These days, I am working on a project involving VMware Capacity Planner. Part of its deployment means that one has to troubleshoot access issues, in order to get successful inventory and performance scans. I am planning to write a couple of posts to document tips that one generally doesn't find in documentation. In the meantime, [...]
Now that VMworld is over and I've taken a breather, I guess it’s time for me to recap the few wonderful days spent in Barcelona and reflect on what I got out of my attendance. Yes, I know it’s late but let’s just say, I was tied up. Like many others, my conference started on [...]
In my previous post, I mentioned that I use StarWind Software's iSCSI SAN software to provide iSCSI LUNs for my home lab. In this post, I'll document the process to create a simple shared iSCSI LUN setup. Using that, one can provide as many LUNs as required to an ESXi setup, possibly with multipathing - [...]
Like all VMware techies, I have also installed shared storage in different ways, to experiment with high-availability solutions. One thing that has always bugged me is that virtual appliances providing shared storage, need to have the virtual environment running as a prerequisite. In a home lab, one might not have an external NAS box so [...]
You might see an error, immediately after installation of VUM (VMware Update Manager) and after installing its plugin: There was an error connecting to VMware vSphere Update Manager - [Server Name:443]. Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems. Here is a screenshot for reference: VMware Update Manager - Plugin Error This generally happens [...]
The time has come for me to rebuild my lab after a good few months so I've been trashing and rebuilding all over the place. While building something, I blog about any issues hit but sometimes, there isn't enough time and you miss a post or two. This blog post is to correct one of [...]
Today, I am doing a book review of VCDX Boot Camp: Preparing for the VCDX Panel Defense (VMware Press). This is a book not only for VCDX hopefuls but also for people who want to see what's involved in becoming one. What could be better than a book written by three VCDXs (who are also [...]
The time has come for me to leave the safe confines of wordpress.com and go to a hosted installation. When I started blogging, it was the best option for me and with minimum of fuss. However, now I need a bit more freedom in what I want to do on the blog and hence the [...]
There are times when a virtual machine might start rebooting or shut down completely, due to one or more snapshots for that machine getting corrupt. Depending on the type of failure, recovery from such a situation is possible and at times, with all data intact. For example, when a backup solution takes a snapshot as [...]
It was announced today and if you are a virtualization enthusiast, it might be old news to you by now. It's an honour to be part of such a knowledgeable community of people, which I consider to be the best in the computing industry. I have been blogging for a few years now but never [...]