AVArcher

I have not yet found it obvious from the VMware PowerCLI documentation what constitutes a Linux guest OS specification, if you put the wrong combination of parameters you get an unhelpful error telling you that you have parameters from the wrong set but not what they are, so here is what I have found. . . . → Read More: Guest OS Customisation for Linux OSs using PowerCLI

In previous versions of ESXi you would manage Technical Support Mode by modifying properties of the advanced setting ‘VMkernel.Boot.techSupportMode’. Now both local and remote, are elevated to services and as such can be managed using the Get-VMHostService and Set-VMHostService cmdlets.

The Get-VMHostService cmdlet will, by default, return;

So, to change aspects of one . . . → Read More: PowerCLI and Technical Support Mode in ESXi v4.1

With the announcement of the release of XenClient I want to be able to get to know, and use, a client hypervisor.

I know that there have been warnings about the haste with which Citrix have ploughed on with the release but I want to try it, I want on the beta unfortunately. . . . → Read More: Looks like I’ll be buying a new laptop!

ESX3 Command Line Help

Select from the following commands

esxcfg-advcfg – VMware ESX Server Advanced Configuration Option Tool esxcfg-auth – VMware ESX Server Network Management Utility esxcfg-dumppart – VMware ESX Server diagnostic partition configuration tool esxcfg-firewall – VMware ESX Server Firewall Configuration Tool esxcfg-info – VMware ESX Server Info tool esxcfg-module – VMware ESX . . . → Read More: ESX 3 Help links