Category: VMware

Extract the ESX media from the bootable ISO/DVD received from VMware Copy them to a network location and make them accessible Create the ks.cfg (kickstart configuration file) answer file with custom values to installation options. The main sections of the ks.cfg file are as below accepteula or vmaccepteula (required) autopart (required) clearpart (optional) dryrun (optional) install (required) keyboard (optional) serialnum or vmserialnum (optional) network (optional) paranoid (optional) part or partition (optional) rootpw (required) %include or include %pre (optional) %post (optional) %firstboot The previous version to 4.0 of ESX server used to support incomplete ks.cfg file by which it uses the […]

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 […]