tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:18:26 +0000Windows ServerMicrosoftVMwareActive DirectoryVirtual CenterVDIClusteringMiscHyper-VFreeStorageVirtualizationIT ManagementSecurityESX ServerXenServerBest of the WeekVMware - ESXi- Microsoft - Hyper-V - Linux - Storage - Networking - Security - IT Managementhttp://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)Blogger208125ItInfrastructureManagementhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-619563848276229493Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:07:00 +00002011-09-21T21:07:00.611-04:00Windows ServerFreeMicrosoftIT ManagementActive Directory “With the Active Directory Topology Diagrammer tool, you can read your Active Directory structure through LDAP. The Active Directory Topology Diagrammer tool automates Microsoft Office Visio to draw a diagram of the Active Directory Domain topology, your Active Directory Site topology, your OU structure, your DFS-R topology or your current Exchange 20XX Server Organization. With the Active http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/gQRvdLCoCV0/microsoft-active-directory-topology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsoft-active-directory-topology.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2201580485594688306Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:11:00 +00002011-09-19T20:11:00.085-04:00VirtualizationFreeVDI “You can run the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer both on already deployed desktops as well as on reference machines (templates / golden images), where our best practice is to apply the optimizations to the latter. No matter where you run the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer it’s important to always test the optimizations applied by the Quest vWorkspace Desktop Optimizer in a test http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/s-zAXwnQipk/new-free-quest-vworkspace-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-free-quest-vworkspace-desktop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-6932767147544269529Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:46:00 +00002011-09-15T19:48:04.221-04:00StorageWindows ServerFreeMicrosoftActive Directory “File server capacity planning and performance troubleshooting are critical aspects of high-level network administration. File server capacity planning tools can be valuable in choosing new hardware for purchase, identifying the capacity of existing hardware, locating existing bottlenecks, and planning for resource expansion in advance of resource exhaustion. The throughput capacity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/4NCyuOw8zQ4/microsoft-file-server-capacity-tool-v12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsoft-file-server-capacity-tool-v12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-4047369402001773045Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:32:00 +00002011-09-01T17:32:00.522-04:00VMwareSecurityVirtualizationVirtual CenterFreeESX Server ESX/ESXi Convergence How to Remove Storage Devices from ESXi Hosts Auto Deploy Architecture vSphere Network IO Control ESXi Firewall Concepts Adding Allowed IP addresses to the ESXi Adding a Service to the ESXi Firewall Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/SgXfYuUk-lc/video-links-from-vmware-technical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/09/video-links-from-vmware-technical.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-1451119326905386721Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:15:00 +00002011-08-29T17:20:36.577-04:00VMwareStorageVirtualizationVirtual CenterFreeESX Server Download free ESXi – VMware vSphere Hypervisor Download VMware vSphere 5 and its modules Download vSphere Storage Appliance 1.0 ESXi and vCenter Server 5.0 Documentation vSphere 5 Additional Resources PDF and E-book Product Documentation Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 best practices Installing ESXi 5.0 best http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/4JLU_R3XRCc/vmware-vsphere-5-downloads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/08/vmware-vsphere-5-downloads.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-4417695236523197313Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:56:00 +00002011-04-04T15:02:55.139-04:00ClusteringStorageWindows ServerVirtualizationFreeMicrosoftHyper-VActive Directory “iSCSI Software Target is an optional Windows Server component that provides centralized, software-based and hardware-independent iSCSI disk subsystems in storage area networks (SANs).” You can download the new package here and find additional information by reading Jose Barreto’s blog posts: The Basics of the Virtual Disk Services (VDS), Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/ewHseIWivz8/new-microsoft-iscsi-software-target-33.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-microsoft-iscsi-software-target-33.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-5151977105674683074Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:29:00 +00002011-01-29T14:37:41.387-05:00VMwareVirtualizationVirtual CenterFreeESX Server “Este libro te enseñará cómo instalar y configurar el producto VMware Site Recovery Manager. También cubre en detalle los procesos de failover y failback y te servirá de guía para la puesta en marcha del producto. En este libro no se incluye ninguna teoría sobre la gestión de proyectos que caracteriza a una gran cantidad de libros de TI. Es práctico y técnico, y presupone que ya estás bastantehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/MCSg25wVIU8/administrando-vmware-site-recovery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)1http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2011/01/administrando-vmware-site-recovery.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-5669622931794234993Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:33:00 +00002010-12-31T14:34:12.224-05:00VMwareWindows ServerVirtualizationVirtual CenterESX Server “Details: You receive a black screen on the virtual machine when using Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 as a guest operating system on ESX 4.0. You experience slow mouse performance on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine.” You can find more information about Troubleshooting SVGA drivers installed with VMware Tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 running on ESX 4.0 here. Posted byhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/Hj-HXpUGC9s/problems-with-vmware-tools-on-windows-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/12/problems-with-vmware-tools-on-windows-7.