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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
Recently, I have been playing around with Windows 8. And, since it went RTM on Aug 1st, I figured I would install it fresh. I downloaded Windows 8 Pro from my subscription, and made sure to copy down my license key.…