Upgrading to vCenter 4.1 with bundled SQL Express Edition – database...
My infrastructure uses a bundled SQL Express Edition database because it isn’t hugely complex, and I didn’t want too much dependency on other servers (themselves VMs). I encountered problems upgrading...
View ArticleUpgrading to vSphere 5.0 with Dell EqualLogic
UPDATE – Ignore the Broadcom driver stuff. It seemed to be ok all afternoon, but I have rebooted the ESXi host and it’s gone completely unstable again, with pretty much continuous iSCSI disconnects....
View ArticleShortcut to testing VMware Auto-Deploy
It’s very useful to have a VMware lab environment particularly for training needs, and outside of larger enterprises this is generally difficult to achieve owing to the high time cost of setting one...
View ArticleDeploying vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 with AD auth
In theory using the vCenter Server Appliance (hereafter vCSA) offers a number of big advantages over using vCenter. Firstly you don’t need to commit a Windows Server OS licence, secondly to manage your...
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