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Here’s a link to a matrix on the HP web site that outlines which of the Proliant server models support support VMWare ESX and what versions. It also gives information on what version of the Insight Agents work with a…
The team over at Veeam.com have just released a new version of that great VM copy utility, FASTSCP. It has the following new features: Disk space preallocation for VMDK files Scheduled copy capabilities Integration with Veeam Backup, the…
Sound familiar when trying to P2V using the VMWare Converter utility? 97% seems to always be the magic number for the amount of the way through a conversion job gets if it is ever going to fail. There are plenty…
My job now involves more and more virtualised (or virtualized if you’re one of our American cousins from across the pond) server implementations so this is a good excuse to go and build my own VMware ESX test environment. I…
When trying to create a new Virtual Machine from a template in VMWare ESX v3.5 via the VM Virtual Center you may receive the following error message: 'Warning: Windows customization resources were not found on this server'.
If you do much work with copying ISO files to and between your VMWare ESX servers you may want to check out Veeam’s FastSCP utility. I have used this utility before and can confirm that it certainly does what it…
Interested in building your very own home VMWare ESX v3.5 test server? If so check out the TechHead blog post on my experience in trying to build a low cost ESX server. Also see vinf’s really informative article on his…
Here are a selection of useful patching links for VMware ESX: Patch Management for ESX Server 3: VI3 Upgrade and Patching: Autopatching ESX host: Patching and updating Vmware ESX Server 3: Automated download of ESX patches:…
When migrating an HP Proliant based physical machine to a VM using VMware’s P2V process or similar (eg: PlateSpin) it is advisable to remove any HP specific applications, drivers, agents or utilities from the new virtual machine image. The reason…
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