http://blog.vmpros.nl VMware - Microsoft - Citrix - Cisco - Hardware Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:56:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/03/vmware-vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-4-3-release-notes/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/03/vmware-vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-4-3-release-notes/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:15:34 +0000 Daniel Buonocore http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/03/vmware-vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-4-3-release-notes/ Vmware released a new vCenter Converter Standalone version which is now fully compatible with vSphere 4.1.     What’s New The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3 includes the following new functionality: Support for VMware vSphere 4.1 as source and destination targets Support for importing powered-off Microsoft Hyper-V R1 and Hyper-V R2 virtual machines Public API [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/03/vmware-vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-4-3-release-notes/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/02/vmware-vcenter-datamigration-msg-3013-backup-database-is-terminating-abnormally/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/02/vmware-vcenter-datamigration-msg-3013-backup-database-is-terminating-abnormally/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:58 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/02/vmware-vcenter-datamigration-msg-3013-backup-database-is-terminating-abnormally/ One of my colleagues was migrating vCenter 4.0 database to vCenter 4.1 by using the Datamigration Tool located at the vCenter Installation CD. After running the Backup.bat script he received the following error: DB logs: Msg. 3013, Level 16, State 1, Server <name> , Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/09/02/vmware-vcenter-datamigration-msg-3013-backup-database-is-terminating-abnormally/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/31/vmware-esx-end-of-life-esxi-will-be-the-future/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/31/vmware-esx-end-of-life-esxi-will-be-the-future/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:48:51 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=3278 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tktk6iIjmI&feature=player_embedded" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"> www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tktk6iIjmI Nothing more to say]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/31/vmware-esx-end-of-life-esxi-will-be-the-future/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-workstation-7-1-1-release-notes/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-workstation-7-1-1-release-notes/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:02:37 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-workstation-7-1-1-release-notes/ New Features in VMware Workstation and VMware Player   Highlights:   VMware vSphere 4.1 is now supported as a guest operating system ; Resolves issue preventing USB service to fail to start causing USB devices to not work in a virtual machine; Corrects the error message displayed after a host crash occurs while working with [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/13/vmware-workstation-7-1-1-release-notes/feed/ 0 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/2010/08/10/vmware-migrate-vcenter-4-0-database-to-new-vcenter-4-1-server/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/10/vmware-migrate-vcenter-4-0-database-to-new-vcenter-4-1-server/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:10:42 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/10/vmware-migrate-vcenter-4-0-database-to-new-vcenter-4-1-server/ Last weekend I installed a new Windows 2008 R2 Standard server for my new planned vCenter 4.1 server. There are a few ways to migrate your old vCenter database to your new destination. The reason I want to migrate my old database to my new vCenter server is to keep my datacenter information, cluster configuration: [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/08/10/vmware-migrate-vcenter-4-0-database-to-new-vcenter-4-1-server/feed/ 3 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/25/vmware-vum-and-ms-sql-2008-standard-support/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/25/vmware-vum-and-ms-sql-2008-standard-support/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:06:13 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/25/vmware-vum-and-ms-sql-2008-standard-support/ Duncan Epping wrote July 22nd: I received multiple questions around this so decided to ask around internally. I managed to get ahold of the VMware Update Manager (aka VUM) Product Manager and after exchanging a couple of emails this is the outcome: VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes Table 13 on page 14 of the above linked [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/25/vmware-vum-and-ms-sql-2008-standard-support/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-esx-4-1-active-directory-integration/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-esx-4-1-active-directory-integration/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:27:36 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-esx-4-1-active-directory-integration/ Since vSphere 4.1 there’s a possibility to connect your ESX server into Microsoft Active Directory, how do you configure this: - Connect directly to your ESX host - Make sure your DNS servers are correct configured on the host + add the host by FQDN in your DNS server in your domain;   – Goto: [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-esx-4-1-active-directory-integration/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-how-to-revert-root-user-role-from-read-only-to-administrator/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-how-to-revert-root-user-role-from-read-only-to-administrator/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:11:32 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-how-to-revert-root-user-role-from-read-only-to-administrator/ Today on the Dutch VMug forum somebody got some trouble to connect a ESX host after changing the “root” permissions from Administrator to Read-only. Nice problem to find a solution, I created the same situation in my test environment. Situation: User: Root – Role: Read-Only You can’t connect the host anymore with your VI Client.. [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/24/vmware-how-to-revert-root-user-role-from-read-only-to-administrator/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/16/vmware-warning-vmfsdevicescharwmkdriverusbpasstrough-not-found/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/16/vmware-warning-vmfsdevicescharwmkdriverusbpasstrough-not-found/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:18:40 +0000 sanderdaems http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/16/vmware-warning-vmfsdevicescharwmkdriverusbpasstrough-not-found/ After installing VMware ESX 4.1 with a connected USB (for USB passtrough in one of my VM’s) disk in my VMware Workstation 7.1 I received this error: 0:00:00:56.791 cpu0:4096)Warning: /vmfs/devices/char/vmkdriver/usbpassthrough not found   Solution: - Edith the Virtual Machine hardware - Add new hardware: USB Controller - ^ Select: Show all USB input devices; - [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/16/vmware-warning-vmfsdevicescharwmkdriverusbpasstrough-not-found/feed/ 2