19 June 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Three Ways for Extending a VM’s Disk

Most new virtual servers are provisioned from templates that have 12 to 20 GB “C” disk so what do you do when you run out of space?  Here are three methods which might work for you to increase the size of your virtual server’s disk.  Use VMconverter from VMware to clone the VM and change [...]

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Free Tool – Trilead VM Explorer for ESX/ESXi

Free Tool – Trilead VM Explorer for ESX/ESXi  Download >>> Trilead VM Explorer <<< Trilead VM Explorer is a free (public beta) VM management tool that works on VMware ESX/ESXi. I haven’t had the time to install or evaluate VM Explorer but just going over the features, it looks like a worthwhile product for those shops [...]

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Free Tool – VKernel Search My VM

Good free tools for VMware VI are not easy to come by so I thought I would write a post about one I think may have some usefulness. It’s from VKernel and it’s called SearchMyVM. According to VKernel here are the benefits: FREE “Google–like” SearchMyVM tool Quickly find info in your VMware data center Gain [...]

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18 June 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Free Tool – Veeam FastSCP For ESX and ESXi

So you just installed your first pair of VMware ESX or ESXi hosts and you’re wondering how you can move VM guest servers from host to host without vCenter. Well, here’s the answer – FastSCP. FastSCP lets you manage VM folders through a nice GUI interface. It’s not vCenter but it will do the job until [...]

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