Month: December 2010

ESX server Administering ESX 4 f ESXi server Virtual Center (vCenter) server (is the centralized management server for complete infrastructure) Installed on a Windows server that is part of AD domain vSphere client (VMware-viclient.exe) Download from any of ESX server URL, vCenter server or ISO from VMware Install on vCenter server or any workstation Choose to install “Host Update Utility 4.0” This tool allows you to upgrade ESX 3.x to ESX 4.0 and ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0. The utility also allows you to patch and update ESXi hosts. g g Using Software vSphere Client is a single GUI application […]

Definition in simple terms referring to practical understanding: Process of separating physical components of computing infrastructure from the logical components that demand the resources. Types of Virtualization: Server :  Where you use Virtual machines to separate hardware from virtual operating systems, allowing you to run the multiple operating systems on a single machine, all at the same time. Storage:  Removing physical mapping of storage and moving storage into logical objects, which can be easily managed Network: process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity, a virtual network. There two types of […]

1.       Create a new VDI with a.       Latest NIC VMXNET3, you need latest version in order to boot to WDS server.  The default NIC ‘Flexible’ doesn’t work b.      Use SCSI controller of BUS logic. None of the latest LSI logic SCSI controller work with RIS builds 2.       Boot the VDI to Win7 build 3.       Have a computer account created with all the required options (through pre-setup.bat) 4.       Change the netbootMachineFilePath attribute to point to RIS build servers (say buildserver1.org.com). a.       AD object ‘Attribute Editor’ tab is not visible via dsa.msc, use adsiedit instead. b.      Move computer to respective AD site […]