Category Archives: vsphere

Update Manager and Isolated ESX Service Console Networks

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

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

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

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?

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

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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