Networking configuration for ESX or ESXi part 4
After long break decided to continue vSphere networking series, today 2 x 10Gbps NIC’s with standard and virtual distributed switches. Playing around with vSphere networking, 10Gbps...
Quick guide how to prepare databases for vSphere 5.1 deployment. Part one focus on Microsoft SQL database which is most common database platform for vSphere deployments....
To complete upgrade to vSphere 5.1 you need to complete few more steps, depends on design some of the can be skipped. Recommended: Upgrading VMware Tools...
One of they ways of upgrading to vSphere 5.1 is a Simple installation. Simple installation does install below services in exact order: vSphere SingleSignOn vCenter inventory...
Earlier this year, Unitrends announced a new software-only product called Unitrends Enterprise Backup (UEB) that protects virtual and physical environments both locally and in the cloud. UEB is available as...
There is no difference between deploying VMware vCenter Server Appliance and on vSphere platform. Below quick How To. Download VMware vCenter Server Appliance ovf file, system...
Before you start [box type=”warning”] ESXi 5.1 requires vCenter server instance in version 5.1 and vSphere VMware Update Manager in version 5.1. You must install or update...
vMotion VM between vSphere clusters Few days ago I had discussion with one of my colleagues about possibility to migrate VM’s between vSphere clusters. I was trying to...
[box type=”warning”] You must install vCenter Single Sign On before upgrading Inventory Service[/box] Step #2- Installing vCenter inventory services. Mount ISO with VMware vSphere 5.1 installation repositories and on...
I decided to present my personal rank of features in vSphere 5.1 Virtual Distributed Switches, backup and restore – fantastic feature, at least on a paper...