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VMWare vSphere Licensing Changes

May 22, 2009

This one might be an issue that will bite VMWare in the rear in the long run. With the release of the new version of ESX 4 “vSphere” they also changed their licensing model a little bit – now putting more emphasis onto Multi-Core CPUs. While the initially looks as not critical, it actually is. [...]

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Installing VMWare Tools on Windows Server 2008

January 27, 2009

Installing the VMWare tools to a VM should be an easy task, but sometimes it isn’t. I recently ran into a problem where the VMWare tools did not want to install. The installer crapped out on me with the following error message: Windows Installer Service could not be accessed I rebooted the VM with no [...]

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Script to configure ISCSI settings on VMWare ESX 3.5

October 1, 2008

If you are a web hostung using VMWare ESX and ISCSI Storage, this script might be of interest for you. It shows how to script the ISCSI configuration in VMWare ESX 3.5.

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VMWare ESX Storage VMotion (svmotion)

April 23, 2008

In a different write-up about VMWare ESX 3.5 I complained about how badly Storage VMotion was implemented. I wanted to come back to that topic though since even though VMWare failed badly providing an easy way to do it, the functionality itself is pretty cool. What is Storage VMotion?

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More Disaster Releases from VMWare

April 23, 2008

Are you using VMWare ESX for Web Hosting or for providing servers for your business? In my article about VMWare 3.5 here I already pointed out several problems, but also hoped for improvements. Well, on April 10 VMWare released the Update 1 package for 3.5 and it seems like VMWare is absolutely not learning it. Read more

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How to Fix Storage VMotion “ThinProvisioned” Problems

April 3, 2008

If you are using VMware ESX 3.5 Storage VMotion you might have heard about the infamous “ThinProvisioned” bug or maybe even ran into it. This article describes a quick fix for the problem.

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VMWare 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 – A Disaster Release?

March 19, 2008

I have been a fan of VMWare since when I was working with ESX 2.5.X back in the day. The move from ESX 2.5.X to 3.0.0 (which I skipped) was pretty smooth and ESX 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 have been working well – with some minor glitches. But overall the organization I am working for has been very pleased with the outcome and has helped me to push virtualization deep into production.

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