Categories
- VMware 188
- vTip 15
- Home Lab 85
- ZFS 9
- Networking 56
- OS 80
- Storage 68
- SRM 13
- VCAP5-DCD 20
- Certifications 51
- VCAP5-DCA 27
- AWS 9
- RHCSA and RHCE 23
- vmware 1
- vmware,os 1
VMware
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 22 - Virtualization with KVM
- Update Zabbix to 2.2 and Monitor VMware
- ESXi on MacMini 6,2
- Tag Multiple VLANs on Trunk Port on DD-WRT Router
- ESXi Backups with ZFS and XSIBackup
- ZFS iSCSI Benchmark Tests on ESX
- Updating ESXi 5.0U2 to ESXi 5.1U1
- Installing LSI CIM Providers for MegaRaid 8704ELP Local Controller on ESXi 5.0
- Configure IPMI On SuperMicro Server and Monitor IPMI Sensors with Zabbix
- Automating the 3PAR ESXi SATP Rule Creation with PowerCli
- Site Recovery Manager SRDF SRA Fails to Initialize
- Installing vCenter 5.5 fails with Invalid Credentials
- Monitor SMART Attributes with Zabbix
- Installing VMware Workstation 9.0.2 on Fedora 19
- ESXi hostd Crash (5.1GA) Due to Leftover SNMP Traps
- Migrate from Libvirt KVM to Virtualbox
- Install Splunk and Send Logs to Splunk with Rsyslog over TCP with SSL
- Snapshots Take a Long Time When “Keep Memory” is Enabled
- Mini ESXi Lab Hosts
- Lowering the Memory Usage on the vCenter Appliance
- Migrating a VM from VMware Workstation to Oracle VirtualBox
- Upgrading vShield Manager from 5.0 to 5.1.2a
- vCenter 5.1 Service Fails to Start
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 5 Networking
- Plot Esxtop Data With gnuplot
- HTTP Based Data Transfers from Windows 8 VM to Linux Physical Machine are Corrupted
- ESXi Hosts Show Up as a VEM Module with All Zeros for UUIDs on the Nexus 1000v
- Connecting to a VM using "Serial Port Over the Network" With a Moxa Device Server
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 9.2 – Install ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 9.1 – Install ESXi hosts with custom settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.2 – Administer vSphere Using the vSphere Management Assistant
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.2 – Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.1 – Secure ESXi Hosts
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.5 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi Host Management
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.4 – Troubleshoot Storage Performance and Connectivity
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.3 – Troubleshoot Network Performance and Connectivity
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.2 – Troubleshoot CPU and Memory Performance
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.1 – Configure, Manage, and Analyze vSphere Log Files
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 5.2 – Deploy and Manage Complex Update Manager Environments
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 5.1 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 4.2 – Deploy and Test VMware FT
- Presenting a LUN over Fibre Channel from a NetApp FAS 3240 Array to an ESXi 5.0 Host Running on a Cisco UCS B200 Blade
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 4.1 – Implement and Maintain Complex VMware HA Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.4 – Utilize Advanced vSphere Performance Monitoring Tools
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.3 – Implement and Maintain Complex DRS Solutions
- IBM HS22 Blades Running ESXi 5.0 Experience Random Hangs
- VMs are Slow to Boot from an HP MSA 2000 Array
- Receiving " Failed write command to write-quiesced partition" Messages When Utilizing Qlogic QMI8142 CNA
- Lost NFS Connectivity from ESX(i) Host when NAS is Another Subnet
- Installing be2iscsi Driver Version 4.1.334.3 on HP BL495c G6 with NC553m CNAs Causes ESXi Host to PSOD
- ESX(i) Host with Emulex NC553i CNA Disconnects from Strorage
- Experiencing PSODs on HP 465C G7 Blades with NC551i NICs
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.2 – Optimize Virtual Machine Resources
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.1 – Tune and Optimize vSphere Performance
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.4 – Administer vNetwork Distributed Switch Settings
- Can't Set X520 10GbE Intel NIC to Auto Negotiate on ESX(i)
- Seeing 'Storage Device Performance Deteriorated' in the Logs When Using Equallogic PS 6000XV Series
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.3 – Deploy and Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.2 – Configure and Maintain VLANs, PVLANs and VLAN Settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Virtual Networks
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.3 – Configure and Manage Complex Multipathing and PSA Plug-ins
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.2 – Manage Storage Capacity in a vSphere Environment
- Virtual Machine Clone Fails with 'A general system error occurred: Configuration information is inaccessible' Error Message
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions
- ESX(i) Host Randomly Disconnects from vCenter Server due to Hostd Backtracing
- ESXi Host Receives "Warning: Host is running in audit mode. Your configuration will not be persistent across reboots" Error Message
- Can't Run WebSense as a VM on ESX(i) Host with HP VirtualConnect
- Nexus 1000v Disconnects from vCenter
- Fixing a Ghosted/Inconsistent Distributed Virtual Switch by Migrating to a Standard Virtual Switch
- Recreating VMFS Partitions using Hexdump
- ESXi 4.1 Wait for Local VSA to Start Before Starting Other VMs
- ESXi host fails to upgrade to 5.1 with Update Manager
- A Few Words on VOMA
- VCAP5-DCA Study Guide
- Check if Snapshot Consolidation is Occurring in the Background on an ESX(i) Host
- VMFS Datastore not Auto-Mounting on an ESX(i) Host because the VMFS Partition is Overwritten
- VMs on PortGroup with VLAN Tag 1, Don't Have Network Connectivity
- VMs Setup to Use Windows NLB in Unicast Mode Lose Network Connectivity When HP Virtual Connect Module is Replaced
- What is the difference between a Redo log and a Snapshot?
