www.kreslavsky.com » Virtualization http://www.kreslavsky.com Common IT solutions. AD | Messaging | Virtualization | Storage | Security Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:07:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Install virtual guest services grayed out on Hyper-V cluster http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/install-virtual-guest-services-grayed-out-on-hyper-v-cluster.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/install-virtual-guest-services-grayed-out-on-hyper-v-cluster.html#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:24:00 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/install-virtual-guest-services-grayed-out-on-hyper-v-cluster.html  

If “Install virtual machine guest service installation” is unavailable and grayed out, don’t panic. Just shut down the guest machine and it will become available.
It is not a bug, it is by design.

Install virtual machine guest service installation

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]]> http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/install-virtual-guest-services-grayed-out-on-hyper-v-cluster.html/feed 0 High Availability NAS/ISCSI solution for Windows Server http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/ha-nas-iscsi-solution-windows-server.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/ha-nas-iscsi-solution-windows-server.html#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:27:29 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/ha-san-on-windows-server.html Few months ago I discovered a product that can save company expanses and provides , very good NAS/ISCSI solution that allows running various industry-leading solutions like VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

StarWind Enterprise Server is reliable a software application that can be installed on Windows server and turn it into a scalable SAN .
Now you can enjoy all storage benefits like

  • Synchronous Data Mirroring:
  • Storage replication over WAN:
  • Snapshot capabilities
  • High Availability server clustering
  • Efficient disks Thin Provisioning:

The upcoming 5th version will provide the customers with more solutions, the one I’m really excided about is the Highly Available automated failover on a per-volume basis it eliminates single point of failure and provides better solution for your infrastructure.

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Since traditional HA SAN systems are very expensive , I recommend giving StarWind Enterprise Server a chance . It is an enterprise-class fault tolerance and protection product without the high price and complexity of proprietary vendor solutions.

More info can be found on vendor site : http://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-enterprise-server

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]]> http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/10/ha-nas-iscsi-solution-windows-server.html/feed 0 P2V Linux OS to VMware ESX http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/06/p2v-linux-os-to-vmware-esx.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/06/p2v-linux-os-to-vmware-esx.html#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:22:03 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/06/p2v-linux-os-to-vmware-esx.html New VMware P2V v4 client allows physical to virtual convert for various Linux distributives.
P2V allows transferring of Linux machines to Virtual VMware ESX compatible.

Currently supported versions are:

 

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10
  • Ubuntu Linux 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x

Other Linux versions can be converted by imaging tools to the following format:image

  • (*.vmc *.pvs *.vmx *.sv2i *.spf *.tib)
  • Microsoft Virtual Pc format  (*.vmc)
  • Parallels Virtualization ( *.pvs)
  • VMware Consolidated Backup (*.vmx)
  • Symantec LiveState Recovery Image (*.sv2i *.sv2)
  • StorageCraft Shadow Stor Image (*.spf)
  • Acronis True Image Backup (*.tib)

 

note:Linux sources should allow root login through SSH.

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You probably got end of free space on your virtual machine and looking how to increase your disk.

One of the ways to perform this task. is to use : VMware Converter.

Please make sure to have a good backup before you begin!!!

  1. Turn off the virtual machine;
  2. Start the VMWare Converter utility;
  3. Open the wizard;
  4. Select ‘standalone virtual machine’ as the source and destination system;
  5. Choose ‘Select volumes and resize to save or add space’;
  6. Enter a desired size and you are done.

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]]> http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/resize-vmware-vmdk-file.html/feed 1 How to Resize VHD file http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-resize-vhd-file.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-resize-vhd-file.html#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 09:03:48 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky Recently VmToolkit released free utility that can resize VHD files

To download VHD resize utility http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx

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]]> http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-resize-vhd-file.html/feed 0 Convert VMDK to VHD files – Download http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/convert-vmdk-to-vhd-files-download.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/convert-vmdk-to-vhd-files-download.html#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 08:47:34 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/convert-vmdk-to-vhd-files-download.html  

Download Free converter from VMware VMDK  to Microsoft VHD

 

Download from VMtoolkit

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]]> http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/convert-vmdk-to-vhd-files-download.html/feed 0 How to enter VMware ESX Virtual Machine Bios http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-enter-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-bios.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-enter-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-bios.html#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 09:25:01 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-enter-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-bios.html In order to enter to VM machine bios settings follow the steps bellow
  1. Navigate to desired virtual machine
  2. Press on “Edit Virtual Machine Settings”
  3. Navigate to Options>Boot Options
  4. In the right side you have 2 options
  1. Power on Boot Delay
  2. Force BIOS setup
  • You can use each one of the first will set system boot delay time and will give you the ability to enter system BIOS – You can set it to 1000 miliseconds
  • The Other one will force entering in to bios on next boot.

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    ]]>     http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/how-to-enter-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-bios.html/feed 0     Can’t Boot VMware ESX Virtual Machine from CD or ISO image http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/cant-boot-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-from-cd-or-iso-image.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/cant-boot-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-from-cd-or-iso-image.html#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 09:05:54 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky You connect new ISO image and try to boot from it , but instead booting from Image , VMware loads installed OS , sounds familiar?

    Here what you should check:

    First make sure that CD room or image are selected as “Connected” and “Connect at power on”
    By default VM machine tries to boot first from attached CD device

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    If you still can’t boot navigate to Options>Boot Options and in the right pane under “force BIOS Setup” select "The next time the virtual machine boots, force entry into the BIOS setup screen”
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    After you start VM machine you will be able to access BIOS settings and Edit boot priority.

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    ]]>     http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/05/cant-boot-vmware-esx-virtual-machine-from-cd-or-iso-image.html/feed 0     Install ESX Web Management MKS Plug-in to Firefox 3 http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/install-esx-web-management-mks-plug-in-to-firefox-3.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/install-esx-web-management-mks-plug-in-to-firefox-3.html#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:55:06 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/install-esx-web-management-mks-plug-in-to-firefox-3.html Install ESX Firefox Web Management Plug-In for Windows

    1. Download the MKS plug-in file from the Stage Manager server using Internet Explorer from the following address:
      https://Servername/StageManager/ControlPanel/Machines/MachineDetails/ActiveXControls/xpihandler.ashx?filename=vmware-mks-windows-ff-3.xpi
      Where <Servername> fill your server hostname.

    2. Rename the extension of the file from .xpi to .zip .

    3. Unzip the file’s contents into %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\plugins .

    4. Copy ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll to %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox .

    Install ESX Firefox Web Management Plug-In for Linux

    1. Download the MKS plug-in file from the Stage Manager server using wget from the following address:
      https://Servername/StageManager/ControlPanel/Machines/MachineDetails/ActiveXControls/xpihandler.ashx?filename=vmware-mks-linux-ff-3.xpi
      Where <Servername> is your server hostname.

    2. Rename the extension of the file from .xpi to .zip .

    3. Unzip the file’s contents into ~/.mozilla/plugins .

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    ]]>     http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/install-esx-web-management-mks-plug-in-to-firefox-3.html/feed 0     Download .VHD Images for Hyper-V http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/download-vhd-images-for-hyper-v.html http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/download-vhd-images-for-hyper-v.html#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:21:56 +0000 Gil Kreslavsky http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/download-vhd-images-for-hyper-v.html Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 evaluation VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) images for Hyper-V which as of now is available for download from Microsoft  Download Center.
    The images are perfect for creating testing environment and trying new versions

    For more resent list of available preconfigured VHD’s visit http://www.microsoft.com/vhd

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