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Category Archives: vCenter
Installing vCenter on Windows 2008 R2 x64 – There is No DSN which can be used
Posted by on April 5, 2010
It’s well documented that if you want to install vCenter on an x64 Windows 2008 OS you need to create a 32-bit DSN rather than he normal x64 DSN, Jason has a post on this over at his site. However – on a clean install of Windows 2008 R2 x64 you don’t get the [...]
8 Node ESXi Cluster running 60 Virtual Machines – all Running from a Single 500GBP Physical Server
Posted by on February 25, 2010
I am currently presenting a follow-up to my previous vTARDIS session for the London VMware Users Group where I demonstrated a 2-node ESX cluster on cheap PC-grade hardware (ML-115g5). The goal of this build is to create a system you can use for VCP and VCDX type study without spending thousands on normal production [...]
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 [...]
