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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
By now many I have come accustom to installing programs using the apt-get method in Ubuntu, but there comes a time where we need to remember those other commands to install things. For example when attempting to install software packaged in .bundle file format. It all started when I downloaded VMware player and went to […]
VirtualCenter stores tasks, event, and performance data in the VirtualCenter database. Over time, data collection results in growth of the database files and a mechanism is needed to shrink these files. VirtualCenter 2.x does not have a feature to purge or shrink old records from the database. For more information on shrinking databases after running the scripts provided in this […]
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 […]