Higher Ed: Virtualizing Banner Unified Digital Campus with VMware
A higher-ed virtualization note about running Banner Unified Digital Campus workloads on VMware ESX and vSphere.
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PowerCLI: nSeries Guest OS Timeout Scripts
PowerCLI scripts for applying IBM N Series guest OS disk timeout settings across Windows and Linux VMs.
VMware Expert System with PowerCLI and Excel
A decision-support class project that used PowerCLI and Excel to model VMware infrastructure recommendations.
ESX 3.5 U4 Kickstart for IBM xSeries and QLA4050
Notes from our first serious pass at repeatable ESX 3.5 kickstarts for IBM xSeries hosts with QLA4050 adapters.
Upgrading ESX 3.5 to ESX 3.5 U4 and Virtual Center 2.5 to vCenter 2.5 U4
The upgrade script and checklist I used for ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 U4 work.
VMware Knowledge Resources for the Beginner VI Administrator
The VMware books, blogs, feeds, and social resources I found useful as a new VI administrator.
RHEL P2V: Old Way and New Way
A comparison of the old and newer ways I handled Red Hat Enterprise Linux P2V migrations.
False Alarms with Virtual Center 2.5
The troubleshooting trail behind repeated VirtualCenter 2.5 false alarms, including unsupported HBAs and service console memory.
Our Storage Problem
The storage bottlenecks and capacity pressure that pushed us to rethink parts of the VMware environment.
How We Found Our Virtual Networking Mojo
How we worked through early VMware networking assumptions and got to a better ESX host network design.