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 4.3 – Create an Installation Guide
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 4.2 – Create an Implementation Plan
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 4.1 – Create an Execute a Validation Plan
- VMware Workstation 9 on Fedora 17 Causes Kernel Error with Message "EIP is at HostIF_SafeRDMSR+0x11/0x20 [vmmon]"
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.6 – Determine Datacenter Management Options for a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.5 – Determine Virtual Machine Configuration for a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.4 – Determine Appropriate Compute Resources for a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- VDR Appliance Fails to Complete Integrity Check and Fails to Backup Certain VMs
- Getting OpenIndiana Back to it's Original State After Updating by Doing a Clean Install
- SRM 5.x Custom SSL Certificates with Multiple Subject Alternative Names
- Installing OpenVZ on CentOS 6 in an ESXi 5 VM
- Corosync Pacemaker running on RHEL 6 VMs Receiving "Failed To Receive" Messages
- PSOD Failed at vmkdrivers/src_9/vmklinux_9/vmware/linux_scsi.c:2221 — NOT REACHED
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.3 – Create a vSphere 5 Physical Storage Design from an Existing Logical Design
- Using VMDirectPath I/O with Multiple VMs Fails After 4 Adapters are Used
- Migrating a ZFS Pool with ZFS Volumes Used for NFS Shares and iSCSI Comstar Volumes
- VCAP5-DCD Study Guide
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.2 – Create a vSphere 5 Physical Network Design from an Existing Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.7 – Build Security Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.6 – Build Recoverability Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.5 – Build Performance Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.4 – Build Manageability Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.3 – Build Availability Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.2 – Map Service Dependencies
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.1 –Map Business Requirements to the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 1.3 – Determine Risks, Constraints, and Assumptions
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements
- Migrating the Root ZFS Pool to a Smaller Drive
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.1 – Transition from a Logical Design to a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- Running out of VMFS Heap on an ESX Host
- Decrease Initial Replication Bandwidth and Time with vSphere Replication
- Restoring from Backup in my Home Lab
- Quick Troubleshooting Step for Pathing Issues
- Seeing High KAVG with Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) RDMs
- ESX(i) Host Experiencing a lot of Active Path Changes and Disconnects to/from VNX 5300 over iSCSI
- Enabling disk.EnableUUID on a Nested ESX Host in Workstation
- Resizing a VMDK that is protected by vSphere Replication
- Determine Disk VPD Information from ESX Classic
- Checking UCS Settings from the UCS Manager CLI
- vSphere Replication Shows Replication as “not active”
- Changing the User and Password that VRMS Uses to Connect to vCenter
- Files created for a test failover with vSphere Replication
- Converting a VMDK to an RDM while the VM is powered on
- Common Commands for Nexus 1000v VSM
- Checking if an NFS datastore is Mounted Read-Only on ESX(i) Host
- Backup Software Fails Back to NBD When Using HotAdd
- Quick Step by Step Guide on how to Setup the Nexus1000v Distributed Switch
- Common 'vemcmd' Commands from a VEM Module on an ESX(i) Host
- VCD-NI Network Pools with the Cisco Nexus1000v Distributed Switch
- Using Custom Root CA Certificates with VMware SRM 5.x vSphere Replication
- SRM fails to install a custom certificate with “The host name in the Subject Alternative Name of the provided certificate does not match the SRM host name.” during a modify install
- Installing SRM with custom certificates
- SRM 5.0 Times out on a test failover when using Mirrorview SRA 5.0.1
- Getting an ESX Host Up on the Network, Running on VMware Workstation
- Seeing LUN Queue Depth Filling up with UCS B230/B200 using Cisco VICs and EMC VMAX
- Receiving "No Free Ports" Available when Connecting a VM to the Nexus 1000v
- Installing Xen in CentOS 6 as a Virtual Machine on ESXi 5
- Installing KVM as a Virtual Machine on ESXi 5 with Bridged Networking
