vSphere – Adding a Serial Port to a VM
KB ID 0001039 Problem I wanted to perform command line access to a virtual firewall on my home ESXi server, (a Juniper Firefly vSRX) via a console session. To do that I needed to add a serial port to that VM. Solution 1. From Within the VI client > Select the ESXi Host > Configuration > Security Profile > Firewall Section > Properties. 2. Locate and enable ‘VM serial port connected over network’ > OK. 3....
Exchange 2007 CCR to Exchange 2010 HA Migration with (HA Proxy)
KB ID 0000525 Problem Today, I am pleased to say we have the work of guest poster Hesan Javed, who runs through an Exchange 2007 CCR to Exchange 2010 HA Migration. Solution Steps Required. Exchange 2007 HUBCAS Upgrade to SP3 Exchange 2007 Mailbox Upgrade to SP3 Installing Exchange 2010 SP1 HUBCAS after Upgrading Exchange 2007 to SP3 Uninstalling Exchange 2007 from the Passive node in the Cluster Installing Exchange 2010 SP1 Mailbox...
MAC OSX – Managing ESXi Hosts
KB ID 0001054 Problem I have made the transition to a MAC laptop pretty easily, but theres one thing thats still a pain, VMware ESXi servers! I know these days vCenter has a nice shiny web management portal, but ESXi does not. When I’m working on the test bench I usually connect using the VI client from a virtual machine running inside VMware fusion. Which works, but the performance is not brilliant, things wont move where I...