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-163010469312435122Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:46:00 +00002010-12-09T18:55:40.245-05:00VMwareVirtualizationVirtual CenterESX Server“…ESX applies a new technique called memory compression in order to reduce the amount of pages that need to be swapped out, while reclaiming the same amount of host memory.” You can access the video here and the pdf here. Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/I5UYv64_VWM/vmware-product-demo-and-pdf-for-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/12/vmware-product-demo-and-pdf-for-memory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-6854924980147670371Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:17:00 +00002010-09-24T19:19:51.181-04:00VMwareVirtualizationESX ServerNice article from Virtual Infrastructure Tips – VMware and the VMware Knowledge Base: “ESX 4.0 Update 2 introduces a new tool (console-setup) to simplify the process of creating or restoring networking in the ESX service console. VMware recommends that you use the physical console of the server rather than connecting via SSH as changing the network configuration might cause a disconnectionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/IF7YevSITak/vmware-console-setup-configuring-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/09/vmware-console-setup-configuring-or.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-39674868951787278Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:08:00 +00002010-09-15T18:08:00.323-04:00VMwareVirtualizationESX Server “Hardware faults are indicated by non-maskable interrupts (NMIs).  To ensure proper handling of NMIs, ESX/ESXi 4.1 instances on HP systems require the HP NMI driver.  The NMI driver ensures that NMIs are properly detected and logged.  Without this driver, HP systems with ESX/ESXi ignore NMIs by default.” More information here (VMware KB Article 1021609), here (VMware KB Article 1014767) and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/Zo6Z_j6Hf9g/vmware-esxesxi-installations-on-hp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)2http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/09/vmware-esxesxi-installations-on-hp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2552656517379095422Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:44:00 +00002010-09-13T15:09:04.943-04:00Windows ServerMicrosoftActive DirectorySomething to take into account if you are upgrading your AD infrastructure to Windows 2008/R2 and adding a new DC to hold the FSMO roles: “If you have changed the FSMO roles to another machine please run on the new PDC Emulator: w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:PEERS /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update With "PEERS" you can set the time source, either DNS name or an ip http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/giUcJzO65Ms/configure-windows-time-service-on-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/09/configure-windows-time-service-on-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-7914398926713458323Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:54:00 +00002010-09-08T01:54:00.329-04:00VMwareVirtualizationVirtual CenterESX ServerThis is a page I frequently use and has a nice chart with all the mid-size and enterprise VMware vSphere editions and features: You can access the VMware product comparison page here. Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/dzNU8vV9JV0/vmware-vsphere-editions-for-mid-size.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/08/vmware-vsphere-editions-for-mid-size.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-5705462789845649976Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:14:00 +00002010-09-06T01:14:00.550-04:00Windows ServerVirtualizationMicrosoftHyper-VActive Directory“Disable time synchronization on the host by using Integration Services, and then configure the virtualized domain controller to accept the default Windows Time Service (W32time) domain hierarchy time synchronization. To do this, follow these steps: Open Hyper-V Manager. Click Settings. Click Integration services. Clear the Time Synchronization option. Exit Hyper-V Manager.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/2IBa7JjJ59Y/windows-time-service-errors-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/09/windows-time-service-errors-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-8924086218223160763Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:36:00 +00002010-09-01T01:36:00.249-04:00VMwareVirtual CenterFrom Gregg Robertson’s Blog (TheSaffaGeek): “HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareVCMSDS\Parameters | SSL Port value is created as a REG_SZ instead of REG_DWORD and the value is empty. So obviously set it to 636.” You can read the full post here. Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/f_vHpv0BHIQ/ad-web-services-encountered-error-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/09/ad-web-services-encountered-error-while.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-217234314613692887Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +00002010-08-30T01:00:05.298-04:00VMwareVirtualizationVirtual CenterESX Server “To configure an ESX host to display the FQDN in the vCenter inventory: Disconnect the ESX host from the Inventory in vCenter. Do not remove it from the Inventory. Log in to the ESX host as root using an SSH client. If login with an SSH client is not possible, log in to the physical console of the ESX host as user root. Delete the vpxuser account with the command: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/FDEP8was1kQ/configuring-esx-host-to-display-full.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/08/configuring-esx-host-to-display-full.