Windows 8 and vSphere client
So, you’ve upgraded to Windows 8, and are wanting to connect to your VM console via vSphere. Uh Oh! A wild error message appears! “The VMRC console has disconnected…attempting to reconnect” What’s happening? Well, the short story is that when connecting to the console, the vSphere client uses an Internet Explorer plugin, which is not [...]
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Veeam Job fails after upgrade to vSphere 5.1
Now that vSphere 5.1 is been out a little while, there are more and more upgrades happening. One problem that I run across while upgrading is that the Veeam backup job fails the next morning if you aren’t aware of what happens. During the upgrade to vSphere 5.1, the ESXi servers now have a different [...]
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Windows 8 Start Menu Replacement
Most people have realized by this point that Windows 8 lacks a traditional start menu. The reaction to the new start screen has been very mixed, and I find myself of the “what in the world were they thinking?!?!” side. However, there is hope! I’ve tried a couple different start menu replacements during the beta [...]
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vSphere 5.1 Lab – HP StoreVirtual VSA Install
Next, I needed some shared storage to eventually present to my nested ESXi servers. I decided to use HP’s StoreVirtual VSA (Formerly LeftHand) because I work with it fairly often, and because it’s the only VSA supported for SRM. HP offers the VSA for a trial period of 60 days – plenty of time to [...]
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vSphere 5.1 Lab – Initial Setup
With the release of vSphere 5.1 now, and some of the new features, I decided to dedicate a new series of posts just to 5.1, and install it all in my lab environment – from the ground up. First off – this is a clean slate – I won’t be doing any upgrades – everything [...]
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