Virtualization
Creating virtual machines in VMware vCenter 5
0Creating virtual machines was an easy job in previous versions of vCenter, and it’s still is, just a couple of options changed during the wizard. In this post I’ll show you how to create a new virtual machine on a ESXi 5 host using vCenter 5. (more…)
Create and configure a Hyper-V Failover Cluster – Part2
0In the first part of this guide I showed you how to install Hyper-V in a cluster environment, and now it’s time to create our first High Available (HA) VM to see if the cluster works. Before we start creating the VM, we need to check if the cluster service assigned the correct volume for the quorum; sometimes is not assigned correctly. (more…)
Install VMware (vSphere) ESXi 5 in VMware Workstation 8
0I think you already installed VMware Workstation 8 on your PC, as a result of the new features. Version 8 has native support for VMware ESXi 5 meaning, you can run ESXi servers inside VMware Workstation without hacking the .vmx file. The good news, is you can create and run 64bit VMs inside that virtualized ESXi server which runs in VMware Workstation. You should never run this in a production environment, is just for “fun”. To be able to do this your host processor needs to support Virtualization Technology. I run this lab on a Intel i7 930 processor, so is green light for me. (more…)
Add Hyper-V hosts to System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2
3To be able to manage Hyper-V hosts in SCVMM first you need to add them to the VMM Server, and this guide is for those of you that have doubts about the process. Those Hyper-V hosts need to be part of the same forest or domain that VMM is part of. (more…)
Convert virtual machines using VMware vCenter Converter 5
0Starting with version 5 VMware Converter can’t be installed any more as a plugin in vCenter, it’s a separate product now. If you have to convert some machines from different platforms you need to go on VMware site and download the VMware Converter Standalone kit. In this guide I will show how to convert a Hyper-V virtual machine, to a VMware virtual machine in a vCenter Infrastructure. Go and download the converter from here, and install the product on your technician PC. (more…)
Install VMware vCenter 5 on Windows Server 2008 R2
0Your environment is growing and you can’t monitor or maintain those ESXi servers individually. Every time there is a problem or you need to create some VMs on different ESXi servers you have to open a console for every server. To make your life easier VMware vCenter comes to the rescue. This is a management software meaning, if you have a bunch of ESXi servers, or allot of them, you can add all those ESXi servers and manage them using a single console. The good news is that it offers new functionalities that you never had with the stand alone console. (more…)
Configure Active Directory integration for VMware vSphere and ESXi
0We all know AD (Active Directory) is to centralize things, but for Windows machines. Well… starting from version 4.1, VMware is offering the option to integrate their ESX/ESXi servers with Windows domains. Yes, you could integrate older ESX/ESXi versions with Windows domains, but it was a paint, you had to use scrips and hacks. Now starting with VMware vSphere 4.1, the integration is done using a couple of mouse clicks in vCenter. You still have the option of scripting this process using PowerCLI, if a big number of hosts exists in your environment, but in this post I will show you how to do it using VMware vCenter. (more…)
Create and configure a Hyper-V Failover Cluster – Part1
0In this post I will show you step-by-step how create a Hyper-V Failover Cluster, so your virtual machines will never stop. For this environment I have on DC with StarWind iSCSI target installed (I know, I know… I’m using the domain controller as a iSCSI target, but it’s OK for demonstration purposes), and two Hyper-V servers (Node1 and Node2) already joined to the domain vkernel.local. If you want to go with other iSCSI target solutions be sure those softwares support iSCSI Persistent Reservation. (more…)
Licensing ESX, ESXi and vCenter Server
0You downloaded an evaluation copy of ESX/ESXi and vCenter, but that evaluation has come to an end. The second part is, that you really like these products, because of the benefits and costs reductions they bring, so you decided to buy a license. The last step is to license the software, and this guide is going to show you how. For this demonstration I have four ESXi 5 serves already added to a vCenter Server 5, so let’s get started. (more…)
How to add ESX/ESXi hosts to VMware vCenter
0I can tell you from the start that this is an easy job. With just a few clicks you are going to add your first ESX/ESXi host to your vCenter Server for better management and monitoring.
Before we start is very important that your DNS is configured correctly. In my lab here I manually created the DNS A record for the ESXi host. If you don’t create this DNS entry you will have to use the IP address of the ESX/ESXi server, when running the vCenter wizard for adding a host. I am also running VMware ESXi 5 with vCenter 5. (more…)
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