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vSphere 5.1 Lab – Nested ESXi 5.1
Now that I’ve got some shared storage setup for the lab environment, it’s time to get some ESXi 5.1 hosts. Since this is a lab environment, I want to run some nested ESXi 5.1 hosts. Running nested means installing a hypervisor inside of another hypervisor. This could be XenServer, Hyper-V, or ESXi. Obviously, I recommend the later! You [...]
Tags: Virtual Machine, vmware, vSphere 5.1
Posted in Uncategorized, Virtualization, vSphere 5.1 Lab | 3 Comments »
Creating a Nested ESXi 5 Environment
**UPDATED for ESXi 5.1 HERE** Since vSphere 5 was released earlier this year, it is now time to get ready to pass the VCP exam. I am a VCP for both 3.5 and 4, and decided I would post some updates along the way as I study before taking the VCP 5 exam. The first [...]
Tags: Certification, VCP, Virtual Machine, vmware, vsphere 5
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vSphere 5 VSA – Virtual San Appliance – Part 1
With the release of vSphere 5, comes VMware’s VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance). What exactly is it? Well, it’s VMware’s answer of providing shared storage to SMBs that don’t purchase a physical SAN or NAS. It will use the local storage in each ESX box, and present it to the VSA VM, and that in turn [...]
Tags: SAN, Virtual Machine, vmware, VSA, vsphere 5
Posted in Storage, Virtualization | 15 Comments »
vSphere 5 vRAM Changes
Thanks to the numerous traffic about vSphere 5′s vRAM “tax” – VMware has changed the entitlements. (Take a look at Justin’s post here explaining vRAM “tax” and how it works.) Basically, VMware has made 3 changes: Increased vRAM entitlements for all vSphere editions. Capped the amount of vRAM counted in any given VM More [...]
Tags: Virtual Machine, vmware, vsphere 5
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Vmware View and Right Shift
I’ve noticed on several occasions that the right shift key doesn’t seem to work in RDP sessions when I am using a VMware View desktop with PCoIP. The first couple times, I thought I was just mistyping the password, but after checking in the username field, sure enough the right shift key was not recognized, [...]
Tags: View, Virtual Machine, vmware
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