Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Example Report from vCenter Chargeback
Posted by on July 16, 2009
The linked .PDF file is an automatically generated report from my test installation of the new vCenter Chargeback product. I have set a cost per unit of £1 for all items (GHz, GB disk, network etc.) at this rate I can make £1.7k per day from renting out my virtual server platform at home [...]
Problem with Installing vCenter Chargeback – cannot configure with SQL Windows Authentication
Posted by on July 15, 2009
I am setting a trial of the new vCenter Chargeback product on my lab environment, and have followed the instructions to configure the SQL database (new DB and new account with database owner permissions) however when I try to configure the Windows application I get errors from the jdbc component as follows; “The user [...]
modl.fault.MethodNotFound error when adding ESXi host to vCenter
Posted by on July 14, 2009
I have been gradually rebuilding my home lab and adding a new HP ML115 G5 server (which is capable of running the new FT feature) as I plan to build an ESX inside ESX cluster to run an FT implementation on a single box (info on how to do that here). Once I had [...]
How to Deploy a Windows 2008 Server From a Template with vSphere
Posted by on July 9, 2009
With ESX 3.5 and Virtual Centre 2.5 you needed to copy a bunch of sysprep files to use the excellent template deployment functionality (step by step account here) Now that vSphere supports all the newer versions I had to update my Windows 2008 templates There has been some confusion over how you deploy Windows [...]
Cloudcamp London July 2009
Posted by on July 9, 2009
Cloudcamp London is just winding down, it seems to be a lot smaller than the last London Cloudcamp and it’s in a smaller but much nicer venue (provided by Microsoft) There were a set of lightning talks on various cloud topics, mostly on security in the cloud. Some interesting thoughts from HP labs on [...]
