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vmware esxi 5.5 with unsupported SATA and NIC

http://www.v-front.de/2013/11/how-to-make-your-unsupported-sata-ahci.html

http://www.v-front.de/2013/09/how-to-add-missing-esxi-50-drivers-to.html

add unsupported nic and sata controllers to esxi 5.1/5.5

http://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Welcome

Vmware workstation Linux version cannot bridge to a vlan interface directly

The vmware workstation virtual network editor cannot bridge to a vlan interface

Follow the below procedures :

1. edit /etc/vmware/networking

2. append the line : add_bridge_mapping vlan4 3

3. vmware-networks –stop;vmware-networks –start

4. vmware-networks –status and you will get : Bridge networking on vmnet3 is running

5. select /dev/vmnet3 at your vm settings and it […]

CentOS/RHEL 6 virtualized guest tuning

1.yum install tuned tuned-utils

2. tuned-adm profile virtual-guest

3. dd if=/dev/zero of=tmpfile bs=1M count=1000

See the tables below :

Profile explanation :

default The default power-saving profile. This is the most basic power-saving profile. It enables only the disk and CPU plug-ins. Note that this is not the same as turning tuned-adm off, where […]

Use NOOP I/O Scheduler for virtualized Linux guest with kernel 2.6 guest on vmware

Refer to http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2011861

The scheduler can be set for each hard disk unit. To check which scheduler is being used for particular drive, run this command:

cat /sys/block/disk/queue/scheduler

For example, to check the current I/O scheduler for sda:

# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler [noop] anticipatory deadline cfq

In this example, the sda drive scheduler is set to […]

Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) with creating a cluster or the required license

http://admin-reminder.blogspot.hk/2011/11/vmware-cpuid-masks-for-aes-ni-and.html

In short

Edit CPUID Mask in vsphere at “Level 1 section” and for “ecx” :

—- –0- —- —- —- —- —- –0-

VMWare vCenter 5.1 Installation

http://www.derekseaman.com/2012/09/vmware-vcenter-51-installation-part-1.html

https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-pubs.html

Increase the tx and rx buffer for vmxnet3 and e1000 virtual NIC for VMWare

To deploy a vm doing routing between virtual NIC, you may need to increase the tx and rx buffers of the NIC to cope with burst traffic.

– To show the current tx and rx buffer of your NIC

ethtool -g eth0

– To increase the tx and rx buffer to the max preset

ethtool […]

Dell Managemnet vCenter Plugin

http://www.tonydimaggio.com/blog/2011/01/30/installing-and-configuring-dell-management-vcenter-plugin/

How to Install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for VMware vCenter 5

http://lonesysadmin.net/2011/10/06/how-to-install-microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2-for-vmware-vcenter-5/