There are two VMware ESX commands that every VMware ESX administrator should know and master: service mgmt-vmware restart service vmware-vpxa restart You may notice that…
My take on what we're doing with Atmos
One of the big news stories over the last couple weeks has been the announcement that EMC’s Atmos Online service offering will no longer be…
The Virtual Disk Is Either Corrupted Or Not A Supported Format
Another interesting VMware issue came up this week. I was in the process of reconfiguring some ESX hosts and as such was forced to put…
V-M-w-a-r-e
I would like to take this blog entry as an opportunity to point out the proper spelling of VMware. The company, like all of its…
Old Matlab Information
While working at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, I initially had a fair amount of difficulty using MATLAB. As such, I documented a couple steps that…
Unable to add an ESX host to vCenter
While this issue has been discussed at length both in the communities and in knowledge base articles (ex. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003409), I cannot find a single KB…
VMware VI 3 End of Support
In addition to patching your VMware environment it is important to note the VMware Life Cycle Policy and when an upgrade to a major, minor,…
Crontab – Bad Minute
I had an interested problem the other day with crontab that I had never experienced before. When attempting to save the changes I had made…
Phantom VM
For those of you who do not know, I am a VMware fanatic. From time to time, I will be posting blog entries on discoveries…
The Joomla Transition
I would like to start by thanking everyone for the feedback on the new site! I have taken your comments, questions, and suggestions and made…