vCenter 5.5 – “Configuration Issue: Quick stats is not...
It’s been so cool after you have upgraded your vSphere environment to vSphere 5.5. You might be enjoying all the new features and able to run a big monster VM’s with your vSphere 5.5 environment. I...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 Update 1 Download Links and Release Notes
Today, It’s been a great news to all the Virtualization enthusiast that VSAN is announced as Generally available and which will included as part of vSphere 5.5 Update 1. This update includes most...
View ArticleVeeam Free Visio Stencils for VMware and Hyper-V
Veeam Backup ,Market leader in Virtualization backup and e #1 backup software for Virtualization products like VMware and Hyper-v. Veeam is so famous for their contribution to the virtualization...
View ArticleUpgrade ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 5.5 Update 1
VMware announced the update for vSphere 5.5 which is vSphere 5.5 update 1. This update includes most of the vCloud Suite products, including VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN). It is time to upgrade your...
View ArticleVMware Virtual SAN : Basics of VSAN
With the release of VSAN, VMware fulfills the true software-defined data center with the combination of virtualized compute, network and storage. After VSAN release, I will definitely say that buying...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to 5.5 Update 1
As we already discussed about vSphere 5.5 update 1 in our previous post “vSphere 5.5 Update 1 download links and Release Notes“ , VSAN is available as part of vSphere 5.5 Update 1. It is the most...
View ArticleVSAN Setup in VMware Workstation Part 1 – Initial Lab preparation
With the release of VSAN, VMware fulfills the true software-defined data center with the combination of virtualized compute, network and storage. After VSAN release, I will definitely say that buying...
View ArticleVSAN Setup in VMware Workstation Part 2 – Create VSAN VMkernel Network
In the Previous post “VSAN Setup in VMware Workstation Part 1 – Initial Lab preparation” , We have explained about the detailed step to setup procedure to build basic VSAN lab using vCenter Server...
View ArticleVSAN Setup in VMware Workstation Part 3 – Fake ESXi Local Disk as SSD
One of the most import prerequisite for VSAN configuration is local disk and SSD. Minimum of 3 ESXi 5.5 hosts with all contributing local disks (1 SSD and 1 HDD) to VSAN cluster and atleast 1 SAS or...
View ArticleVSAN Setup in VMware Workstation Part 4 – Create VSAN Cluster
With our previous posts, We have setup the vCSA and ESXi hosts using VMware Workstation. Followed that we have prepared Network and local disks (fake local disk to SSD) as the pre configuration step...
View ArticleVSAN Setup in VMware Workstation Part 5 – Create VSAN Disk Groups
This is almost the final part of the series VSAN setup in VMware Workstation. We have already prepared all the prerequistes for VSAN setup on VMware workstation and also we have created VSAN cluster....
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 to 5.5
This post is really a special post for me because it is my 250th post. We have already discussed about the upgrade from vCenter server appliance 5.5 to 5.5 Update 1. So you may be thinking why again...
View ArticleVSAN Error: Host is in a VSAN enabled cluster but does not have VSAN service...
This is a simple post which talks about the error received on your ESXi host which is part of VSAN cluster. It was head breaking issue. I tried lot of stuffs to troubleshoot this issue like removed...
View ArticleUnable to Connect to MKS: Connection Terminated by server on HP hardware
This post going to explain you with the procedure to troubleshoot the issues you might have faced on the HP Gen 8 servers. When you are trying to connect to your virtual machine console for the Virtual...
View ArticleAwarded as vExpert 2014 – Thank You VMware !!!!
It is one of the greatest occasion for me and I got honored by VMware as VMware vExpert. This is the first time I got awarded as vExpert. I would like to thank VMware especially Correy and John. It’s...
View ArticleAccess ESXi host Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) using SSH
This post was real surprise for me. I never know that we can access the ESXi host Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) using SSH such as Putty. Today, I just come to know from the trainer on the...
View ArticleVMware Memory Management Part 1 – Understanding ESXi Host Memory States
This post is going to be one of my favorite posts this year because i have been asked by lot of my readers to write about the ESXi host memory management techniques. Fairly all VMware Administrators...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Center Service failed to start due the error “Failed to...
This post is going to share a resolution for one of the issue which i have faced yesterday. My Virtual center server windows virtual machine was hung but it was reachable via network with ping. Even...
View ArticleVMware Memory Management Part 2 – Transparent Page Sharing (TPS)
This post going to explain detailed view about Transparent Page Sharing. In my Previous post, “VMware Memory Management Part 1 – Understanding ESXi Host Memory States”. I have explained the relation...
View ArticleDowngrade VMware Virtual Machine Hardware Version
This post is going to quickly explain you with the different procedures to downgrade your Virtual Machine Hardware Version from vmx-10 (VM Hardware Version 10) to vmx-9 (VM hardware version 9). You may...
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