So I have had this desire to run Windows 8 in VMware vSphere 5 for a long time now. Knowing I could run it in Workstation 8; I wanted to also run this on my ESXi 5 host, but could not… So I waiting waited for an update. I wasn’t going to hack my way to […]
Tag: ESXi
Note: In most cases, only system administrators can import virtual machines from vCenter To import a virtual machine template from vCenter In the left pane, select VM Templates. Click Import VM Template. Type a name. (Optional) Type a description. Select vCenter and select a virtual machine that is not managed by Lab Manager. Click Next. […]
Create Privileges Click “View | Administration | Roles” Right client and cick “Add” Select a name and select the required privileges Create User Click on the “Users and Groups” tab Click on the “Users” button Right click and select “Add” Specify the desired User Name, Password, etc and Click “OK” Create a Local Group Click […]
Tech Support Mode (TSM) provides a command-line interface that can be used by the administrator to troubleshoot and correct abnormal conditions on VMware ESXi hosts. TSM can be accessed in two ways: Logging in directly on the console of the ESXi server Logging in remotely via SSH Both of these methods can be disabled, and […]
I have no doubts there are many people writing about this; so add me to the list. I wanted to setup my small ESXi 4 Server to boot from USB media so that I no longer needed to have a local drive in the machine I use as a server. Using VMware Player and a […]
For several weeks now I have been running PS3 Media Server (http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/) hosted on Ubuntu 10 Desktop (http://www.ubuntu.com/), when I decided to fine tune my environment by making the system headless as I had no need to interact with a desktop environment. Info: PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant UPNP Media Server which can […]