- VMs are Experiencing High Latency to NetApp FAS 6240
- iSCSI Login in a Packet Capture
- ESX Host Lost Access to a LUN and Now All the VMs are Showing up as Invalid
- ESX Host Experiences High DAVG to an Infortrend SAN
- Configure Windows 2008 as NFS share for VMware ESX
- PowerCLI Script to Identify Which VM is using an RDM LUN Identified by the NAA-ID of the LUN
- VMs Losing High Number of Pings When Consolidating Snapshots
- After Updating N1K to Version 1.5, Incorrect VLAN Information Displayed Under DV Uplink Port Groups but not Under DV Port Groups
- Seeing SCSI Command Aborts on an ESX 3.5 Host
- Quiesced Snapshots Failing in Windows 2008 R2 VMs
- Seeing a High Number of Trespasses from a CLARiiON Array with ESX Hosts
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Missing VMDK Descriptors
- What is Seen in the Logs When Logging Into an ESX(i) Host
- "Thin on Thin" With VMware Thin Provisioned Disks and EMC Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning
- Getting Permission Denied Using NetApp NAS on ESX(i)
- ESX Host Experiencing High Latency to a Hitachi HDS Array
- Cloning a VM from the Command Line
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Invalid parentCID/CID chain
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Incorrect VMDK Geometry
- Accidently Changed the Disk Size when the VM was Running on Snapshots
- VMW_PSP_FIXED vs. VMW_PSP_FIXED_AP
- Accidentally Removed vNIC from VirtualCenter Virtual Appliance
- Enabling More Host-Resources Information from the Net-SNMP MIB on ESX Classic
- VLAN issue with IBM VFA, be2net driver, and DVS
- Veritas Enterprise Manager Causes SCSI Reservation issues when used with RDMs
- Microsoft Cluster Servers Don't Work on Equalogic Array Using the DELL_PSP_EQL_ROUTED Plugin
- Datastores show up as Snapshots after a host reboot with SRM installed
- Cloning a VMDK While the VM is Powered On
- Against Best Practices: vMotion and Management on the Same Network
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Non-Linear VMware Snapshot Chain
- VMware Snapshot Troubleshooting
- Restore vCenter from VDR onto a Host Being Managed by vCenter
- Why SCP and DD from an ESX(i) Host are not Good Performance Tools
- Ubuntu 11.10 VMs Experience High Storage Latency on ESXi 5.0
- Timeouts During a Cold Migration Across Datacenters
- VEEAM Instant Recovery Fails: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume
- Possible reasons for RARP storms from an ESX host
- NetApp SnapManager/SnapDrive/SME Causes ESX Host to Hang
- Missing links to devices on Linux VMs under /dev/disk/by-id/
- SRM 5 Enable Array Pair Hangs at 46%
- Changing the Path Selection Policy to Round Robin
- How does SRM communicate with the array?
- vMotion Causes Unicast Flooding
- Virtual Machine Gets Disconnected After vMotion
- Increase LVM Partition Size on a Linux VM
- Reclaim Space in a VM on Thin or Thick VMDKs
- Beacon Probes with Port-Channel Causing Mac-Flapping
- Register All VMs on a Datastore to an ESX/ESXi host
- Determine vCenter IP from ESX host via CLI
vTip
- Nexus 1000v Disconnects from vCenter
- What is the difference between a Redo log and a Snapshot?
- Decrease Initial Replication Bandwidth and Time with vSphere Replication
- Quick Troubleshooting Step for Pathing Issues
- Resizing a VMDK that is protected by vSphere Replication
- Determine Disk VPD Information from ESX Classic
- Changing the User and Password that VRMS Uses to Connect to vCenter
- Converting a VMDK to an RDM while the VM is powered on
- Checking if an NFS datastore is Mounted Read-Only on ESX(i) Host
- Adding a Physical Disk as a Mirror to an Existing Zpool
- PowerCLI Script to Identify Which VM is using an RDM LUN Identified by the NAA-ID of the LUN
- Cloning a VM from the Command Line
- Cloning a VMDK While the VM is Powered On
- Register All VMs on a Datastore to an ESX/ESXi host
- Determine vCenter IP from ESX host via CLI
Home Lab
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 22 - Virtualization with KVM
- Update Zabbix to 2.2 and Monitor VMware
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 21 - Troubleshooting
- Update Splunk 6.0 to 6.0.3 on FreeBSD
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 20 - Email Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 19 - Network Services
- OpenVAS on CentOS
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 18 - DNS
- ESXi on MacMini 6,2
- Snort On Debian
- OSSEC on FreeBSD
- Tag Multiple VLANs on Trunk Port on DD-WRT Router
