A Few VMware/ESX/ESXi Tips, Tricks, and How to’s

Just a few quick useful VMware/ESX tips.

Installing VMware tools on an Ubuntu guest

ESX Server, NIC Teaming, and VLAN trunking

Speed up your Windows 2003 Server guests – Disable File Last Access Check

Hidden network adapters when importing to VMWare

Installing Windows XP on ESX with LSI Logic Driver

Moving hosts from one vCenter server to another.

Enable SSH on ESXi

Hope you find them as useful as I have.

April 17, 2009 | Filed Under My Notes, Virtualization | Leave a Comment 

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