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Who cares about Guest OS Version in vCenter

March 21, 2013 Mark Ukotic 2 Comments

For years I’ve been setting the Guest OS type in VMware vSphere and Workstation and for years it’s bugged me. …

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: Guest OS, Guest OS Version, vmware, vsphere

Downgrade VMware Hardware version -the unsupported way!

March 11, 2013 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

I tend to run a pretty tight shop with my VMware infrastructure. I always make sure that everything is up…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: downgrade, esx, esxi, hardware version, vmx, vsphere

Windows Server 2012 VM requires No Execute (NX) flag

January 6, 2013 Mark Ukotic 1 Comment

A work colleague recently had an issue trying to install a Windows Server 2012 VM.  The host was running ESXi5 with…

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Posted in: VMware, Windows 2012 Filed under: BIOS, esxi, No eXecute, NX flag, WIndows Server 2012

The Hung VM on reboot

November 27, 2012 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

I recently had a crashed VM running on ESXi4 that hung during reboot on the black VMware boot screen. After…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: esx, hung, RDM, starting, vmware

Disable Time Synchronization of ESX guest

November 9, 2012 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

One thing that I hate is time syncing of VMs.  It’s caused me grief for years.  For the most part,…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: disable, esx, sync, synchronization, time, vmware, vmx

vCenter Web Client timeout

November 2, 2012 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

New in vSphere 5.1 is a completely redesigned vCenter Web Client.  Many of us would have never used the Web…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: esxi, extend, timeout, vCenter, vsphere, Web Client

Running nested ESXi –the real inception

October 28, 2012 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

Nested ESXi servers are essentially virtualised ESXi servers.  They can be quiet fun to play with.  Usually the only reason…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: esx, esxi, nesting, vhv.allow, vmware, workstation

EqualLogic MultiPathing Extension Module – Alternative Install

October 20, 2012 Mark Ukotic 3 Comments

UPDATE: If you’re looking for step-by-step instructions to install the EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module click HERE to go to my…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: DELL, equallogic, esx, esxcli, mem, multipathing, vCenter, vsphere

Installing vSphere 5.1 – vCenter Inventory Service

October 8, 2012 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

To install vCenter Server the vCenter Inventory Service is a prerequisite.  I was going to gloss over the fact that…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: inventory, sso, vCenter, vmware

vSphere 5.1 SSO and the FQDN issue

October 4, 2012 Mark Ukotic Leave a comment

During the installation of the vSphere 5.1 Single Sign On component you will be prompted for the Fully Qualified Domain…

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Posted in: VMware Filed under: fqdn, sso, vCenter, vmware

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