VMware Learning
2012-11-05
Today I found that VMware has a new site online with all kind of instruction video’s. Check it out at : http://vmwarelearning.com/ Read More →
Change VM name to match Windows DNS Name
2012-03-14
A customer had different DNS (windows) names then VM names (the names that you see in vCenter) and wanted to change them. Here is how you can easily do that : Choose to migrate (storage vmotion) the server to a different datastore. (This can be local or shared storage)Read More →
Configuring VMware vShield App
2012-03-02
Yesterday I posted an article how to install VMware vShield App. Here is some basic information about configuring it : First here are the virtual machine (hardware) settings about the VM : As you can see above, 3 Gb of memory and 1 CPU. You will need such a VMRead More →
Howto : Installing VMware vShield App
2012-03-01
I’ve installed several versions of vShield, but now I decided to write a how-to on how to install VMware vShield App. First of all, download the OVF-image on the VMware website : It’s approx. 850 mb to download. Then use the import OVF appliance option to import the imageRead More →
Upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication 5 to 6
2012-02-29
I’ve been working some time with Veeam Backup & Replication and I’m very pleased about it. At last I found some time to upgrade my V5 to V6… it took about 2 minutes Hereby the steps for the upgrade : Notice that Veeam already sees the previous installation. HitRead More →
VSS error FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s).
2011-10-13
I ran into a problem with VMware converter. I got the following error : unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754774 The following steps worked for me : Confirm that there are no errors with the following command : vssadmin list writers IRead More →
Script to shutdown VMware guests
2010-10-14
Use this script to gracefully shutdown your servers running on your VMware hosts. (VMware tools has to be installed although) VMLIST=’vmware-cmd -l’ for config in ${VMLIST} do vmware-cmd $config stop trysoft done vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter shutdown -h nowRead More →
Just installed vSphereStats for WordPress at vworld.nl
2010-07-24
Found this nice plugin : http://nickapedia.com/wp-vspherestats/ Installing is easy and works like a sharm! Or check it out live at http://vworld.nlRead More →
SSL Certificates the cheap way
2010-07-23
I needed some SSL certs for my Exchange and other servers. I wanted to buy some certificates from an commercial supplier like godaddy.com or something like that. But this is how I’ve fixed the problem. Go to CAcert.org (https://www.cacert.org/index.php) and register/create an account. Create an certificate request on IIS orRead More →
Unable to update to ESXi 4.1 using VC Client Update Manager – “Failed to read the upgrade package metadata.xml”
2010-07-23
I ran into some problems usingthe VC Client Update Manager. After checking the .ZIP update file it came with an error. The solution, download the .ZIP upgrade file, extract it and copy it to your ESXi server using winscp or VC storage browse Go to the directory where you placedRead More →