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VMware ESXi iSCSI Configuration Guide

Jason Gegere — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Step 1 – VMware ESX iSCSI Configuration:

Open up the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client (VIC) and select the ESX server that you want to add the iSCSI storage to. From the ‘Configurations’ tab in the right pane select ‘Networking’. You…

How to configure Openfiler v2.3 iSCSI Storage with VMware ESXi v4

Jason Gegere — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:18:47 +0000

Until recently I had been running my ESX VM’s on local raid disk. This is mostly due to not having enough time to get some shared storage up and running.

I however was determined to get something…

Install Openfiler to boot off USB Flash Drive

Jason Gegere — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:14:21 +0000

Why?

Installing OpenFiler on a USB stick allows you to seperate your NAS system and config from the data. You don’t have to waste a seperate disc for this purpose. Furthermore, a Flash memory is less sensitive for ‘crashes’…

Reduce the size of VMware VMDK files

Jason Gegere — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:16:54 +0000

The only way to re-size in ESX3 is with Converter. Vmkfstools no longer supports shrinking a disk, only expanding it. To get Converter to create separate disk files you need to run it twice, select the first disk only on…

VMware vSphere on Windows 7

Jason Gegere — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:41:45 +0000

Upgraded to Windows 7? Trying to use VMWare vSphere Client? Getting the messages:

You click OK and they you get:

You click OK and vSphere fails to launch

After upgrading to Windows 7 you may have…