In oracle VM, you have to create a storage repositories to store the virtual disks , ISO files ,template files and VM files.Once you have configured the storage array and configured the server pool, you will be able to create the repositories and present to the Oracle VM servers.These repositories can be created over NFS […]
How to Create a server pool on oracle VM?
In oracle VM for x86 series , we have already seen the installation of oracle VM server and Oracle VM manager. Once you have completed the installation of those softwares, you need to add the oracle VM servers in to oracle VM manager to manage those server.You need to discover the oracle VM servers from […]
How to add ISCSI storage array to OVM ?
Oracle VM storage mechanisms uses oracle storage connect plug-ins. Oracle provides two type of generic plugins along with oracle VM software. One is Storage array plugin that used to connect block level storage and the second one is a filesystem plugin that is used to connect network filesystem based storage.These plugins will just help you […]
How to install Oracle VM manager on Oracle Linux ?
Oracle VM manager provides graphical web-based interface to administrate network , storage infrastructure of oracle VM servers.It provides a centralized management environment for oracle VM servers and oracle VM for SPARC environments.Since it provides web interface, you can manage the oracle VM servers from anywhere .To install oracle VM manager , you need oracle enterprise […]
How to install Oracle VM server (x86)? Step By Step Guide
Oracle VM for X86 is a native hypervisor which is directly runs on the host’s hardware.This hypervisor is based on xen technology and it requires very small footprint on the hard drive to install it.Oracle VM server is directly installed on the baremetal computer and it contains the oracle VM agent to manage the communication […]
Oracle VM for x86 vs VMware vSphere
Now a days Linux based hypervisors are ruling the datacenters around the world . VMware vSphere and Oracle VM for x86 are two major players in this hypervisor market today. So i would like to compare these products to make the system architect clear about how each prodcut can compete each other. This article is based […]
Veeam – How to backup and restore Solaris/Linux guests using veeamzip ?
Veeam Backup & Replication is one of the leading backup software for VMware vSphere/Hyper-v environments.Compare to other traditional backup softwares, Veeam is very fast to recover the guest OS irrespective of guest filesystem type on VMware vSphere environment. In last weekend ,one the Guest OS was removed accidentally but we had good veeamZip backup file […]
How to disable control Alt Delete on VMware Linux Guests ?
I just want to share about the incident that happened on our VMware vSphere environment last week. In our environment, we have mix of windows and Redhat Linux guest operating systems that are running on VMware ESXi . One of the Redhat Linux server rebooted automatically and the root cause was that some one send […]
How to recover VMware ESXi root password ?
We should not lose the superuser account on any operating system especially on VMware ESXi.There may be a chance of loosing root password due to system administrator careless or defective keyboard. If you forgot root password of ESXi host ,then there is no way to recover it .VMware does not provide utility or methods to recover […]
How to use VisualEsxtop on Vsphere Environment ?
VisualEsxtop is an enhanced version of esxtop which gives you wonderful view of the performance statics of esxi hosts. VisualEsxtop can also be connected to vCenter server to reach the ESXi hosts if esxi hosts not directly reachable from your laptop.(port 443). Visual Esxtop allows flexible counter selection and filtering the data. You can also […]