VMware
Convert VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V virtual machines
0I know that some of you out there have mixed virtual environments using Hyper-V and VMware, and I also know that allot of times you need to convert virtual machines from one platform to another. In this guide I’m going to show you how to convert virtual machines from a VMware platform to a Hyper-V platform using two products; one is free an the other one costs. The free one is called StarWind V2V Image Converter, and the paid one is Microsoft’s System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). The version of SCVMM I am using for this guide is 2008 R2 with SP1. (more…)
Installing VMware vSphere 5 Web Client Server
0VMware vSphere 5 Web Client Server is a web management console for your vCenter infrastructure. Yes, you can configure and manage vSphere hosts and virtual machines in your vCenter infrastructure even if you are thousand miles away. Just open a browser, login in and you are good to go. In this guide I’m going to show you how to install the vSphere 5 Web Client Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. (more…)
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…)
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…)
How to create a VMware Cluster
0To be able to create a VMware cluster you need vCenter, and at least two ESX Servers. For this guide I’m going to use ESXi 5 and vCenter 5. ESXi hosts are already added to vCenter. I’m not going to discuss about cluster features like HA (High Availability) and DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduling), I will talk about them in future posts. (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…)
Change virtual machines network adapter using PowerCLI
0A few times in my network I had to change the virtual adapter for over 500 VMs. Because a manual configuration of those VMs was not a solution, I turned to PowerCLI. To start open you PowerCLI console and connect to your vCenter Server. (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…)
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