Hello World, In part I of this post, we have seen how you could install the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) software. As described in the previous post, you could install the application on a standalone windows machine or if you prefer to centralize the operation from your vSphere client, you can choose to install the
Hello World, I've been asked some time ago if it was possible to migrate from "VMWARE" infrastructure to the new Hyper-v 3.0 infrastructure. Microsoft has put a lot of effort to have this migration happening in the most painless way. So, yes, it's possible to migrate from a Vmware infrastructure. In fact, there multiple ways that
Hello World, If you remenber one of the previous post, I was demonstrating how to create a bootable usb stick that can be used to perform the installation of ESXi 5. I had to perform such installation some days ago. I had to document to process for the customer. So, I thought it would be nice to add this installation guide in here even if
Hello World, Just back from a small trip abroad... And I've noticed a lot of activities/news around Vmware Vsphere5. First of all, you have to know that the software has been released and you can evaluate the software if you want to. The free ESXi5 version still exists and can be downloaded here The post of today will be quite short.
Hello World, Recently, I had to install ESXi on unsupported hardware. The installation was intended to be used as test infrastructure and play ground for people with few Vmware knowledge. This was the first time for me that I had to perform the installation on unsupported hardware... I had to "Google" quite a bit in order to come up with a
Hello World, If you have a kickstart script ready to be used and that your customer has the ESX 3.x cdrom and a web server, you might be able to automate your installation. You simply need to boot from you CDROM. When the ESX 3.5 Splash screen is displayed, type the following command esx append ip=dhcp ksdevice=eth0 network
Hello World, If you want to perform your ESX 4.0 installation from a USB Drive, you have to know that's possible. In my previous post, i described how to do this for ESX 3.x version. With ESX 4.0, the procedure is quite simpler and really similar to the way you do it with ESX 3.x version Step 1 : Download the ESX 4.0 ISO file from
********************************************************************************************************* Updated Info : There is apparently a bug that does not allow to install ESX 3.5 from a USB stick. The tips still works for previous versions but not for ESX 3.5. See here for more
