Sometimes a file or set of files in a VMFS become locked and any attempts to edit them or delete will give a device or resource busy error, even though the virtual machine associated with the files is not running. If the virtual machine is running then you would need to stop the virtual [...]
VMware has added a new command in VI3 to help when a user has a VM that has become unresponsive. Below are the progressives steps to go through to get the VM cleanly powered off. Whatever you do, DO NOT kill the pid for the VM from the Service Console, unless you have [...]
With the release of the full version of Microsoft’s “bare metal hypervisor”, Hyper V, the first shots have been fired in what I wll coin “The Virtualisation Wars”.
After performing a P2V always remove the hidden physical hardware from the OS. This is particularly important for network cards that have the original IP address(es) that you want to assisgn to the new VM.
Both Cisco and Vmware are planning to join forces and offer combined channel and certification programs for virtual data centre offerings.
With all of the hullabaloo around the licensing issue in 3.5 Update 2, some people might have missed the fact that there have been some really neat improvements in the product.
This is one of those meme things that does the rounds every now and again, but it’s so important right now that we should all be reminded of it’s message!
Guys are hard at work with the labs at the moment here in sunny Hobart, and so I begin trawling the blogs (as is my want). I discovered this brilliant little gem from Mike DiPetrill’s blog.