Web farm re-arch. Doing more with less!
Homelabs are great learning tools, but if you’re not careful you can experience nasty VM sprawl! Consolidation is key. In this blog post we dial the resources back while preserving the performance! Read more!
The 2TB Caveat
Having never had a VMDK so large before, I wasn’t really expecting to have an issue considering VMFS-5 supports 62TB VMDKs! Read more!
Lenovo TS140 ESXi 5.5 U2 Customized Image
Hi all – I have been cruising a lot of different forums lately and one thing I see frequently is people having trouble customizing the VMware ESXi 5.5 U2 image to support the Lenovo TS140’s integrated I217-LM ethernet controller. I used VMware Customizer available from http://www.v-front.de/ and created an ISO based on the 2014-09-09 5.5.0U2 build. Everything else is vanilla in this ISO – I have another image...
Create custom ESXi ISO from latest patch
Hey guys I followed a tutorial (and don’t remember which) regarding building your own VMware ESXi ISO from the latest patch. VMware only releases ISO’s of Update versions (i.e., ESXi 5.5.0-U2). However, each patch is cumulative so you’ll be able to roll an ISO from the downloaded zip file after you create a depot from the zip. Here’s how: Download and install VMware PowerCLI Download the latest patch by...
VMware tools in Windows 10 working on ESXi 5.5
Hey everyone – if you follow my blog you probably remember me mentioning the other day that I was unable to get the VMware tools to install for ESXi 5.5 in Windows 10 server. I was using the conventional method of using Install/Upgrade VMware Tools from the “VM” menu, then the “Guest” option. Here’s a link to that post. I was thinking today, “Hey, why don’t I try and install the tools...
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I am a Sr. Systems Engineer by profession and am interested in all aspects of technology. I am most interested in virtualization, storage, and enterprise hardware. I am also interested in leveraging public and private cloud technologies such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and vRealize Automation/vCloud Director. When not working with technology I enjoy building high performance cars and dabbling with photography. Thanks for checking out my blog! 
