I am redoing my lab at home (more on that in coming weeks) and wanted to test out jumbo frames support in vmware esxi with my iSCSI NAS device. This article by vmware provides information related to setting up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and an iSCSI environment with Jumbo Frames. Note: Jumbo Frames on… Continue reading How to enable iSCSI and Jumbo Frames on VMware ESX/ESXi
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VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart
With release of vSphere ESXi 5, its end of the road for ESX hypervisor (last version was 4.1 for ESX). Follow link below for ESXi migration flowchart. Rick Vanover lists precise details about ESX migration to ESXi and what steps to take for a proper migration. Be sure to download the zip file below and… Continue reading VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart
Cormant Announces the Ability to Query Virtual Machine Managers with CableSolve
Cormant Inc., a software development company specializing in IT infrastructure management, today announced CableSolve now queries virtual machine (VM) managers such as VMware ESX® and Cisco UCS® environments. With this update, data center and IT infrastructure managers are able to see a holistic view of their physical and virtual servers in the context of the… Continue reading Cormant Announces the Ability to Query Virtual Machine Managers with CableSolve
How to Upgrade from ESX/ESXi 4.1 to ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 1
Its been almost 3 months since VMware released an update for its vSphere 4 product. I’ve began upgrading my lab and clients and wanted to share this little how to guide to help you upgrade as well. So let us begin and prepare the host for an upgrade: vMotion all virtual machines from the host… Continue reading How to Upgrade from ESX/ESXi 4.1 to ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 1
Mapped direct-access LUN that is not accessible error
On Vmware ESX or ESXi: If you are trying to Vmotion a Virtual Machine (VM) that has a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) attached, you may get an error message saying: virtual disk ‘hd1’ is mapped direct-access LUN that is not accessible. This error usually occurs when there is LUN ID mismatch across hosts. Here is solution from VMware… Continue reading Mapped direct-access LUN that is not accessible error
VMware Update 2 Released for ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0
Vmware has released update 2 for its virtualization software ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0. Below are some of the key enhancements for each product. Be sure to check the Vmware compatibility guide for supported hardware. VMware ESX 4.0 Update 2 Release Notes The following information provides highlights of some of the enhancements available in… Continue reading VMware Update 2 Released for ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0