Before upgrading to vSphere 5.1 it is important to check your existing hardware, firmware levels, drivers, vSphere versions, other VMware products that integrates and third party software if it is compatible with vSphere 5.1. Here is a list of third party software and it’s support for vSphere 5.1 . …
Continue ReadingNow Windows Server 2012 is release I tried to upgrade my lab environment from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 RC 8400 to Windows 2012 RTM. It is not officially supported to upgrade from Windows Server 2012 RC to Windows Server 2012 RTM by Microsoft. I did the following steps to upgrade: Downloaded the …
Continue ReadingMemory Limits When adding existing VMware ESX servers (for example 3.5) to the VMware vCenter 4.1 server, all the VMs got a memory limit. To reset the memory limits to unlimited for all VMs, use the following PowerCLI script: Connect-VIServer <servername> Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | …
Continue ReadingThe new vSphere 4.1 release offers a lot of new cool features and enhancements. Here’s a list What’s New in vSphere 4.1. When upgrading to vSphere 4.1 there are a couple of things to think about before starting: Make sure your systems and components are supported, check the Hardware Compatibility …
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