Month: July 2010

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Understanding the files that make up a VMware virtual machine

Understanding the files that make up virtual machine (VM) can ease management tasks, enabling you to clean up unnecessary files and more. In this tip, we will cover the components that make up a VM on an ESX host. In part one, we broke down virtual machines (VMs) is from a…Continue readingUnderstanding the files that make up a VMware virtual machine

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Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores

When you create a VMFS datastore on your VMware ESX servers many administrators select the default 1MB block size without knowing when or why to change it. The block size determines the minimum amount of disk space that any file will take up on VMFS datastores. So an 18KB log…Continue readingChoosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores

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CONFIGURING SAMBA ON LINUX FOR Active Directory

CONFIGURING SAMBA ON LINUX FOR Active Directory PREREQUISITE Ø  Samba package should be preinstalled if not then you have to install samba 3.0 before configuring samba for Active Directory. PROCEDURE 1.       Make backup copy of /etc/sab.conf 2.       Open /etc/smb.conf in text editor 3.       Change the entry “workgroup” to your desired…Continue readingCONFIGURING SAMBA ON LINUX FOR Active Directory

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VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 Comparison

Capability VMware ESX VMware ESXi Service Console Service Console is a standard Linux environment through which a user has privileged access to the VMware ESX kernel. This Linux-based privileged access allows you to manage your environment by installing agents and drivers and executing scripts and other Linux-environment code. VMware ESXi…Continue readingVMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 Comparison

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List of Known Issues vSphere 4.1

The known issues are grouped as follows: •             Installation Issues •             Upgrade Issues •             Networking Issues •             Storage Issues •             Server Configuration Issues •             vCenter and vSphere Client Issues •             Migration Issues •             VMware HA and Fault Tolerance Issues •             Guest Operating System Issues •             Supported Hardware Issues •             Internationalization…Continue readingList of Known Issues vSphere 4.1

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What\’s New in vSphere 4.1

With this release, the VMware virtual datacenter operating system continues to transform x86 IT infrastructure into the most efficient, shared, on-demand utility, with built-in availability, scalability, and security services for all applications and simple, proactive automated management. The new and enhanced features in vSphere 4.1 are listed below. • Installation…Continue readingWhat\’s New in vSphere 4.1

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NFS Storage Configuration for vSphere using Windows 2008

Windows 2008 introduced the ability to use NFS shares, enabling the server to be used as a storage target.This Xtravirt white paper is a step by step guide of the process to setup and host NFS shares on a Windows 2008 server and connection to an ESXi 4 host. This can…Continue readingNFS Storage Configuration for vSphere using Windows 2008