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Setting logfile location, swap file, SNMP and vmkcore partition in ESXi

26 July, 2010 Gabrie van Zanten 5 Comments esxi, VMware, Whats New

With the release of VMware vSphere 4.1 it has become even more apparent that the next vSphere release will only have an ESXi version. This isn’t world shocking news since VMware had announce this already at VMworld 2009, but somehow many have been triggered to finally make the switch and install ESXi on their ESX […]

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When you can’t reconnect to NFS share on your IX4-200D

26 May, 2010 Gabrie van Zanten 6 Comments VMware

In my home lab it sometimes happens that I lose power and then my Iomega IX4-200D will reboot. Often, the ESX hosts I run in my lab have trouble reconnecting to the NFS share on the IX4-200D which will cause my primary VMs to fail. Both my domain controllers, vCenter server, SQL Server and Exchange […]

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Change blocksize of local VMFS

5 November, 2009 Gabrie van Zanten 7 Comments VMware

During install vSphere now creates a VMFS partition by default on the local storage on which the service console partitions will be installed. When you want to use this partition to store your VMs on (non-VMotionable) there is no problem, just point to this datastore and use it. In my homelab the ESX hosts have […]

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(Presentation) Design tips for VMware vSphere 4

28 October, 200926 November, 2010 Gabrie van Zanten 16 Comments VMware

Recently at the Belgium VMUG I gave a presentation in which I covered some design tips for VMware vSphere 4. I talked about some business decisions that, how boring they may seem, are crucial for your design. I covered some security requirements you should check with the security department of the organisation and of course advised good […]

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Reclaiming unused VMDK space with storage thin provisioning

30 June, 2009 Gabrie van Zanten 28 Comments ESX, VMware

Storage thin provisioning can save space on a VMware Virtual Machine Disk File (VMDK), but reclaiming that space requires the use of tools described below. I have experimented with Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK) thin provisioning since the beta release of vSphere 4.0 as I don’t have much storage space to spare. Before we get […]

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