Install Intel Drivers on ESX 4.x This issue may occur if the drivers for the network controller are not installed. To resolve this issue, download the Driver CD for the network controller and install the drivers. To install drivers for devices as part of a new ESX installation: Place the ESX installation DVD in the… Read More »
Configure QLOGIC Fiber channel cards to boot from SAN QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter Preparation Press CTRL+Q to access the BIOS setup utility (Fast!UTIL) during system boot-up. From the Fast!UTIL Options menu, enable the adapter BIOS by selecting Configuration Settings > Adapter Settings > Host Adapter BIOS. From the Configuration Settings menu, select Selectable Boot Settings… Read More »
Updated START-RECOMPOSE.PS1 Script This is for VMware View 5.5 and earlier. This is an updated script from Sean Massey’s blog. You can find it here. I have re-written parts of the script that were failing. I was unable to test the final script. The client decided to upgrade to Horizon View 6 You can download the… Read More »
What is NX and DX? I remember coming across this term when I was studying for my #VCAP-DCD. I was not for sure what is means. So here is the break down: NX/XD is a BIOS setting. NX is the AMD “No Execute” XD is the Intel “Execute Disabled” They mark memory pages as data-only… Read More »
Remove Ghost LUN(s) on OpenFIler after an array failure or other issues I am not responsable for any mistake that can made with this modification. I’ve tested it in a Lab environment. NOT PRODUCTION! SSH into the Openfiler box: login: root password: The one you set when you installed the software Edit file iscsi_settings.xml in: /opt/openfiler/etc/iscsi/targets Remove… Read More »
OpenFiler installation for my home lab Follow the instructions on the OpenFiler site to install the software. The document can be found here. Once you have OpenFiler installed you will be able access a web based management console. Opening a web browser and input this URL (https://<IP of OpenFiler>:446) . You will then see the following… Read More »
My #VCAP-DCD experience(s) I have been asked by a couple people in the community to write a post about my experience. There is a very good reason for this. I have taken this test three times. On the third and final time I passed. First let me throw out people that helped. vBrownbag session on… Read More »
Requirement 1: Have an external syslog server setup. SolarWinds has an excellent syslog server call Kiwi. There are two ways to syslog VMware to external servers. Setup syslog on every ESXi host Setup the vCenter syslog server Enable syslog on the ESXi hosts In vSphere client – click on an ESXi host and select Configuration… Read More »
Associate a stakeholder with the information that needs to be collected: This information should always be passed on to you from the business you are working with. In some companies, smaller cooperation for instance do not understand who are the stake holder. They have a hard time finding who is the correct person in the… Read More »
VMware Network Polices VMware has a Network Policies that can be setup from the high level VSS to the single VMnic. There are two main setting. Load Balancing and Network Failover dections. In this post I am going to go into what these options are and when you will use them. Load Balancing Here is… Read More »