Extending a Windows Server 2003 Cluster Disk running on VMware

Pre-Requisites: 1. Thick Provision Eagered Zeroed should be the format for all MS Cluster disks 2. The VM’s should be shutdown before we extend the Cluster disk. 3. Cluster disks in VMware can be extended via cli only Procedure : 1. Enable “SSH” on the host where the VM is running. 2. Shutdown the VM’s…

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VMWare File Descriptions

VMWare File Descriptions: *.nvram file – This file contains the CMOS/BIOS for the VM. The BIOS is based off the PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6. Incase of the NVRAM file is deleted it will automatically be re-created when the VM is powered on. Any changes made to the BIOS via the Setup program (F2 at boot)…

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Extending a Thick Disk (eagered Zero) using “DISKPART”

1. Shutdown the VM 2. Note down the VMDK disk Name & Location 3. Increase the disk size of the disk using CLI command 4. Disk size increase will be completed 5. Power ON the VM and open DISK MANAGEMENT. You can see the increased size as “UNALLOCATED” 6. Open Command Line & run the…

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Installing VMWare vSphere ESXi 5.1

Vmware vSphere 5 : – vSphere 5_1 includes ESXi Hypervisor – No more ESX server. – ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor – Components : ESXi, vCenter, vSphere Client, vShield Zones,vMotion etc… – Packaging : vSphere Std, Enterprise & Enterprise+ – vSphere Licensing – Per CPU socket & vRAM entitlement. Requirements Installing ESXi : Hardware:…

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