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How to Downgrade VM Hardware Version
I have often got the question if you can downgrade your Virtual Machine Hardware version from the latest version to a previous version. There is many reasons why you might want to downgrade your VM Hardware Version, but below is few common ones I have heard: VM hardware version you upgraded to is not supported…
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Learn Virtualization & VMware vSphere from Scratch
Few months back I got to speak to different friends of mine in the IT field, who were specialized in networking, storage, SAP, Database, Hardware and so on. I was surprised they had zero to little exposure to Virtualization although they are well versed into their field of expertise. They even held highest certifications in…
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vCloud Director joining VMs to specific Active Directory Domain OU
While VMware vCloud Director 1.5.1 has a lot of flexibility, one thing it seems missing is getting VMs to join a specific OU in Active Directory Domain. Making your vApps VMs join a particular domain is quite easy using the vCloud Director web interface. All you have to do is to configure your domain information…
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Virtual Machines vDS Network Interfaces configuration in VMX file is lost upon removing it from inventory
Note: This is no longer an issue in vSphere 5.1. Today while doing a manual DR failback test at one of the customers sites where they use Virtual Distributed Switches, I have noticed when removing/adding a Virtual Machine to inventory it lose the configuration for its network interface of which port group its connected to…
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Tolly Common Test Plan for Virtual Server Performance
I have been contacted by Kevin Tolly the founder of http://CommonTestPlan.org to evaluate their Virtual Server Performance Test Plan & provide suggestions in that regard about two weeks ago. Kevin & his team were kind enough to provide me with a one year license to their Virtual Server Performance Test Plan Document for my own…
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VMware vSphere Virtual Machine still show old datastore after storage vMotion
Before I start with the article, I have to point out this is not a VMware bug. Its the VMware admins doing what they are not suppose to do. VMware ESX 3 & VMware ESX 4 Administration Guides mention clearly that you should not VMotion or Storage vMotion a Virtual machine before disconnecting it from…
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Resizing a virtual disk with VMware
Learn how to increase disk space on your virtual machine with VMware. This guide will give you step-by-step instructions on how to resize your virtual disk.