Author Archives: Calvin Scoltock

Changing ESX IP Address via Service Console

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

If you need to change the ESX (3.5 or 4.0) Service Console IP address but can not connect to it via the vSphere (or VI) Client then it can be changed from the console. Access one of the virtual terminals, … Continue reading →

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Location of Sysprep files with VMware Virtualcenter 2.5

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

The Basic System Administration guide for VirtualCenter 2.5 requires that the sysprep files be extracted to the VirtualCenter server for guest customization to be available when cloning a virtual machine. Below are the download links for various Microsoft OSes and … Continue reading →

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Installing IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent on ESX 4.0

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

You should be able to push the IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent out from the IBM Systems Director to the ESX Hosts.  Firstly download the IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent for Linux on x86 from the IBM Systems … Continue reading →

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IBM System x3650M3

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

Just noticed that a few new IBM system x servers have snuck into the Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool (SSCT), namely: – x3650M3 Model Number 7945 x3550M3 Model Number 7944 x3500M3 Model Number 7380 x3400M3 Model Number 7379 x3250M3 Model Numbers 4251 … Continue reading →

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New IBM Blade for Virtualisation

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

IBM have just release a new blade aimed at running virtualised workloads, named the HS22V.  This is ahead of the soon to be released blade using IBM’s 5th generation of their Enterprise x-Architecture, the HX5. The HS22V sports either an Intel … Continue reading →

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Installing vSphere 4 on IBM System x3650M2 via KVM Switch and IBM 17″ Rack Flat Panel Monitor

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

When installing vSphere 4 on an IBM System x3650M2 connected via a 2×8 Local Console Switch to the IBM 17″ Rack mounted Flat Panel Monitor the display could not be displayed on the screen using the Graphic Mode, I got … Continue reading →

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Setting Default Gateway on vSphere 4

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Calvin Scoltock

I had an issue recently where I had installed ESX4 on a number of hosts but had not been allocated IP addresses for them.  So I installed them using DHCP.  Later when I had been given the IP addresses I … Continue reading →

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