Category Archives: VMware

Seven things to know to make Hyperflex go – Cisco HyperFlex Best Practices

Posted on 2019/05/26 by

Creating a Datastore in Hyperflex Connect is easy, Creating a Datastore in vCenter is messy, When creating HXDP Snapshots in vCenter you need to be careful. There are some things that you need to do differently, and some you should do differently. Here are Seven things to know to make Hyperflex go. Continue reading →

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Posted in Best Preactices, Cisco, Data Center, Data Centre, ESXi, Hyperflex, VMware | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Script to create Linked Clones on ESXi

Posted on 2017/03/28 by

After creating my set of linked clones, the total additional space required for 10 linked clones was less than 11GB, yet each clone was a fully functioning copy of the original 40GB parent. Total space saved, approximately 390GB! Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS has had a baby (Mother and Daughterboard doing well)

Posted on 2014/07/23 by

Originally posted on UCSguru.com:
As many of you know I am now in full CCIE Datacenter study mode, and as such have not had as much time to blog and answer posted questions as I would like. However I…

Posted in Cisco, opinion, VMware

Windows 8 Install – What a ridiculous product key

Posted on 2013/01/08 by

Not Happy. Since I have a Mac, I had to buy the System Builder version of Windows 8 to legally run it in a Virtual Machine. I don’t have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with … Continue reading →

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Clearly too much frenzy at click frenzy

Posted on 2012/11/20 by

It was advertised as The Sale that stops a nation JOIN THE FRENZY AT 7PM EDST, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 IN… Click Frenzy is Australia’s first national online-only mega-sale! I heard about this mega-sale when at the vMware forum (Sydney) last … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud, Cloud computing, opinion, rant, VMware

How to convert GNS3WB to ESXi from ESXi command line:

Posted on 2012/10/31 by

Many thanks to David Dionne who has has submitted the following: Get the WorkBench to your esxi storage via scp or vsphere client ssh into esxi server or access the console with Alt-F1 over ipmi1.5/2 or from local keyboard and … Continue reading →

Posted in ESXi, GNS3, GNS3 WorkBench, Linux, Ubuntu, virtual interface, VMware | 6 Comments

V2P – Converting GNS3 Workbench to a physical hard drive

Posted on 2012/08/21 by

Many thanks to Drew at Techoid.net for writing this article explaining how to convert the GNS3 VM to a physical hard drive. It should work for any Ubuntu install as well. Also check out https://rednectar.net/2012/05/10/moving-gns3-workbench-to-a-physical-machinedisk/ for a second opinion.

Posted in GNS3 WorkBench, Linux, Ubuntu, V2P, Virtual Machine, VMware, VMware Player