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ESXi – Partitions layout of system disk

20 December 2011
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIn ESXi the partitions schema is automatically defined by the installation process and there is no way to modify it (you can only choose where install the hypervisor). There is a great post from Rickard Nobel (ESXi 5 partitions) that explain the structure of the partitions, their size and their purpose. But it does not explain how to get this information. To see the partition layout in ESXi 5, the fdisk command will not work on new GTP disk (this type is used for all new disks and for disks that are extended to more […]

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ESXi – Replace the vmware-cmd command

19 December 2011
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs you know, several commands from local CLI (via the ESXi shell or TSM technical support mode) are changed in latest version of ESXi (in the new ESXi 5 most are replaced by the new esxcli command). One command that was alredy replaced in ESXi 4.1 was the vmware-cmd command. A new vim-cmd must be used instead (as as described by William Lam in VMware vimsh and vim-cmd). The typical use of vmware-cmd command was get/change the state of a VM and register a VM. About the state of a VM, the VMware KB1014165 (Powering off […]

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VMware View Clients – New releases

16 December 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the recent hours there were a lot of changes in the View Clients with new releases: New VMware View Clients for the Holidays – Mac, Linux, iPad and Android! View Client of iPad http://www.vmware.com/it/products/desktop_virtualization/view/ipad-client.html There is the new 1.3.0 version (Dec, 16) with the following changes: Connect iPad to up to 1080p (1920×1080) external displays and TVs and leverage Presentation Mode to view more of your View virtual desktop Support for virtual higher resolutions to scroll a larger screen resolution display on a smaller resolution screen Improvements to PCoIP bandwidth usage Numerous bug fixes […]

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Storage Best Practices: Vendor vs. VMware

16 December 2011
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA best practice is a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark. In addition, a “best” practice can evolve to become better as improvements are discovered. But, as well described by Frank Denneman in his post, best practices are never absolute, they depends on your specific case.

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Installing Dell OMSA Web Server in a VM

14 December 2011
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Reading Time: 3 minutesAs written in the previous post you can install the Dell OMSA package for ESXi 5 using VUM or the command line. Finally you need a “proxy” system with the web part of the OMSA package to connect to your ESXi. Usually this can be a physical server, like the backup server (or the media server of a backup solution). But when then backup is server is virtual and no other physical server is available? First issue is than a client OS is no supported at all (I’ve tried with Windows XP, it seems to […]

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Installing Dell OMSA 6.5 on ESXi 5 using CLI

13 December 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a previous post I’ve describe how install the Dell OMSA package with VUM on ESXi 5. The Dell Open Manage (OMSA) is a useful tool (of course for physical Dell’s servers) for different reasons, like for example: configure and manage the RAID controller (for standalone servers and/or for local storage) and configure the (i)DRAC without reboot the host and enter in the POST menu (or without the physical access at the front panel). I think that the VUM approach is the simple and faster way, but some days ago I’ve got a standalone server, […]

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ESXi – Use the embedded VNC Server

12 December 2011
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSome weeks ago I learn a new curios thing in a thread in the VMware Community: also the latest version of ESXi still have a VNC Server for the VM console that can be used with a common VNC connection as described in the old KB1246 (Using a VNC Client to Connect to Virtual Machines) related to the VMware GSX Server product! Note: as written in the KB VMware does not support running virtual machines with a VNC client. The right client to access the VM console is still the vSphere Client (or the Web […]

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