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Consolicate Backup Dell MD300i Proxy San Win3k Setup

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:57:38 GMT

ESX4 (vSphere) on Sun V20z

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:29:12 GMT

Hi,

Has anyone gotten vSphere ESX 4 to run on a Sun V20z server?

If so, were there any issues with the install, and was it stable?

Thanks,

Bayley

ESX version and build number

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:41:57 GMT

How to read the build number

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012514 - Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 4.0.x hosts
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1001179 - Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 3.0.x and 3.5.x hosts
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/392 - Determining VMware Software Version and Build Number

Service/Management Console mode

The build number at server console is the version of the VMware Kernel.
To read this number use this command:
vmware -v

VIC or VS Client mode

The build number which you see at vSphere Client is the hostagent version number.
For example, for ESX 4.0, after installing the latest patches your server console would show 193498, vSphere Client would show 175625. If you have installed patches released on 08/06, then the console would show 181792 and vSphere client would show 175625.

Convert a build number in a ESX version

For the major releases, not including patches between roll-ups, you can look at the download page (for each product version you see also the relative build number).
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vsphere_4/4
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/

Or the quick and dirty solution is to google the build number

To know the applied patch you can use:
esxupdate -l info

ESX/ESXi 3.5 versions

http://www.techhead.co.uk/how-to-determine-the-vmware-esx-or-esxi-build-version
ESXi 3.5 - What 'update' am I using.

why the storage list is null when I add a new virtual machine?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:06:32 GMT

Hi, guys

I am evaluating the VMware vCenter 4.0 and VMware ESX server 4.0. They both set up in the Dell PC machines.
I can connect the VMware ESX machine successfully using VMware vSphere client. But when I try to "New Virtual Machine" , I select "Typical"->"Name"->"Datastore", there is nothing in the "Datastore" list. why? How to configure this?

Can anyone help me? Many thanks!

Disconnect the FC SAN before installation or not?

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:11:02 GMT

If I remember well you had to disconnect the shared SAN storage from the second node of the ESX cluster before you install ESX on that node otherwise it reformatted it without a question during installation

Is this still true with ESX 4i?

Thanks,

Rudi

Meet the Engineer Series: VMware Performance Advancements

Thu, 21 May 2009 23:12:06 GMT

Real people, real faces, discussing VMware vSphere topics...

In this video, VMware's Chief Performance Architect discusses why you should seriously consider virtualizing all of your applications on VMware:

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Meet the Engineer Series: VMware vCenter Server Linked Mode

Thu, 21 May 2009 23:08:11 GMT

Real people, real faces, discussing VMware vSphere topics...

In this video, two VMware Engineers will discuss VMware vCenter Server Linked Mode which is new with VMware vSphere 4:

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Unofficial Quick Guide to the VMware License Portal - and Other Member-Contributed vSphere Tutorials

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:55:16 GMT

From the blog ("Latoga Labs") of Greg A. Lato: Quick Guide to vSphere License Portal . Good companion to our official VMware tutorial on VMware vSphere licensing.

http://Community members are encouraged to add links to other useful guides and tutorials created by the VMware community.