I'm actually coming around to Linux LVM - once you get the hang of the concepts and the associated commands it can be a straightforward exercise to extend your existing volumes after adding new physical disks. This differs from software RAID, as you have the ability to lay an LVM filesystem over a single disk [...]
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Working with Logical Volumes
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A quick mention for 2 useful tools
Here's just a quick mention for a couple of decent tools. Syntax Highlighter plus (plugin for wordpress). Link IMO this is the best code highlighting plugin for WordPress. Here's a quick example: [lang='bash']ls -la apt-get update apt-get upgrade[/lang] Does exactly what is says on the tin and has the 'view source' button to you to copy and paste [...]
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How to migrate a VM using SCP
ESX Starter and Foundation editions do not provide a built in function to migrate a virtual machine to another ESX host. In the absence of these options, you can do this by logging on to the console operating system using Putty, and then using the SCP utility to copy the VM files. Then on the [...]
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Cheating with ESX Server Starter Edition
ESX Starter Edition is a standalone ESX server (i.e. no Virtual Centre), available at a lower cost than the ESX Infrastructure editions but missing some useful functions. Some of those functions are the ability to convert virtual machines to templates simply by right-clicking on them, and deploying VM templates with a single mouse click. With [...]
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Upgrade ESX from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1
There seems to be some debate on whether in-place upgrades of ESX server are a good idea, or whether it's better to abandon old versions and go for clean installs. My opinion is that if your server is healthy and you don't have any issues or problems, then there's no need to be scared about [...]
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Patch ESX Server, the easy way
I've discovered a really great tool for patching ESX servers from Windows: VMTS Patch Manager. It's a bit like WSUS in that all patches are downloaded once to a central repository and you select what you want pushed out from there. You don't need to log on to any ESX servers or spend any time [...]
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Extending virtual disks in ESX Server 3.01
Below is the procedure on how to extend the disk of a Windows 2003 virtual server. Before starting please note the following: Microsoft's diskpart utility can only be used to extend dynamic disks. Before using this utility you will need to convert your disks to dynamic using the Disk Management utility in the Computer Management [...]
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