- Install Samhain with Beltane on FreeBSD
- ESXi Backups with ZFS and XSIBackup
- LemonLDAP-NG With LDAP and SAML Google Apps
- Updating ESXi 5.0U2 to ESXi 5.1U1
- Installing LSI CIM Providers for MegaRaid 8704ELP Local Controller on ESXi 5.0
- Configure IPMI On SuperMicro Server and Monitor IPMI Sensors with Zabbix
- Syncing Files with Various Cloud Storage Solutions
- Monitor Thermal Sensors With lm-sensors
- Connecting to an OpenVPN Server with Various Clients
- Using PolKit to Change Screen Brightness on a Mac BookPro Running Fedora 19
- Installing VMware Workstation 9.0.2 on Fedora 19
- Install Fedora 19 on Mac Book Pro
- Mount Various File Systems with Autofs on Mac OS X Mountain Lion
- Decrease DMG Size to Fit on a Single Layer DVD
- Monitor Disk IO Stats with Zabbix
- Migrate from Libvirt KVM to Virtualbox
- Install Splunk and Send Logs to Splunk with Rsyslog over TCP with SSL
- Enabling LDAPS on Windows 2008 Active Directory Server
- Configure AD Replication with Windows 2008
- Set up simpleSAMLphp as an IdP to be Used in an SP-Initiated SSO with Google Apps
- Configure HAProxy to Load Balance Sites With SSL
- Setup Your Own Certificate Authority (CA) on Linux and Use it in a Windows Environment
- Installing and Configuring OmniOS
- Load Balancing IIS Sites with NLB
- Mini ESXi Lab Hosts
- Lowering the Memory Usage on the vCenter Appliance
- Use FWBuilder to Deploy an IPtables Firewall to a DD-WRT Router
- Installing and Configuring Fail2Ban on OmniOS
- Setting up a FreeBSD 9 WordPress Server on 128MB of RAM
- Migrating a VM from VMware Workstation to Oracle VirtualBox
- Extending the System Drive on Windows 2008 Running Under KVM
- Deploying a Test Windows Environment in a KVM Infrastucture
- Monitor Different Systems with Zabbix
- Monitor Different Systems with Zenoss
- Monitor Different Systems with Munin
- X Server Doesn't Start After Upgrading to Fedora 18 with Nvidia Driver
- Monitor Different Systems with Collectd
- Sharing a File Encrypted by EncFS with Android and Linux Systems with Google Drive
- Running VMs On FreeBSD using QEMU with VDE
- Installing MusicCabinet on Top of SubSonic
- Fixing Android Phone Device Permissions on Fedora 17
- Organizing Your Music Library Using Acoustic Fingerprinting
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 4 File Systems and Such
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 1 - Installation
- Find Out Battery Status of Rooted Andoid Phone Using ADB
- Rooting my HTC Sensation Phone
- Setup Fedora 17 with nVidia GeForce 6200 Video Card to Connect to a TV and Function as an XBMC Media Center
- Mounting an NTFS Volume in FreeBSD 9 with the /etc/fstab File
- Mounting an NTFS Disk with Write Capabilties in FreeBSD 9
- Installing Subsonic on Fedora 17
- Installing Mediatomb on FreeBSD 9 and Connecting to it with XBMC from a Fedora 17 OS
- Setup Fedora 14 Machine as a Wireless Gateway for an Internal Network
- ESXi 4.1 Wait for Local VSA to Start Before Starting Other VMs
- ESXi host fails to upgrade to 5.1 with Update Manager
- Blitz.io Tests Against Apache Worker, Apache Prefork, Apache with PHP-FPM, and Nginx with PHP-FPM in a 256MB RAM VPS
- VMware Workstation 9 on Fedora 17 Causes Kernel Error with Message "EIP is at HostIF_SafeRDMSR+0x11/0x20 [vmmon]"
- PXE Booting a Diskless Ubuntu Server
- Getting OpenIndiana Back to it's Original State After Updating by Doing a Clean Install
- Installing OpenVZ on CentOS 6 in an ESXi 5 VM
- Migrating a ZFS Pool with ZFS Volumes Used for NFS Shares and iSCSI Comstar Volumes
- Migrating the Root ZFS Pool to a Smaller Drive
- Restoring from Backup in my Home Lab
- Quick Troubleshooting Step for Pathing Issues
- Enabling disk.EnableUUID on a Nested ESX Host in Workstation
- Checking UCS Settings from the UCS Manager CLI
- Adding a Physical Disk as a Mirror to an Existing Zpool
- Getting an ESX Host Up on the Network, Running on VMware Workstation
- Installing Xen in CentOS 6 as a Virtual Machine on ESXi 5
- Installing KVM as a Virtual Machine on ESXi 5 with Bridged Networking
- Configure Windows 2008 as NFS share for VMware ESX
- Ubuntu 11.10 VMs Experience High Storage Latency on ESXi 5.0
- Increase LVM Partition Size on a Linux VM
- Cloning Nexenta to a New Server
ZFS
- ESXi on MacMini 6,2
- ESXi Backups with ZFS and XSIBackup
- ZFS iSCSI Benchmark Tests on ESX
- Getting OpenIndiana Back to it's Original State After Updating by Doing a Clean Install
- Migrating a ZFS Pool with ZFS Volumes Used for NFS Shares and iSCSI Comstar Volumes
