http://blog.vmpros.nl VMware - Microsoft - Citrix - Cisco - Hardware Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/02/04/vmware-creating-a-snapshot-for-a-virtual-machine-fails-with-the-error-file-is-larger-than-maximum-file-size-supported-1012384/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/02/04/vmware-creating-a-snapshot-for-a-virtual-machine-fails-with-the-error-file-is-larger-than-maximum-file-size-supported-1012384/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:40:10 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=2455 When Creating a snapshot for a virtual machine fails Or you receive the error: File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore Note: This error does not occur on ESX 3.5 or earlier. ESX 4.0 is able to detect when a snapshot file at maximum size cannot fit into a datastore. Instead of [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/02/04/vmware-creating-a-snapshot-for-a-virtual-machine-fails-with-the-error-file-is-larger-than-maximum-file-size-supported-1012384/feed/ 3 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/06/vmware-top-ten-kb-articles-for-2009/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/06/vmware-top-ten-kb-articles-for-2009/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:19:34 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/06/vmware-top-ten-kb-articles-for-2009/ To give you some idea of what our most popular content was in 2009 we have compiled a year end top 10 list. Looks like best practice and how-to articles are used the most. We notice things like this, and are working on many more of the same sort of thing now that we’re in [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/06/vmware-top-ten-kb-articles-for-2009/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/09/25/vmware-vmware-kb-search-on-twitter/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/09/25/vmware-vmware-kb-search-on-twitter/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:25:02 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/09/25/vmware-vmware-kb-search-on-twitter/ Today on Twitter user “VMwareKB” has tweeted: Can’t find a KB that you need? Tweet us and we’ll get it written?   Thats nice]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/09/25/vmware-vmware-kb-search-on-twitter/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/05/vmware-upgrading-to-esx-4-0-and-vcenter-4-0-best-practices-1009039/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/05/vmware-upgrading-to-esx-4-0-and-vcenter-4-0-best-practices-1009039/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:35:22 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/05/vmware-upgrading-to-esx-4-0-and-vcenter-4-0-best-practices-1009039/ This article provides steps which may be useful when upgrading to ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0. Note: This article assumes that you have read the vSphere Upgrade Guide. This upgrade guide contains definitive information. If there is a discrepancy between the guide and this article, assume that the guide is correct. Note: Read the VMware [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/05/vmware-upgrading-to-esx-4-0-and-vcenter-4-0-best-practices-1009039/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-creating-snapshots-in-a-different-location-than-default-virtual-machine-directory-1002929/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-creating-snapshots-in-a-different-location-than-default-virtual-machine-directory-1002929/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 20:29:38 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-creating-snapshots-in-a-different-location-than-default-virtual-machine-directory-1002929/ All snapshots are created in the default virtual machine directory. Even if the vmdk disk file is located on different datastore than the virtual machine, the delta files are created in the default virtual machine directory. This article provides instructions to change the default location. Changing the location of where the delta files are created [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-creating-snapshots-in-a-different-location-than-default-virtual-machine-directory-1002929/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-sysprep-file-locations-and-versions-1005593/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-sysprep-file-locations-and-versions-1005593/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 20:14:01 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-sysprep-file-locations-and-versions-1005593/ When attempting to customize the deployment of a virtual machine the radio buttons are disabled (greyed out). When attempting to create a new virtual machine from a Template in ESX v3.5 you receive the following error message: Warning: Windows customization resources were not found on this server The problem is seen when if Micosoft’s sysprep [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/05/14/vmware-sysprep-file-locations-and-versions-1005593/feed/ 4 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/06/how-do-i-change-a-forgotten-root-password-on-my-esx-server-host/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/06/how-do-i-change-a-forgotten-root-password-on-my-esx-server-host/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:50:39 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/06/how-do-i-change-a-forgotten-root-password-on-my-esx-server-host/ Occasionally, an administrator will ask about recovering the password to an ESX Server host: I do not know the root user’s password on my ESX Server host. How can I reset the password? I have lost the root password to my ESX host, how can I recover it? This article provides a solution to the [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/06/how-do-i-change-a-forgotten-root-password-on-my-esx-server-host/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/04/vmware-sata-controller-support-in-esx-35-1008673/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/04/vmware-sata-controller-support-in-esx-35-1008673/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:57:04 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/04/vmware-sata-controller-support-in-esx-35-1008673/ ESX 3.5 supports multiple SATA controllers. Some of these controllers are supported only in the native Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)/SATA mode with SATA hard-drive, and some are only supported in IDE/ATA mode with SATA Optical Drive. For other controllers, VMware provides support in AHCI/SATA or IDE/ATA mode on both types of drives, but you [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/04/vmware-sata-controller-support-in-esx-35-1008673/feed/ 5 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/17/vmware-tasks-time-out-in-virtualcenter-even-though-it-is-still-running-on-the-esx-host-1002938/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/17/vmware-tasks-time-out-in-virtualcenter-even-though-it-is-still-running-on-the-esx-host-1002938/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:59:21 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/17/vmware-tasks-time-out-in-virtualcenter-even-though-it-is-still-running-on-the-esx-host-1002938/ VirtualCenter task stops responding Tasks time out If the task runs for more then 15 minutes VMware Virtual Center 2.x times it out but the task still continues the execution on ESX host. Next attempt to re-run the task returns the error: Operation failed since another task is in progress. VMware VirtualCenter 2.x has a [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/17/vmware-tasks-time-out-in-virtualcenter-even-though-it-is-still-running-on-the-esx-host-1002938/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/16/vmware-data-security-best-practices-ssl-keys-for-communicating-with-virtualcenter-and-other-applications-1008166/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/16/vmware-data-security-best-practices-ssl-keys-for-communicating-with-virtualcenter-and-other-applications-1008166/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:27:40 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/16/vmware-data-security-best-practices-ssl-keys-for-communicating-with-virtualcenter-and-other-applications-1008166/ SSL keys are used in the communication between ESX Server, VMware Server, and VMware ACE on one side and management applications like VirtualCenter on the other side. VMware recommends that you follow industry best practices regarding data security and establish protocols for periodically replacing or regenerating your SSL keys in order to improve the data [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/03/16/vmware-data-security-best-practices-ssl-keys-for-communicating-with-virtualcenter-and-other-applications-1008166/feed/ 0