Category: Virtuallization
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Data Virtualization with DataSphere
Back in August 2015, a company called “Primary Data” has announced that it’s product “DataSpere” will be serving as a universal VASA provider to provide VVOL datastores in vSphere 6.0, so let’s illustrate each point in brief: What is VVOL: Virtual Volume or VVOL is a new storage feature in vSphere 6.0, this storage feature…
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“The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host” error and fixing it
Sometimes you may face this error in vCenter environment “”The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host (xxxx)”, I have encountered this error with powering on VMs, and with creating templates, to easily and quickly fix the error, restart the “VMware vCenter Server” service using the web client, then if…
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Virtualize SSD drives in VMware
Sometimes you’d need to test/simulate some features in your lab, but you can’t because a real SSD drive must be installed in your system, like testing VSAN or Flash cache, this quick guide will teach you how to simulate SSD drives: (this guide is applicable to VMware workstation and ESXi as well, hardware ver.8 and…
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Hot Comparison between Vmware and Hyper-V
Here’s a very hot comparison between Vmware and Hyper-V get the attached PDF file. click below. VMware The vSphere 6.0 Advantages Over Hyper-V
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set root password of vCenter Virtual Appliance to never expire
By default, the root password for the vCenter VA will expire after one year of the vCenter VA installation, and this is because the default password expiration password is set to one year, if the password expires, then you are in a big trouble. the following simple steps in the video will teach you how…
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Can’t install ESXi 5.5/6.0 in your home lab because of the network adapter driver error?
If you are trying to setup your home lab for testing VMware ESXi 5.5/6.0, but you can’t begin the installation because the drivers for the network adapters, the easiest way to solve this is to inject the drivers for your Realtek Ethernet adapter into the ESXi installation image, the process is very simple: download the…