Version 2.3 of ESX Manager is out
The ESX managing tool ESX Manager written by Dennis Zimmer has reached version 2.3 and incorporates support for ESX 3.5 but unfortunatly not 3i. It can be downloaded at the homesite of esxguide.
The feature list:
- Virtual Center independent
- Keeps track of Virtual Machine Host Registration, Migrations and Status
- Manage Virtual Machine Configuration … Continue Reading
VMware troubleshooting hardware papers
We all know that hardware and memory are crucial to virtual machines, but when a VM crashes is it the Virtual Machine it self or is the underlaying hardware the source of the problem. This is one of the reasons that before an host is taken into production it is recommended to do a 3 day memory test. Go and ask your self have you done this ? You might run into problems. To eleviate these hardware problems VMware released 2 new documents: Validating host memory and Performing hardware diagnostics. Both documents contains links to usefull hardware diagnostic programs.
Citrix on VI3.x recommendations
Verron Martina from VMware dropped me an e-mail with a lot of recommendations for running Citrix in a VI3.x environment. These recommendations come from other system engineers from VMware working in the field. Thanks Verron, for sharing this. … Continue Reading
