Sysprep Windows Server 2016 for Virtualization
Finally getting around to installing Windows Server 2016 (Standard, Desktop Experience) to use for application testing and upgrade plans this year. I haven't tested this release since Technical…
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List VMFS extents in ESXi
Run the esxcli storage vmfs extent list command to generate a list of extents for each volume and mapping from device name to UUID. You see output similar to:…
This host has no isolation addresses defined as required by vSphere HA
Had some troubles with an ESXi 5.5 host the past week and rebuilt some of the networking which included removing a vmkernel and re-adding to a standard vSwitch…
Monitor ESXi Free using SNMP
ESXi 4.1 and 5.0 Enable SNMP SSH to host and edit the SNMP.XML file: vi /etc/vmware/snmp.xml Make the following changes: <config> <snmpSettings> <enable>true</enable> <communities>public</communities> <targets>192.168.1.100@public</targets> </snmpSettings> </config> Restart management…
Create a Hyper-V Template for a Windows VM
This is how I create various Windows VM templates in Hyper-V. Create a new Hyper-V Virtual Machine Choose the generation of the virtual machine to create Assign it…
Shrink VMDK
First open up Disk Management in Computer Management in your guest Windows environment. Right click the volume on the disk you want to shrink. Windows will inform you…
vCenter Converter unable to see disks on source
I'm working on converting a physical 2008 R2 server to a virtual machine for ESX 4.1. I installed vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3 on this machine and ran through…
VMWare ESX 4.1 Upgrade to ESXi 5.0 Checklist
I'm starting to plan for an upgrade of VMWare ESX 4.1 U1 to ESXi 5.0 and since ESXi 5.0 makes this possible to do an in place upgrade,…
Proxmox VE 3.2 Installation Screenshots
Installation of Proxmox VE 3.2 on an ESX 4.1 host. Note that KVM in Proxmox VE is not supported due to VT-x virtualization not being supported in ESX…
Hyper-V: Error applying Virtual Switch Properties changes
I got the following error when attempting to create a Virtual Switch in Hyper-V on Windows 8.1. I resolved this by removing Oracle VirtualBox. Some how this was…
VirtualBox: Windows Server 2012 R2
Since I was having a lot of problems with Hyper-V in Windows 8.1 trying to run Server 2012 R2 and Server 2008 R2, I decided to give VirtualBox…
Hyper-V: Windows Server 2012 R2 Bugcheck 0x109
I am consistently getting a bugcheck 0x109 on a 2012 R2 evaluation install on my Windows 8.1 x64 Hyper-V client.
Hyper-V: Synthetic SCSI Controller Error When Booting from ISO
Forgive my ignorance, but this just pissed me off. I downloaded Server 2012 R2 from TechNet. I created myself a nice Hyper-V guest VM on my Windows 8.1…
Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM (CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION)
Receiving a BSOD on a Windows Server 2012 RTM fresh install processing updates. This is a Hyper-V VM.
vCenter Converter fails to import machine at 1%
I got kicked in the face by this again, and I even had the resolution documented internally. Lost 45 minutes looking through logs before I finally search VMware…