- Migrating the Root ZFS Pool to a Smaller Drive
- Restoring from Backup in my Home Lab
- Adding a Physical Disk as a Mirror to an Existing Zpool
- Cloning Nexenta to a New Server
Networking
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 21 - Troubleshooting
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 20 - Email Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 19 - Network Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 18 - DNS
- Snort On Debian
- Tag Multiple VLANs on Trunk Port on DD-WRT Router
- ZFS iSCSI Benchmark Tests on ESX
- Connecting to an OpenVPN Server with Various Clients
- ESXi hostd Crash (5.1GA) Due to Leftover SNMP Traps
- Load Balancing IIS Sites with NLB
- Use FWBuilder to Deploy an IPtables Firewall to a DD-WRT Router
- Installing and Configuring Fail2Ban on OmniOS
- Astaro Security Gateway Routing
- Monitor Different Systems with Zenoss
- Upgrading vShield Manager from 5.0 to 5.1.2a
- Monitor Different Systems with Collectd
- Running VMs On FreeBSD using QEMU with VDE
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 5 Networking
- Plot Esxtop Data With gnuplot
- HTTP Based Data Transfers from Windows 8 VM to Linux Physical Machine are Corrupted
- ESXi Hosts Show Up as a VEM Module with All Zeros for UUIDs on the Nexus 1000v
- Connecting to a VM using "Serial Port Over the Network" With a Moxa Device Server
- Lost NFS Connectivity from ESX(i) Host when NAS is Another Subnet
- Installing be2iscsi Driver Version 4.1.334.3 on HP BL495c G6 with NC553m CNAs Causes ESXi Host to PSOD
- Experiencing PSODs on HP 465C G7 Blades with NC551i NICs
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.4 – Administer vNetwork Distributed Switch Settings
- Can't Set X520 10GbE Intel NIC to Auto Negotiate on ESX(i)
- Installing Mediatomb on FreeBSD 9 and Connecting to it with XBMC from a Fedora 17 OS
- Setup Fedora 14 Machine as a Wireless Gateway for an Internal Network
- ESX(i) Host Randomly Disconnects from vCenter Server due to Hostd Backtracing
- Can't Run WebSense as a VM on ESX(i) Host with HP VirtualConnect
- Nexus 1000v Disconnects from vCenter
- Fixing a Ghosted/Inconsistent Distributed Virtual Switch by Migrating to a Standard Virtual Switch
- VMs on PortGroup with VLAN Tag 1, Don't Have Network Connectivity
- VMs Setup to Use Windows NLB in Unicast Mode Lose Network Connectivity When HP Virtual Connect Module is Replaced
- Corosync Pacemaker running on RHEL 6 VMs Receiving "Failed To Receive" Messages
- ESX(i) Host Experiencing a lot of Active Path Changes and Disconnects to/from VNX 5300 over iSCSI
- Common Commands for Nexus 1000v VSM
- Quick Step by Step Guide on how to Setup the Nexus1000v Distributed Switch
- Common 'vemcmd' Commands from a VEM Module on an ESX(i) Host
- VCD-NI Network Pools with the Cisco Nexus1000v Distributed Switch
- Getting an ESX Host Up on the Network, Running on VMware Workstation
- ESXi Host Shows as Disconnected from vCenter due to Heap Depletion
- Receiving "No Free Ports" Available when Connecting a VM to the Nexus 1000v
- VMs are Experiencing High Latency to NetApp FAS 6240
- iSCSI Login in a Packet Capture
- After Updating N1K to Version 1.5, Incorrect VLAN Information Displayed Under DV Uplink Port Groups but not Under DV Port Groups
- Enabling More Host-Resources Information from the Net-SNMP MIB on ESX Classic
- VLAN issue with IBM VFA, be2net driver, and DVS
- Against Best Practices: vMotion and Management on the Same Network
- Why SCP and DD from an ESX(i) Host are not Good Performance Tools
- Timeouts During a Cold Migration Across Datacenters
- Possible reasons for RARP storms from an ESX host
- vMotion Causes Unicast Flooding
- Virtual Machine Gets Disconnected After vMotion
- Beacon Probes with Port-Channel Causing Mac-Flapping
OS
- Create a Test Wordpress Instance using Puppet and Vagrant
- Multi VM Vagrant Setup
- Compile OpenVAS 7 on CentOS 6
- OpenSUSE Base Box for Vagrant From SUSE Studio
- Upload Vagrant Box to the Vagrant Cloud
- Create a Base OpenSUSE Image for Vagrant
- Simple Vagrant Setup
- Arch Linux Systemd on ARM Architecture Issue
- Migrate From Wordpress to Jekyll With Github Pages
- Update Zabbix to 2.2 and Monitor VMware
- Update Splunk 6.0 to 6.0.3 on FreeBSD
- OpenVAS on CentOS
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 18 - DNS
- Snort On Debian
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 16 - Samba
- OSSEC on FreeBSD
- Install Samhain with Beltane on FreeBSD
- Install Arch Linux on Samsung Chromebook
