VMware Archive
09 May 2014
VMware vSphere Component based Interview Questions with Answers
More VMware Interview questions targeting ESXi, Load Balancing, Virtual Center, vMotion etc. Good Luck! What is the difference between the vSphere ESX and ESXi architectures? vSphere ESX and ESXi are both bare-metal hypervisor architectures that install directly on the server hardware. Both provide industry-leading performance and scalability; the difference resides in the architecture components and
29 Apr 2014
VMware vSphere HA and FT – Troubleshooting
Below you can find the important Configuration and Operational errors that might occur with vSphere HA and FT and how to handle them. vSphere High Availability Error Messages This table lists some of the error messages you can encounter when configuring a vSphere HA cluster: Configuration Errors Operation Error Message Description and Solution Migrating a
29 Apr 2014
VMware Fault Tolerance – Interview Questions
Important Interview Questions on VMware Fault Tolerance - What is VMware Fault Tolerance? VMware Fault Tolerance is a feature that allows a new level of guest redundancy. It provides 100% continuous availability for applications/Machines. How do I turn it on? The feature is enabled on a per virtual machine basis. Right Click on Virtual machine at vCenter Server,
10 Apr 2014
Minimum Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server System
The vCenter Server system is a physical machine or virtual machine with access to a supported database. The vCenter Server system must meet specific requirements. Minimum Hardware Requirements for vCenter Single Sign On, Running on a Separate Host Machine from vCenter Server vCenter Single Sign On Hardware Requirement Processor Intel or AMD x64 processor with
10 Apr 2014
Changes in vSphere 5.x compared to 4.x
Below table highlights the major changes in VMware vSphere 5.x compared to the previous vSphere 4.x series. Service Console is removed ESXi does not include a Service Console. Many tasks can be performed by using vCLI commands in place of esxcli commands on Service console and also by using powercli ESXi does not have a
01 Apr 2014
VMware vCenter 5.1 – Installation Guide – Part 3
This is the Part 3 of our VMware vCenter 5.1 Installation Guide. To manage VMware ESXi 5.1, you need to connect to VMware vCenter server. Here we will see the installation of vCenter server with step by procedure. vCenter 5.1 has lot prerequisite stuffs that you need to do before kickstart of the actual vCenter
01 Apr 2014
VMware vCenter 5.1 – Installation Guide – Part 2
This is the part 2 of our VMware vCenter 5.1 Installation Guide. vCenter Inventory Service: Vmware vCenter Inventory service is one of the prerequisites for vCenter server installation. It stores vCenter server inventory data and server application data. It also allows you to search the inventory objects across linked vCenter server instances. To install Inventory service,
01 Apr 2014
VMware vCenter 5.1 – Installation Guide – Part 1
In last article we explained how we have to install ESXi. In This article we are explaining step by step installation of VMware vCenter Server 5.1. This article will be in 3 parts for ease-of-use. vCenter Server 5.1 can be installed component by component or simple install. We are discussing here how we have to
21 Mar 2014
VMware ESXi 5.1 – Installation Guide
Here begins our series on VMware ESXi concepts in detail. In upcoming days you can expect many VMware ESXi related articles and lets start with vmware ESXi 5.1 Installation with step by step guide. If you want to install VMware ESXi, you have to satisfy certain pre-requisites - 1) Memory- 2GB 2) Hard Disk Space- 5GB,
20 Mar 2014
VMware Interview Questions
Below are some of the questions to be prepared for when facing an interview about VMware, more to follow. What are the main differences between Vsphere 4.x and 5.x? vSphere 4.X vSphere 5.X Have both ESX and ESXi No ESX server any more Service console comes with ESX( called as Console operating system) No ESX