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 →
How to enable SSH on ESXi
2010-07-23
I install my ESXi servers with a pre-compiled version with ESXi with SSH access already enabled. But for the people who don’t, this is how you enable (unsupported!) SSH access to ESXi. Logon to the console (you don’t have SSH access, so this is the only option) Press ALT-F1 andRead More →
Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine.
2010-07-21
I ran into a problem with one virtual machine, when creating a snapshot for backup (Veeam and/or VMware datarecovery) : After some troubleshooting i found that stopping the following services did the job : Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider” and “Volume Shadow Copy” The specific server is an webserver soRead More →
DNS export / import
2010-07-14
Sometimes it can be handy to export and import your DNS records. This can easily be done. When you are using an Active Directory integrated DNS server (and who isn’t :-)), then you can acomplish this as follows: Change your DNS scope settings to not Active Directory integrated Go toRead More →