VMware vSphere 4 Notes

1. vSphere Editions for Small Businesses Comparison

Basic ESXi physical hardware limit: 2 physical processors, 6 cores per processors, 256GB memory.

 

2. VMware vCenter Server

VMware vCenter Server Installation

• Hardware requirements (for up to 50 ESX(i) hosts and 250 VMs):
• 2 CPUs
• 4 GB RAM
• 3 GB Disk
• Software requirements:
• Windows Server 2003 or 2008 x32 or x64
• SQL Server 2005 or 2008 or Express Edition
• Can be installed in a physical or virtual machine.
• Reference:
• What Is New in VMware vCenter Server 4
• Upgrading to ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices

VMware vCenter Server Administration

• After installing vCenter Server:
• Create a datacenter
• Join ESX(i) host to vCenter Server

Koala – Create bootable OS installation USB flash drive

http://www.freemodding.it/index.php?topic=10388.msg236638#msg236638

Batch File for Checking OS Architecture Type

@echo off
echo Detecting OS processor type

if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" goto 64BIT
echo 32-bit OS
REM Run 32-bit executable
goto END

:64BIT
echo 64-bit OS
REM Run 62-bit executable

:END

Batch File for Checking OS Architecture Type

@echo off
echo Detecting OS processor type

if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" goto 64BIT
echo 32-bit OS
REM Run 32-bit executable
goto END
:64BIT
echo 64-bit OS
REM Run 62-bit executable
:END

Allocate Virtual Processors

The recommendation is to allocate more virtual processors than you have physical processors and let the hypervisor take care of scheduling the CPU work across the physical cores. Microsoft typically recommends you have no more than eight virtual processors per physical core.

Virtual Desktop Environment in Windows Systems

http://www.dexpot.de/

Blue Screen View

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html