As some of you noticed, when you install vSphere(ESX) within a VM you will need at least 2GB to get the installer started. Even when it has finished installing you can’t reduce the memory because the following error will occur: I couldn’t find a way of  pre-adjusting the memory requirements but there’s a way to change this behavior and to [...]

It’s almost 01:00 so I’m keeping it short. The news was already published on twitter by my friend @stevie_chambers anyway so half of you already know… During the VMware vSummit award dinner I was awarded the VCDX certification. I’m officially a VCDX and I’m number 007! I will probably have a picture up here tomorrow…. I’m really excited about this [...]

I wrote about HyTrust a month ago. Today HyTrust announced a community version. In short, for up to three host you can use a fully featured version of the Hytrust Appliance for free… HyTrust Appliance, Community Edition is now available for download now as a pre-built, VMware-compatible virtual appliance to members of HyTrust Community. To join the community free of [...]

I posted an article on LUN IDs and VCB in November 2008. It still seems to be a misconception that ESX uses LUN IDs to uniquely identify a LUN. As of 3.5 this isn’t the case anymore. When an array has “NAA Identifier” capabilities these will be used for uniquely identifying LUNs. And yes most arrays, currently, have these capabilities. [...]

Just noticed the highly valuable KB articles. I think the title says more than enough: Adding a static route to ESX host for extra service console Identifying Symmetrix devices using the esxcfg-mpath and symdev commands The first one will come in handywhen you added a secondary service console and the second one will come in handy when you need to [...]

Most people heard about this by now, Technet and MSDN are running on Hyper-V. As Microsoft states, an enterprise ready solution. Both Technet and MSDN crashed this week, or should we say Hyper-V just doesn’t cut it. Check this Youtube  movie that clearly shows what happens when VMs are stressed: A professional associate of mine shared screen captures of a [...]

VMware is looking for a vCloud Solutions Architect for EMEA. This is probably one of the most challenging jobs within VMware at the moment… time for a change? Looking for a new challenge? Here you go: Virtualization is the technology that is poised to change the way we think about computing. VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization [...]