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The Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability has had widespread ramifications, not the least of which is its hit against the virtualization infrastructure many companies implement with VMware. This article explains how to confirm that your VMware hosts and vCenter server are not affected (or affected, as the case may be). Let’s start with the ESXi host. Enable […]
So, I am happily adding NFS storage to an ESXi host. Then, suddenly, I cannot add any more NFS mounts! What is VMware doing? A little investigation turns up a default limitation of eight NFS mounts. This can be easily increased, using the steps described below. Note that if you increase NFS.maxVolumes, you should consider […]
Have you ever wanted to install vCenter in an environment that has no domain server? For instance, perhaps you just wanted to install vCenter in a lab environment. Well, everything goes fine until you receive the installation error, “The Fully Qualified Domain Name cannot be resolved. If you continue the installation, some features might not […]
Have you ever noticed that your VMware host has the incorrect time? This can cause Windows domain problems if your Windows guest machines are syncing their time with the VMware host. This post tell how to set the VMware host using vCenter. First, open the time settings dialog in vCenter: Highlight host in vCenter inventory. […]
Have you ever run out of space on your system c:\ drive? This causes massive machine headaches, and its totally unnecessary if you are running your Windows machine as a guest operating system in a virtual environment. This is how, without purchasing any special licenses (other than Windows and VMware) that you can extend the […]