So on of the most valuable networking features of VMware is setting up CDP information or LLDP (if using non cisco devices). We can see exactly which VMNIC is plugged into which port. ESXi can receive and display CDP information within the client or web client, but this doesn’t work with HP switches which use … Continue reading Using VMware and CDP information (HP and Cisco Switches)
Today was the second time I’ve done this in around a year, it’s a little uncommon to be honest, which means googling advice on how to do it, is a bit thin. Todays walk through is also made even more different by the fact that at the branch site containing the Watchguard, its connected to … Continue reading Creating VPN tunnel between Cisco ASA and Watchguard XTM
So first off we need to setup Jumbo frames in a few places. ESXi host Switch the ESXi host and Storage is plugged into Storage device As per VMware ESXi 5.0 and above, you need to also setup iSCSI Port Binding. Ensuring its setup correctly
The other day whilst virtualising an Exchange 2010 server from Hyper-V to VMware we found that mail routing outbound stopped working. When looking in the event log we found; Error ID: 16025 No DNS servers could be retrieved from network adapter %1. Verify that the computer is connected to a network and that the Get-NetworkConnectionInfo … Continue reading Microsoft Exchange – No DNS servers could be retrieved from network adapter
On twitter Rick Vanover posted this link, which intrigued me, giving your Veeam Server access to the VMware VMFS volumes for quicker backups. Sounds dangerous, or maybe it isn’t! So I tried it, and I managed to cut my test backup times from 24 minutes to 12 minutes! Also the snapshots are removed from the … Continue reading How to setup Veeam Direct SAN Backup over iSCSI – Unleash the Speed!