Tag: vCenter

Virtual Machines Device Manager – GIGO

Virtual Machines Device Manager – GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out! So, you have successfully P2V'd a physical server to your Virtual infrastructure. No Blue screens and the machines powers up just ... Read More

70GB Snapshot, YIKES!

70GB Snapshot, YIKES!

This week I ran into a 70 GB snapshot head on while upgrading an ESX host. The 70 GB snapshot was the result of a ... Read More

Sysprep Windows 2008 in VMware

Today, I ran into an interesting problem using VirtualCenter's Clone to New Machine which integrates sysprep functionality. Apparently, Guest Customization of Windows 2008 is not ... Read More

Enabling DRS

DRS or Distributed Resource Management allows administrators to schedule automated vMotion based on load requirements in the farm. Under the properties of the Cluster, enable ... Read More

Enabling NTP on ESX Servers

Time Notes Time drift within Virtual machines is very common. Time is calculated within Operating Systems based on the assumption that it has 100% access ... Read More