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-3965275162713216643Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:48:00 +00002010-07-26T20:51:58.316-04:00VMwareVirtualizationFreeHyper-V Microsoft Disk2vhd v1.61 (New Version) - Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) VKERNEL Free VM Tools Page (ESXi, ESX, vCenter, etc) New vSphere 4.1 Windows Active Directory Authentication Video by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/Tuogl-s11UI/quick-list-of-useful-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/07/quick-list-of-useful-links.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2842336431439921908Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:02:00 +00002010-07-14T11:02:00.586-04:00FreeMicrosoftActive Directory “Overview The Active Directory Migration Tool version 3.2 (ADMT v3.2) simplifies the process of migrating objects and restructuring tasks in an Active Directory® Domain Service (AD DS) environment. You can use ADMT v3.2 to migrate users, groups, service accounts, and computers between AD DS domains in different forests (inter-forest migration) or between AD DS domains in the same http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/AYfIii-Gf54/new-microsoft-active-directory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-microsoft-active-directory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-7811839092721136998Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:20:00 +00002010-07-12T09:20:00.189-04:00VMwareStorageVirtualizationVirtual CenterFreeESX ServerVizioncore recently made available the “Top 10 Virtual Performance Mistakes” WebEx session for download and I must say that it is a great free resource. Also, this page provides more links to other free tools mentioned in the presentation. Feel free to download the WebEx session here and the Pdf here. Posted by Gabriel Macielhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/oxh8LIy4y78/great-free-resources-for-vmware.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/07/great-free-resources-for-vmware.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-3679487254783071191Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:42:00 +00002010-06-11T08:05:49.532-04:00VMwareVirtualization Symptoms When trying to launch the vSphere Client you receive errors similar to: Error parsing the server "<servername>" "clients.xml" file. The type initializer for VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.HttpWebRequestProxy' threw an exception. Resolution You cannot use vSphere Clients prior to the Update 1 release to access the vCenter Server or ESX hosts because of a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/w9--kAph4F0/vmware-vsphere-client-does-not-open-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/06/vmware-vsphere-client-does-not-open-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-8497670970686042103Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:35:00 +00002010-06-10T21:40:50.899-04:00Windows ServerVirtualizationMicrosoftHyper-V “Hyper-V is Hypervisor-based virtualization technology from Microsoft. It is available both as Windows Server role (starting with Windows Server 2008) and as a free stand-alone product called Microsoft  Hyper-V Server. Following is a list of Hyper-V-related topics in TechNet Wiki. General information About Microsoft Virtualization Hyper-V Survival Guide Hyper-V TVhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/Iw01YB-XXJ4/microsoft-hyper-v-portalwiki.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/06/microsoft-hyper-v-portalwiki.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-186847322176853738Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:26:00 +00002010-06-02T01:26:00.330-04:00VirtualizationMicrosoftHyper-V “This guide describes how to configure your network to use the live migration feature of Hyper-V™. It provides a detailed list of the networking configuration requirements for optimal performance and reliability, as well as recommendations for scenarios that do not meet these requirements. For information about the complete requirements for using Hyper-V with Cluster Shared Volumes, see http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/tkacN9r7Nkg/microsoft-hyper-v-live-migration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/06/microsoft-hyper-v-live-migration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-3131358804358965828Mon, 31 May 2010 05:22:00 +00002010-05-31T01:22:00.491-04:00MiscFreeHere you can find the list of all the classes that are currently available in the HP Leaning Center. Three of the ones I like are: Virtualize your infrastructure: operations Virtualize your infrastructure: planning Evaluating desktop virtualization solutions Posted by Gabriel Maciel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/CTqVcbN4Bss/hp-learning-center-classes-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/05/hp-learning-center-classes-free.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-3184958840181726489Wed, 26 May 2010 05:15:00 +00002010-05-26T01:15:00.878-04:00VMwareVirtualizationVirtual CenterMicrosoft “Microsoft has a different version of Sysprep for each release and service pack of Windows. You must use the version of Sysprep specific to the operating system you are deploying. The differences are not immediately visible in the packaging and documentation of the service packs, so it is necessary to manually investigate. The contents of the Sysprep deploy.cab file must be extracted to thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/NDWTRMh2ypw/vmware-vcenter-microsoft-sysprep-file.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/05/vmware-vcenter-microsoft-sysprep-file.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549182066108482935.post-2094514263185622055Mon, 24 May 2010 05:36:00 +00002010-05-24T01:36:00.328-04:00VMwareSecurityVirtualizationVirtual CenterFreeESX Server “Patch Downloader simplifies the task of downloading patches for various ESX versions by automating the task. If a user does not want to, or cannot, use Update Manager (because they do not have a license or do not have internet access from the ESX/VC hosts) they must download patches manually from the VMware website through a Java Download manager. It's easy to miss a patch, and painfully slowhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItInfrastructureManagement/~3/VUA4B0Z_Uiw/phd-virtual-patch-downloader.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gabriel Maciel)0http://it-infrastructure-management.blogspot.com/2010/05/phd-virtual-patch-downloader.html