Knowledge Identify RAID levels Identify supported HBA types Identify virtual disk format types Skills and Abilities Determine use cases for and configure VMware DirectPath I/O Determine requirements for and configure NPIV Determine appropriate RAID level for various Virtual Machine...
Last week I was updating my work laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8 when I ran into an problem with the VMware vSphere 5 Client. This is the error “This product can only be installed on Windows XP...
This week VMworld is held in San Francisco, a great event with lots of new announcements. VMware made the keynote available for on demand viewing, very handy for the people who missed it.
vSphere 5.1 is VMware’s latest release of its industry-leading virtualization platform. This new release contains the following new features and enhancements: Compute Larger virtual machines – Virtual machines can grow two times larger than in any previous release to...
VMware released VMware Workstation version 9 today. What’s New in Workstation? VMware Workstation 9 continues VMware’s tradition of delivering the virtual hardware that technical professionals deserve and rely on every day. With support...
Today I created a clone from a VM that was running. After the clone was completed I disconnected the network card an booted the VM. No problem everything worked. I needed this Cloned VM for a test domain so...
I was working on a Windows 2008 Server in an segmented network. This was a fresh new installation of Windows 2008. After a reboot the server was not reachable from another VLan. After some troubleshooting I found the problem....
Today I was creating a template for my VMware environment, when I was trying to change the graphical interface card I was running into some problems. This is the message the Device Manager is giving me. The result is...
These are my study notes for the VCP5 exam I am going to take in January 2012. I am already a VCP4 so I will take upgrade path, this path is only available until February 29 2012. How to...
Eric Siebert created a list of links about all the VMware vSphere 5 content he could find. See vSphere-Land for the complete list. I’ve selected a few that are important to me or are worth reading. What’s New Whitepapers What’s New in VMware...