Via G+ Paul Braren:
Great new video by Alex López (VCA6, and moderator at http://tonymacx86.com), all kinds of great info in this video, check it out!
Create a Custom ESXi Image with ESXi-Customizer-PS Script – YouTube
–jeroen
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Create a Custom ESXi Image with ESXi-Customizer-PS Script – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/11/27
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Programming Comments – How not to detect virtualization
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/11/13
Funny: about 5 years ago, the virtualization products became so good that you cannot reliably detect if you are running under virtualization or not: Programming Comments – How not to detect virtualization.
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VMware Front Experience: The great VMware Tools dilemma; VMware Tools 10.0.0 Release Notes
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/10/31
Interesting: VMware Tools 10.0.0 Release Notes
Source: VMware Front Experience: The great VMware Tools dilemma
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ESXi: specifying the ciphers used to serve the vSphere Client
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/14
You can specify the ESXi ciphers used to serve the vSphere Client. You can do this both ways: either extend them (make it less secure, but more compatible, for instance to server vSphere Client on Windows Server 2003 / Windows XP), or restrict them to make it more secure.
VMware recommends the cipherList ALL to make it more compatible: VMware KB: vSphere Client and vSphere PowerCLI may fail to connect to vCenter Server 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5 due to a Handshake failure.
However, ALL is far too wide to be secure. Since cipherList uses the standard cipher list format documented at ciphers – SSL cipher display and cipher list tool.
You can use the cipher lists from Strong SSL Security on nginx – Raymii.org:
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ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/14
Interesting: ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs.
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Oops: Exception 14 in world – ESXi 5.1
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/10
Need to figure out if VMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-Update02: ESXi 5.1 Complete Update 2 indeed solved the issue below as it seems to beVMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx:
VMware ESXi 5.1.0 [Releasebuild-1065491 x86_64] Exception 14 in world 8194:idle2 IP 0x418017779c226 addr 0x0 ... PTEs:0xnnnnnnnn;0xnnnnnnnn;0x0; 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]E1000PollRxRing@vmkernel#nover+ 0xdb9 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]E1000DevRx@vmkernel#nover+0x18a stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x247 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0xe3 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]EtherswitchForwardLeafPortsQuick@#+0xd6 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]EtherswitchPortDispatch@#+0x13bb stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0x146 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]Port_Input_Committed@vmkernel#nover+0x29 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]E1000DevAsyncTx@vmkernel#nover+0x190 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]NetWorldletPerVMCB@vmkernel#nover+0xae stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]WorldletProcessQueue@vmkernel#nover+0x486 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn Debugger waiting(world 8194) -- no port for remote debugger. "Escape" for local debugger.
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Sneak Preview – Build your own vSphere 6 home datacenter in about an hour – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/05/16
Interesting: Sneak Preview – Build your own vSphere 6 home datacenter in about an hour – YouTube.
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P2V of an existing XP machine to Hyper-V to have an emergency fallback when retiring old XP physical machines
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/04/27
Edit 20210727:
- A lot of the links below have died due to link rot (sometimes even the domains have gone), but most of the WayBack machine links marked [Wayback] still work.
- The same stop [Wayback] stop
0x0000007Bcan happen when converting a physical machine to VMware (I will schedule a separate post about this):Windows XP Virtual Machine failing with stop 0x0000007B
Steps:
- Put the SATA disk of the XP machine in a different one.
- Disk2Vhd on the new machine to create a VHDX of the XP hard disk.
- Install Hyper-V on the target Windows 8.1 machine (you need at least Pro for that).
- Setup the base VM directory.
- Setup a virtual network switch (decide if you want it to be internal, external or private, then bind it to a network adapter if needed).
- Add a new VM.
- Assign a new directory to it.
- Assign memory to it.
- Assign the virtual network switch to it.
- Save it.
- Edit the settings, then bind the DVD drive on the IDE controller 1 to C:\Windows\System32\vmguest.iso.
- Connect to the VM.
- Start it.
- If you get a stop
0x0000007B(usually because of SATA/AHCI/IDE or other MassStorage controller driver issues), then read [Wayback] Jon’s Project Blog » disk2vhd using [Wayback] UBCD for Windows to solve the issue as there is no BIOS screen in Hyper-V that allows you to switch from AHCI to SATA and back. - Note: you cannot perform UBCD4Win when you access the Hyper-V host through Microsoft Remote Desktop (the mouse will not work at all, and most keyboard shortcuts will not work either; [Wayback] Virtual Machine Connection Key Combinations with Hyper-V – Ben Armstrong – Site Home – MSDN Blogs does not apply).
