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Upgrading ESXi 5.0 host to ESXi 5.1
In the last article I have covered the upgrade process from vCenter Server 5.0 to vCenter server 5.1. In this article I will cover a quick how to on upgrading […]
ESXi
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How to: Backup and restore ESXi configuration using vMA
A quick blog post about backing up and restoring the configuration of your ESXi hosts. It will shorten your recovery time when something goes wrong during an upgrade or in […]
Dell
Preparing Internal Flash Cards on Dell R710 for ESXi 5.x Installation.
On my last project I worked once again with the Dell PowerEdge R710 servers but this time the customer followed our advice and purchased the servers with internal 2 GB […]
Dell
Install Dell OpenManage on ESXi 4.1 using vSphere CLI or vMA.
Here is a quick step-by-step guide on how to install the Dell OpenManage software on an ESXi host using the VMware vSphere Command Line interface (vSphere CLI) or the VMware […]
Dell
Dell PowerEdge R710 BIOS settings for VMware vSphere 4.x.
Recently, I was involved in a big infrastructure refreshment project for one of our customers across different locations in Europe. The old hosts were replaced with the brand new Dell […]
How To
Configuring software iSCSI Round Robin MPIO on ESX 4.x.
This is just a quick post about configuring software iSCSI Round Robin MPIO (2:1 mapping) on an ESX 4.x server. Here is a quick overview of the procedure: Create VMkernel […]
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Boot ESX 4 from SAN on a failover LUN – Lessons learned.
Is it possible to boot an ESX 4 host from a LUN that has been “failed over” to another physical location? Yes, it is possible but there are some serious […]
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Boot ESX 4 from SAN on IBM HS22 Blade Server.
Wow, it has been a while since my last blog! I’ve been working on a large virtualization project at one of our customers lately, which involved diskless IBM HS22 blade servers with two […]