End of VMware Server on 2011

Yes! I read this news on Alessandro Perilli's blog. If you have a VMware Server you need to migrate to ESXi or the player!

aLEx

Vmware vDR (Data Recovery) error -3948

Hi All..

Today I reconnect to my costomer where I made an installation very time ago. I see this error on the vDR appliance log for the backup



After a little reserch over the vmware kb I find this result:
1011678

The response is for the name resolution: I write the ip of my esx on the /etc/hosts of the vDR aplliance and all goes fine.

aLex

Nice article for hot operation over disk on a linux vm

Here a nice post for some operation over a linux vm for add and remove disk and vmdk if the vm is live.

Great!

aLex

a little script powershell

just a little script in powershell.

Today I need to ping all the powered on VM in a little test environment.

Here the script:

# Ping Powered On VM on a VM environment

Connect-VIServer MYVISERVERORESX

$VMS = Get-VM | Where { $_.Powerstate -eq "PoweredOn" } | get-vmguest

Foreach ($VM in $VMS){
$OutVideo = "Pinging " + $VM.HostName
$OutVideo
$MyIP = $VM.IPAddress
ping $MyIP
}

aLex

Are you alive....

Like an heartbeat ping from a cluster...

this post is the first on my new workplace.

I work for a big farm in the IT department. I try to blog some useful tool that I use on my new place.

for now I want to link a good post for use http instead https for the comunication from the VI client and vCenter.
Here the link.

And another way to administer VMWARE Server 2.x.x using the VI client
- Link1
- Link2

bye

Win 7 nice desktop user support tool

Today I use the new tool for win 7 psr.exe Problem Step Recorder. This tool is user from a desktop user for replicate the error and the tool record the action. After it the tool make a file with all the operation and the error code. You simply recive the mail and read what the user does and you save your ears and your brain from the mobile phone!!!

Nice tool.

aLex

WinPE 3 and VMware driver

Today I create a new version on my personal resource kit of the WinPE CD. I use WAIK for Win 2008 R2 and Win 7.

I install it on a server Win 2008 R2 inside a virtual machine.
I just go thru the guide. I use the following command for the creation of the image

- copype.cmd x86 c:\winpex86
- copy c:\winpex86\winpe.wim c:\winpex86\ISO\sources\boot.wim
- Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\winpex86\ISO\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\winpex86\mount
Add the driver from the vmware tools directory
- Dism /image:C:\winpex86\mount /Add-Driver /driver:"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers" /recurse
Dismount the image and save the change
- Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\winpex86\mount\ /Commit
Create the ISO Image
- Oscdimg -n -bC:\winpex86\etfsboot.com C:\winpex86\ISO C:\winpex86\winpex86.iso

Dism is the new tool that comes with Win 7 and Win 2008 R2 and is used to manipulate WIM Image.

Now I turn on a VM with the iso image attached to the cdrom.

The VM has a Network card VMXNET3



and after the boot win winpe I can use it



This is useful because you can also use it with WDS (Windows Deployment Service= and create a custom image with the vmware drivers!

my 2 cents.

aLex