VMware

Coming from a Microsoft infrastructure background, I found it fairly easy to create the vCenter database but I’ve noticed in the past that some of my colleagues who haven’t had exposure to Microsoft SQL Server

While the installation for VMware vCenter 4.1 isn’t a whole lot different than vCenter 4.0 or even Virtual Center 2.5, I figure I’ll write a post describing the process since I documented one of my

Lately I’ve been asked about how someone can go about on delaying the BIOS boot up screen for a virtual machine on ESX/ESXi because sometimes it loads so fast that administrators aren’t able to hit

I can’t believe I missed an important requirement for VMware VIEW 4.5’s Transfer Server: An LSI SAS adapter has been detected on this system, This adapter is not supported by the Transfer Server. Please select

I ran into a problem while deploying a new vSphere environment for VIEW 4.5 today and thought I’d share my findings. The error message I received while adding a ESXi host to vCenter was: Call

I ran into an interesting problem the other day while refreshing one of our client’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) hosts to vSphere 4.1. The ESX cluster had clustered SQL servers configured with MSCS and raw

While performing some troubleshooting with a client a few weeks ago on their vCenter 4.1 server, I learned that vCenter 4.1 actually uses a 64-bit DSN. This meant that we no longer have to go

I ran into various problems while deploying a new server in an ESX cluster and I hope this post will help anyone who might run into the same problem. Specifications: Server: HP ProLiant DL360 G6

We’re currently in the process of refreshing a client’s VI3 environment to vSphere 4.1 and procured a new server to add to the existing cluster. While performing the ESXi install on the new server, I