This article will show you the steps needed to upgrade your vSphere ESXi 4.0 server to the current latest version 4.1. Software downloads needed to complete this task: VMware vSphere CLI ( vSphere CLI 4.1 ) VMware vSphere upgrade patch ( upgrade ZIP from ESXi 4.0 ) or ( upgrade ZIP from ESXi 3.5 ) After you downloaded the vSphere …
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Configure your time / NTP server on ESXi
The correct time is essential to your ESXi server, you will need it for a variety of reasons (syslog, iscsi authentication and Security) and your Virtual Clients. A NTP server is the right service for job. It’s allready builtin, you just need to enable it.
Read More »No sound in ESX / ESXi through RDP
Working on vmware is great, but it gets even better when you have some sounds. A straight out the box install gives you a error on the sound card. The audio Service is not running No audio Devices are installed It took me some to figure out this problem, but at the end … it was really simple. Let’s make …
Read More »VMware converter: remove hidden Ghost networkcard (nic)
If you convert a physical machine to a virtual machine you’ll probably give it the same ip as it used to have. But when you try to modify the ip address in the TCP/IP settings of your vmware nic you’ll get the error that there is an existing NIC with the same IP address settings. This is where your search …
Read More »Windows 7 BETA in ESXi but no NIC
I finally got myself together and downloaded a beta version of Windows 7 … everybody seems to fall in love with so lets test it. The installation went very smooth, just the way an admin likes it. Not much questions to answer, just a few clicks and it installs itself. Then it reboots and the login screen appears … you …
Read More »Fastfcp 3.0 for ESX / ESXi
Version 3.0 is here, now with support for ESXi. Even without changing the ssh setting ! Features and Benefits Single console Multiple Windows, Linux, ESX and ESXi servers file management in a single console without re-entering logins and passwords, and automated sudo for ESX and Linux servers to save even more of your time. Flexible file management FastSCP allows …
Read More »Verschillen tussen VMware ESX en ESXi
ESXi is gratis, dan denk je automatisch ‘ dan kan die minder ‘ dan de ESX versie. Maar wat kan die nou eigenlijk minder ?
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