- LemonLDAP-NG With LDAP and SAML Google Apps
- Installing Splunk on FreeBSD
- Update ChrUbuntu 13.04 to 13.10 on the Samsung Chromebook
- OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi
- Hackintosh: Z77-DS3H, i5-3570K, GTX 660 Ti
- Syncing Files with Various Cloud Storage Solutions
- Monitor Thermal Sensors With lm-sensors
- Monitor SMART Attributes with Zabbix
- Backing Up with Rsync to Pogoplug
- Combine VobSub (sub/idx) Format Subtitles into a Single SubRip (srt) Format File
- Using PolKit to Change Screen Brightness on a Mac BookPro Running Fedora 19
- Installing VMware Workstation 9.0.2 on Fedora 19
- Install Fedora 19 on Mac Book Pro
- Decrease DMG Size to Fit on a Single Layer DVD
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 10 - The Kernel
- Monitor Disk IO Stats with Zabbix
- Migrate from Libvirt KVM to Virtualbox
- Enabling LDAPS on Windows 2008 Active Directory Server
- Configure AD Replication with Windows 2008
- Setup Your Own Certificate Authority (CA) on Linux and Use it in a Windows Environment
- Installing and Configuring OmniOS
- Lowering the Memory Usage on the vCenter Appliance
- Installing and Configuring Fail2Ban on OmniOS
- Setting up a FreeBSD 9 WordPress Server on 128MB of RAM
- Migrating a VM from VMware Workstation to Oracle VirtualBox
- Extending the System Drive on Windows 2008 Running Under KVM
- Deploying a Test Windows Environment in a KVM Infrastucture
- Astaro Security Gateway Routing
- Creating an IPS Repository for OminiOS
- Monitor Different Systems with Zabbix
- Update ChrUbuntu 12.04 to 13.04 on the Samsung Chromebook
- Install ChrUbuntu 12.04 on Samsung Chromebook
- Monitor Different Systems with Munin
- X Server Doesn't Start After Upgrading to Fedora 18 with Nvidia Driver
- Sharing a File Encrypted by EncFS with Android and Linux Systems with Google Drive
- Running VMs On FreeBSD using QEMU with VDE
- Installing MusicCabinet on Top of SubSonic
- Fixing Android Phone Device Permissions on Fedora 17
- Organizing Your Music Library Using Acoustic Fingerprinting
- HTTP Based Data Transfers from Windows 8 VM to Linux Physical Machine are Corrupted
- Connecting to a VM using "Serial Port Over the Network" With a Moxa Device Server
- Rooting my HTC Sensation Phone
- Recover Files from an SD Card Using Linux Utilities
- Setup Fedora 17 with nVidia GeForce 6200 Video Card to Connect to a TV and Function as an XBMC Media Center
- Pkgng and Freebsd 9
- Mounting an NTFS Volume in FreeBSD 9 with the /etc/fstab File
- Mounting an NTFS Disk with Write Capabilties in FreeBSD 9
- Setup Fedora 14 Machine as a Wireless Gateway for an Internal Network
- Creating an LVM Logical Volume From Two Used Partitions
- WordPress – Error establishing a database connection, but able to connect via command line – SELinux and httpd
- Setup Apple Wireless Keyboard via Bluetooth on Fedora 17
- Blitz.io Tests Against Apache Worker, Apache Prefork, Apache with PHP-FPM, and Nginx with PHP-FPM in a 256MB RAM VPS
- VMware Workstation 9 on Fedora 17 Causes Kernel Error with Message "EIP is at HostIF_SafeRDMSR+0x11/0x20 [vmmon]"
- PXE Booting a Diskless Ubuntu Server
- Corosync Pacemaker running on RHEL 6 VMs Receiving "Failed To Receive" Messages
- Using VMDirectPath I/O with Multiple VMs Fails After 4 Adapters are Used
- Veritas Enterprise Manager Causes SCSI Reservation issues when used with RDMs
- Error updating Chromium on FreeBSD 8.2-p6
- Ubuntu 11.10 VMs Experience High Storage Latency on ESXi 5.0
- Missing links to devices on Linux VMs under /dev/disk/by-id/
- Increase LVM Partition Size on a Linux VM
- Reclaim Space in a VM on Thin or Thick VMDKs
Storage
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 15 – NFS
- ESXi Backups with ZFS and XSIBackup
- ZFS iSCSI Benchmark Tests on ESX
- Installing LSI CIM Providers for MegaRaid 8704ELP Local Controller on ESXi 5.0
- Automating the 3PAR ESXi SATP Rule Creation with PowerCli
- Monitor Disk IO Stats with Zabbix
- Snapshots Take a Long Time When “Keep Memory” is Enabled
- Monitor Different Systems with Collectd
- Sharing a File Encrypted by EncFS with Android and Linux Systems with Google Drive
- Plot Esxtop Data With gnuplot
- Presenting a LUN over Fibre Channel from a NetApp FAS 3240 Array to an ESXi 5.0 Host Running on a Cisco UCS B200 Blade
- IBM HS22 Blades Running ESXi 5.0 Experience Random Hangs
- VMs are Slow to Boot from an HP MSA 2000 Array
- Receiving " Failed write command to write-quiesced partition" Messages When Utilizing Qlogic QMI8142 CNA
