this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

VMware ESX misc notes 

Note. you may enable VT-x/AMD-V inside a VM. But you have to use the web client for that, in CPU properties of the VM. 

Ref. https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8970 

Note. vSphere Web Client, force en_US, 

https://vcenter/vsphere-client/?locale=en_US

Increase the size of a VMware datastore 

First, increase the size of the LUN, then go do datastore's properties and use the "Increase" button. 

Refs. 

Increase VMFS Datastore Capacity in the vSphere Client: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsa.doc%2FGUID-B0D89816-02E5-4C42-AAFC-19751800A284.html 

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017662 

Tips 

- To find out how much space there's left on the VMFS, 

vdf -h

- As for SCSI virtual disk type, 

For RHEL4+ use LSI Logic 

For RHEL3 donno, check defaults while creating one. 

For older Redhats use BusLogic 

New features 

Those new features may be addressed, 

- Converter Plugin for the VC 

- The update manager 

- VMotion for Storages - migrate a virtual disk from a LUN to another 

Older ESX and Virtualcenter 

Note: VirtualCenter Agents which connect ESX Server 2.x hosts to VirtualCenter 1.x are no longer available for sale separately. However, the following license key can be used for up to 16-CPU configurations: 38EPE-GWQ46-YE3G1-5LPUH. This generic license key is limited to ESX Server 2.x and VirtualCenter 1.x instances and can be used for multiple ESX Server hosts. Customers should not register this license key to their store account. 

Ref. http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx2_patches.html 

Navisphere 

S'il s'agit d'une baie EMC, se connecter sur, 

https://powerlink.emc.com

pour récupérer l'agent navisphere, 

  ==> lien au milieu à droite: EMC Services Partner Web 

==> Software (menu horizontal en haut)