMWare

These instructions are a subset of instruction found here: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2009/06/vsphere-virtual-machine-upgrade-process.html The above instructions are for Windows server upgrade.  These have been modified for Linux vm hosts. Upgrading a VMware Infrastructure 3.x environment to VMware vSphere 4 involves more than just upgrading vCenter Server and upgrading your ESX/ESXi hosts (as if that wasn’t enough). You should [ READ MORE ]

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