Category Archives: vsphere

Update Manager and Isolated ESX Service Console Networks

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jon Owings

Sometimes you may be required to run your vCenter server that has two network interfaces. One in the network it can be reached for remote desktop access and the other where it has access to the ESX servers in order … Continue reading →

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Random Half Thoughts While Driving

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Jon Owings

So I often have epiphany teasers while driving long distances or stuck in traffic. I call them teasers because they are never fully developed ideas and often disappear into thoughts about passing cars, or yelling at the person on their cell phone going 15 … Continue reading →

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iSCSI Connections on EqualLogic PS Series

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Jon Owings

Equallogic PS Series Design Considerations VMware vSphere introduces support for multipathing for iSCSI. Equallogic released a recommended configuration for using MPIO with iSCSI.   I have a few observations after working with MPIO and iSCSI. The main lesson is know the … Continue reading →

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vSheild Zones My First Look

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Jon Owings

So my first experience trying to deploy the new vShield Zones security product included in VMware’s vSphere. First vShield Zones is different than VMsafe. The way I understand it is the vShield Zones is like your border security but inside … Continue reading →

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Rescan All Hba’s Where are you?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Jon Owings

So I was updating some of my blog posts on the esxcfg-* commands with any changes in ESX 4. I wrote earlier I did not know much about the esxcfg-advcfg command. Since writing that post at the end of 2008, … Continue reading →

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Thin Disk on vSphere My First Glance

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Jon Owings

So today I got around to putting ESXi 4 on my spare box at home. I first deployed a new virtual server and decided to use the thin provisioning built into the new version. After getting everything all setup. I … Continue reading →

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