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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:32:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/29/vmware-update-vmware-tools-without-a-reboot-by-powercli/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/29/vmware-update-vmware-tools-without-a-reboot-by-powercli/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:56:55 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/29/vmware-update-vmware-tools-without-a-reboot-by-powercli/ Upgrade VMware Tools, all virtual machines in cluster: Get-Cluster "Productie" | Get-VM | Update-Tools –NoReboot Upgrade VMware Tools, located in folder: Get-Cluster "Productie" | Get-Folder "Beheer servers" | Get-VM | Update-Tools –NoReboot Upgrade VMware Tools, selected virtual machine: Get-Cluster "Productie" | Get-VM "BHR-SVR11" | Update-Tools –NoReboot Get VMware-Tools versions: Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | select Name, [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/29/vmware-update-vmware-tools-without-a-reboot-by-powercli/feed/ 8 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/13/vmware-easy-upgrade-esxi-4-1-to-esxi-5-0/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/13/vmware-easy-upgrade-esxi-4-1-to-esxi-5-0/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:43:39 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/13/vmware-easy-upgrade-esxi-4-1-to-esxi-5-0/ Last night I did an upgrade from vSphere ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 using the ESXi 5 installation CD. The upgrade process was very easy.. elapsed time: 10 minutes! ^ Current installed OS: VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build 260247 - Mount the vSphere 5.0 cd-rom in the host - Boot from CD-Rom drive . - Choose: [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/13/vmware-easy-upgrade-esxi-4-1-to-esxi-5-0/feed/ 33 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/21/vmware-windows-2008-disks-are-offline-after-upgrading-hardware-4-to-7/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/21/vmware-windows-2008-disks-are-offline-after-upgrading-hardware-4-to-7/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:11:33 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/21/vmware-windows-2008-disks-are-offline-after-upgrading-hardware-4-to-7/ Today I did some maintenance in the datacenter. I upgraded last month to vCenter 4.1 and the ESX hosts from 4.0 to 4.1. Today was planned to update some virtual hardware from 4 to 7 but after I upgraded and started some Windows 2008 SP2 VM’s I can’t connect mappings and receiving some errors from [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/21/vmware-windows-2008-disks-are-offline-after-upgrading-hardware-4-to-7/feed/ 5 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-no-ssh-access-after-upgrade-to-vsphere-4-1/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-no-ssh-access-after-upgrade-to-vsphere-4-1/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:20:59 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-no-ssh-access-after-upgrade-to-vsphere-4-1/ After upgrading the datacenter from vSphere 4.0 to 4.1 I was unable to connect with my service account “esxuser” by putty or console or Veeam to make some backups, warning message: Access denied I changed my password a few times.. maybe it was changed, I restarted the SSH service.. no luck.. I created a new [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-no-ssh-access-after-upgrade-to-vsphere-4-1/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/15/vmware-failed-to-read-the-upgrade-package-metadata-xml-upgrading-to-esxi-4-1/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/15/vmware-failed-to-read-the-upgrade-package-metadata-xml-upgrading-to-esxi-4-1/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:33:18 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/15/vmware-failed-to-read-the-upgrade-package-metadata-xml-upgrading-to-esxi-4-1/ I was upgrading my ESXi 4.0 Update 2 host to ESXi 4.1 with “VMware vSphere Host Update Utility”, I downloaded the “ESXi 4.1 (upgrade ZIP from ESXi 4.0)” file and selected this package to upgrade the host. After validating the upgrade package I received this error: Failed to read the upgrade package metadata: Could not [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/15/vmware-failed-to-read-the-upgrade-package-metadata-xml-upgrading-to-esxi-4-1/feed/ 29 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/13/vmware-vsphere-4-1-released-today/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/13/vmware-vsphere-4-1-released-today/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:49:09 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/13/vmware-vsphere-4-1-released-today/ Today VMware released the newest version of vSphere, version 4.1   Whats new: Scripted Install for ESXi. Scripted installation of ESXi to local and remote disks allows rapid deployment of ESXi to many machines. You can start the scripted installation with a CD-ROM drive or over the network by using PXE booting. vSphere Client Removal [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/13/vmware-vsphere-4-1-released-today/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/03/28/microsoft-upgrade-windows-server-2008-to-r2/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/03/28/microsoft-upgrade-windows-server-2008-to-r2/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:16:12 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/03/28/microsoft-upgrade-windows-server-2008-to-r2/ Today I started with upgrading my production Windows 2008 PDC’s to the R2 release. After mounting the Windows 2008 R2 DVD I received two warnings: - You must have 15 GB of free space (it’s VMware.. so what’s the problem?) - Prepare a Windows Server 2003 Forest Schema for a Domain Controller that runs Windows [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/03/28/microsoft-upgrade-windows-server-2008-to-r2/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/30/vmware-virtualcenter-2-5-update-6-release-notes/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/30/vmware-virtualcenter-2-5-update-6-release-notes/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:51:30 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/30/vmware-virtualcenter-2-5-update-6-release-notes/ VMware Infrastructure Management Installer | 29 Jan 2010 (Localized version) VirtualCenter 2.5 Server Update 6 | 29 Jan 2010 | Build 227640 Virtual Infrastructure Client | 29 Jan 2010 | Build 227671 VMware Infrastructure Management Installer | 29 Jan 2010 (English only version) VirtualCenter 2.5 Server Update 6 | 29 Jan 2010 | Build 227637 [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/01/30/vmware-virtualcenter-2-5-update-6-release-notes/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/13/vmware-host-upgrade-utility-4-0-esx-3-01-to-esx-4-0-0/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/13/vmware-host-upgrade-utility-4-0-esx-3-01-to-esx-4-0-0/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:00:52 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/13/vmware-host-upgrade-utility-4-0-esx-3-01-to-esx-4-0-0/ On my test-lan I upgraded my DL380G4 from ESX 3.01 to ESX 4.0.0 build 171294. Upgrade: The upgrade process is is very easy: For upgrading the ESX host you can use the “vSphere Host Update Utility 4.0”        The old version: 1.   2. 3.   4. 5. 6. 7.   8. 9. 10. [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/08/13/vmware-host-upgrade-utility-4-0-esx-3-01-to-esx-4-0-0/feed/ 3