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Clear Virtualization Licensing from Microsoft
Here’s an update to my previous post about Microsoft licensing on virtual infrastructure. Mark Wilson has posted an outline of the current Microsoft licensing stance when it comes to virtualiza...
ESX: esxtop reporting (xtravirt)
Xtravirt posted this nice little command to pipe esxtop information to a csv file esxtop -b -d <delay in seconds> [-n <iterations>] > perfstats.csv ESX: esxtop reporting (xtravirt...
Network copy failed for file nvram
VMotion might fail if the source and target ESX Server hosts cannot resolve each other’s hostname. You might see the following error message: Network copy failed for file [storage]/foo/f...
Student Tip: Stopping WinSCP filepart errors
Last week a student on my course gave me a tip. Personally, I perfer to use Veeam’s FastSCP for ESX Server when transferring files from my Windows Desktop to ESX 3. However, occasionally...
Using ESXTOP to collect performance statistics
RTFM Reader and regular contributor, Michael Knight has contacted me with some experiences and resources concerning gathering performance statistics using esxtop at the Service Console. It ...
VMware: Stopping a Virtual Machine gone haywire
Sometimes a Virtual Machine can’t be stopped via the VIClient. The job just hangs. There are a number of options to stop your Virtual Machine from within the Service Console. Keep in mind...
More ESX3i Resources
I had hoped this week to release on RTFM some video recordings of the ESX3i product which VMworld delegates were given a complimentary copy on a memory stick. However, after further research it...
ESX 3i Presentation
Want to learn more about the new version of ESX 3, dubbed ESX 3i (Intergrated?). Then download this presentation (PDF format) it has all the information you need: Link: http://www.vmware.com/fi...
VMworld 2007 Top Support Issues Session
Some great information from vmware, I’m going to have to find a way to go next year… My last session of Day 3, and of the entire conference, was a super-session on the top support issues ...
Microsoft details Windows licensing for 3rd party virtualization platforms
After reading this article is sounds likes like using the datacenter version of windows is the cheapest method using ESX. As I read it you can license one copy of datacenter and run as many VM&#...