- Lost NFS Connectivity from ESX(i) Host when NAS is Another Subnet
- Installing be2iscsi Driver Version 4.1.334.3 on HP BL495c G6 with NC553m CNAs Causes ESXi Host to PSOD
- ESX(i) Host with Emulex NC553i CNA Disconnects from Strorage
- Seeing 'Storage Device Performance Deteriorated' in the Logs When Using Equallogic PS 6000XV Series
- Virtual Machine Clone Fails with 'A general system error occurred: Configuration information is inaccessible' Error Message
- Recreating VMFS Partitions using Hexdump
- A Few Words on VOMA
- Check if Snapshot Consolidation is Occurring in the Background on an ESX(i) Host
- VMFS Datastore not Auto-Mounting on an ESX(i) Host because the VMFS Partition is Overwritten
- VDR Appliance Fails to Complete Integrity Check and Fails to Backup Certain VMs
- Getting OpenIndiana Back to it's Original State After Updating by Doing a Clean Install
- Using VMDirectPath I/O with Multiple VMs Fails After 4 Adapters are Used
- Migrating the Root ZFS Pool to a Smaller Drive
- Running out of VMFS Heap on an ESX Host
- Quick Troubleshooting Step for Pathing Issues
- Seeing High KAVG with Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) RDMs
- ESX(i) Host Experiencing a lot of Active Path Changes and Disconnects to/from VNX 5300 over iSCSI
- Enabling disk.EnableUUID on a Nested ESX Host in Workstation
- Determine Disk VPD Information from ESX Classic
- Converting a VMDK to an RDM while the VM is powered on
- Backup Software Fails Back to NBD When Using HotAdd
- Using Custom Root CA Certificates with VMware SRM 5.x vSphere Replication
- SRM 5.0 Times out on a test failover when using Mirrorview SRA 5.0.1
- Seeing LUN Queue Depth Filling up with UCS B230/B200 using Cisco VICs and EMC VMAX
- VMs are Experiencing High Latency to NetApp FAS 6240
- ESX Host Lost Access to a LUN and Now All the VMs are Showing up as Invalid
- ESX Host Experiences High DAVG to an Infortrend SAN
- Configure Windows 2008 as NFS share for VMware ESX
- VMs Losing High Number of Pings When Consolidating Snapshots
- Seeing SCSI Command Aborts on an ESX 3.5 Host
- Seeing a High Number of Trespasses from a CLARiiON Array with ESX Hosts
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Missing VMDK Descriptors
- "Thin on Thin" With VMware Thin Provisioned Disks and EMC Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning
- Getting Permission Denied Using NetApp NAS on ESX(i)
- ESX Host Experiencing High Latency to a Hitachi HDS Array
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Invalid parentCID/CID chain
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Incorrect VMDK Geometry
- Accidently Changed the Disk Size when the VM was Running on Snapshots
- VMW_PSP_FIXED vs. VMW_PSP_FIXED_AP
- Veritas Enterprise Manager Causes SCSI Reservation issues when used with RDMs
- Microsoft Cluster Servers Don't Work on Equalogic Array Using the DELL_PSP_EQL_ROUTED Plugin
- Datastores show up as Snapshots after a host reboot with SRM installed
- Cloning a VMDK While the VM is Powered On
- Advanced Snapshot Troubleshooting: Non-Linear VMware Snapshot Chain
- VMware Snapshot Troubleshooting
- Why SCP and DD from an ESX(i) Host are not Good Performance Tools
- Ubuntu 11.10 VMs Experience High Storage Latency on ESXi 5.0
- VEEAM Instant Recovery Fails: Unable to mount vPower NFS volume
- NetApp SnapManager/SnapDrive/SME Causes ESX Host to Hang
- Missing links to devices on Linux VMs under /dev/disk/by-id/
- SRM 5 Enable Array Pair Hangs at 46%
- Changing the Path Selection Policy to Round Robin
- Increase LVM Partition Size on a Linux VM
- Reclaim Space in a VM on Thin or Thick VMDKs
SRM
- Site Recovery Manager SRDF SRA Fails to Initialize
- SRM 5.x Custom SSL Certificates with Multiple Subject Alternative Names
- Decrease Initial Replication Bandwidth and Time with vSphere Replication
- Resizing a VMDK that is protected by vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Shows Replication as “not active”
- Changing the User and Password that VRMS Uses to Connect to vCenter
- Files created for a test failover with vSphere Replication
- Using Custom Root CA Certificates with VMware SRM 5.x vSphere Replication
- SRM fails to install a custom certificate with “The host name in the Subject Alternative Name of the provided certificate does not match the SRM host name.” during a modify install
- Installing SRM with custom certificates
- SRM 5.0 Times out on a test failover when using Mirrorview SRA 5.0.1
- SRM 5 Enable Array Pair Hangs at 46%
- How does SRM communicate with the array?
