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Is Windows 2008 Supported in ESX 3.5 Update 1?
05.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I was installing ESX and creating some new VMs when I saw that Windows Server 2008 doesn’t have the usual experimental description next to it. According to the release notes it doesn’t say it is supported though.
I took a screenshot so you know I’m not crazy.
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Resource Allocation Testing
03.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

A co-worker found this great discussion on VMWare’s forum discussing Shares, Reservations, and Limits. Some of the findings are very interesting and this can help clear up any misunderstanding on resource allocation in ESX 3.0x . I myself am using the VBScript mentioned in the discussion to try to max out a blade that has [...]
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VMWare ESX 3.0.1 and Virtual Center 2.0.1
10.04.06 | Permalink | Comment?

VMWare released ESX 3.0.1 and Virtual Center 2.0.1 yesterday. The download is available at the VMWare Download Center. The release notes are are here.
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Expanding ESX Virtual Disks
09.28.06 | Permalink | Comment?

I recently have had to add space to an existing virtual disk and have used vmkfstools utility to expand the disk size. I found an excellent article explaining how to do this. This is also handy because you do not have to use any special partition managers such as Partition Magic, Volume Manager or ServerMagic [...]
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VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 RC Release Notes
09.25.06 | Permalink | Comment?

From the horses mouth: Official release notes regarding VMWare ESX 3.0.1 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 changes.
I am particularly interested about the following:
VMware HA May Incorrectly Handle Temporary Host Network Isolation
In VMware HA, host network isolation detection occurs within 15 seconds of host isolation. After a failure is detected, all virtual machines are failed over to [...]