- Boot.
- Register Windows (you might need to do extra work to go from OEM to Retail here).
- Remove hidden devices that are not used any more and their drivers.
- Setup a backup schedule.
Some links that helped me get at these steps:
- [Wayback] How to convert a Physical Machine to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine P2V | Xyfon Solutions Tech Tips.
- [Wayback] Disk2vhd.
- Remove hidden devices: [Wayback] Hyper-V P2V using Disk2vhd | The Full Circle.
- [Wayback] Jon’s Project Blog » disk2vhd: Migrating old XP+ computers to virtual machines.
- [Wayback] [SLV] Win2K BSOD 0X7B PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4390&SUBSYS_B0021458 Page 1 – DriverPack Mass Storage – DriverPacks.net Forum.
- UBCD:
- [Wayback] Virtual Machine Connection Key Combinations with Hyper-V – Ben Armstrong – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.
- [Wayback] Using the Hyper-V Integration Components in WinPE – Mike’s Blog, or how I learned to love the virtual machine… – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.
- [Wayback] How to configure Hyper-V VM boot order – TechRepublic.
- Don’t try Kensho, as it is virtually impossible to get a VHDX for it: [Wayback?] Cannot download Kensho OVF Tool – Page 2 – Project Kensho – Discussions.
- [Wayback] How I fixed my 0x0000007B problem – Sysinternals Forums.
- [Wayback] P2V Migration Issues with Hyper-V: STOP: 0x0000007B – Code Break – Site Home – TechNet Blogs.
- [Wayback] Disk To VHD VM failed to boot error 0x000007B.
- [Wayback?] P2V – Converting your old machines, or: how to get rid of 0x0000007B | Nuvotex Geekhouse.
- [Wayback] How to get boot menu on Hyper-V VMs (you can’t).
- [Wayback] Hyper-V: P2V with Disk2VHD – TechNet Articles – United States English – TechNet Wiki.
- [Wayback] After installing Hyper-V Integration Services on the next reboot the VM displays BSOD 0x0000007B – Hyper-V notes from the field – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.
- [Wayback] Hyper-V backup software for Microsoft Hyper-V by Altaro.
- [Wayback] Using Disk2VHD for Hyper-V P2V Physical to Virtual Conversions.
- [Wayback] How to Change Windows XP Version Between Retail, OEM and Volume License Channel « My Digital Life.
- [Wayback] Creating a Windows XP OEM Virtual Machine | Rafik Wahba.
- [Wayback] How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install.
- Converting OEM to Retail (note: you need the CD in the same language as your Windows installation): [Wayback] Repair Windows XP by Performing a Repair Install Part 1 of 2.
- This doesn’t work to upgrade OEM to Retail on Windows XP: [Wayback] Update your Windows product key – Microsoft Windows.
–jeroen
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Increasing your Windows NTFS disk size under VMware ESXi
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/04/03
A really long time I wrote about Increasing your Windows XP NTFS disk size under VMware Workstation 7.
I totally forgot that article also included a link to do the same on ESXi the old fashioned style. The tool you needed back then (and still works) there is vmkfstools (the ESXi version, not the vCLI version), and use it like this to extend the VMDK disk to 60 gigabyte:
vmkfstools --extendvirtualdisk 60G /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/vm_name/disk_name.vmdk
You can replace --extendvirtualdisk with -X.
However, nowadays you can do the same from the vSphere Client as explained by David Davis at How to Extend a vSphere Windows VM Disk Volume.
After that you follow the steps in the original article to increase the partition size inside Windows.
As of Windows Vista, this has become much easier, so there you go.
–jeroen
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Home Labs made easier with VSAN 6.0 + USB Disks | virtuallyGhetto
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/03/20
Interesting; steps can be found in Home Labs made easier with VSAN 6.0 + USB Disks | virtuallyGhetto:
Disclaimer: This is not officially supported by VMware and should not be used in Production or evaluation of VSAN, especially when it comes to performance or expected behavior as this is now how the product works. Please use supported hardware found on the VMware VSAN HCL for official testing or evaluations.
For a VSAN home lab, using cheap consumer USB-based disks which you can purchase several TB’s for less than a hundred dollars or so and along with USB 3.0 connectivity is a pretty cost effective way to enhance hardware platforms like the Apple Mac Mini and Intel NUCs.
–jeroen
via:
- Home Labs made easier with VSAN 6.0 + USB Disks | virtuallyGhetto.
- TinkerTry‘s (Paul Braren) post.
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