VCAP5-DCD
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 4.3 – Create an Installation Guide
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 4.2 – Create an Implementation Plan
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 4.1 – Create an Execute a Validation Plan
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.6 – Determine Datacenter Management Options for a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.5 – Determine Virtual Machine Configuration for a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.4 – Determine Appropriate Compute Resources for a vSphere 5 Physical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.3 – Create a vSphere 5 Physical Storage Design from an Existing Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Study Guide
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.2 – Create a vSphere 5 Physical Network Design from an Existing Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.7 – Build Security Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.6 – Build Recoverability Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.5 – Build Performance Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.4 – Build Manageability Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.3 – Build Availability Requirements into the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.2 – Map Service Dependencies
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 2.1 –Map Business Requirements to the Logical Design
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 1.3 – Determine Risks, Constraints, and Assumptions
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements
- VCAP5-DCD Objective 3.1 – Transition from a Logical Design to a vSphere 5 Physical Design
Certifications
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 22 - Virtualization with KVM
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 21 - Troubleshooting
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 20 - Email Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 19 - Network Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 18 - DNS
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 17 – FTP
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 16 - Samba
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 15 – NFS
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 14 – Web Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 13 – Remote Access
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 12 – System Security
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 11 - SELinux
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 10 - The Kernel
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 9 - System Logging, Monitoring, and Automation
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 8 Network Installs
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 7 User Administration
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 6 Package Management
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 5 Networking
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 4 File Systems and Such
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 3 Disks and Partitioning
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 2 System Initialization
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 1 - Installation
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 9.2 – Install ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 9.1 – Install ESXi hosts with custom settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.2 – Administer vSphere Using the vSphere Management Assistant
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.2 – Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.1 – Secure ESXi Hosts
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.5 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi Host Management
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.4 – Troubleshoot Storage Performance and Connectivity
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.3 – Troubleshoot Network Performance and Connectivity
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.2 – Troubleshoot CPU and Memory Performance
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.1 – Configure, Manage, and Analyze vSphere Log Files
- RHCSA and RHCE Study Guide
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 5.2 – Deploy and Manage Complex Update Manager Environments
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 5.1 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 4.2 – Deploy and Test VMware FT
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 4.1 – Implement and Maintain Complex VMware HA Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.4 – Utilize Advanced vSphere Performance Monitoring Tools
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.3 – Implement and Maintain Complex DRS Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.2 – Optimize Virtual Machine Resources
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.1 – Tune and Optimize vSphere Performance
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.4 – Administer vNetwork Distributed Switch Settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.3 – Deploy and Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.2 – Configure and Maintain VLANs, PVLANs and VLAN Settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Virtual Networks
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.3 – Configure and Manage Complex Multipathing and PSA Plug-ins
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.2 – Manage Storage Capacity in a vSphere Environment
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Study Guide
- Certifications
VCAP5-DCA
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 9.2 – Install ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 9.1 – Install ESXi hosts with custom settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.2 – Administer vSphere Using the vSphere Management Assistant
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.2 – Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.1 – Secure ESXi Hosts
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.5 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESXi Host Management
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.4 – Troubleshoot Storage Performance and Connectivity
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.3 – Troubleshoot Network Performance and Connectivity
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.2 – Troubleshoot CPU and Memory Performance
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 6.1 – Configure, Manage, and Analyze vSphere Log Files
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 5.2 – Deploy and Manage Complex Update Manager Environments
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 5.1 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 4.2 – Deploy and Test VMware FT
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 4.1 – Implement and Maintain Complex VMware HA Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.4 – Utilize Advanced vSphere Performance Monitoring Tools
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.3 – Implement and Maintain Complex DRS Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.2 – Optimize Virtual Machine Resources
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 3.1 – Tune and Optimize vSphere Performance
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.4 – Administer vNetwork Distributed Switch Settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.3 – Deploy and Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.2 – Configure and Maintain VLANs, PVLANs and VLAN Settings
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 2.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Virtual Networks
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.3 – Configure and Manage Complex Multipathing and PSA Plug-ins
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.2 – Manage Storage Capacity in a vSphere Environment
- VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions
- VCAP5-DCA Study Guide
AWS
- How to Make an Anonymous Amazon S3 REST Request
- CORS with CloudFront, S3, and Multiple Domains
- Deploy an Amazon EC2 instance in the Free Usage Tier
- AWS VPN Cisco ASA and SLA Monitor
- Astaro Security Gateway Routing
- How to Update the AWS CLI Tools (Linux)
- Setting Up a Tiered AWS Web Application Architecture in using AutoScaling and ELB within VPC
- CloudFormation WaitCondition Timed Out Error
- CloudFront with ELB and Apache VirtualHosts
RHCSA and RHCE
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 22 - Virtualization with KVM
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 21 - Troubleshooting
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 20 - Email Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 19 - Network Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 18 - DNS
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 17 – FTP
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 16 - Samba
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 15 – NFS
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 14 – Web Services
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 13 – Remote Access
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 12 – System Security
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 11 - SELinux
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 10 - The Kernel
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 9 - System Logging, Monitoring, and Automation
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 8 Network Installs
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 7 User Administration
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 6 Package Management
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 5 Networking
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 4 File Systems and Such
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 3 Disks and Partitioning
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 2 System Initialization
- RHCSA and RHCE Chapter 1 - Installation
- RHCSA and RHCE Study Guide
