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Creating a vSphere Host w/ Full Capabilities and only 2 NICS
Written by Kenny   
Friday, 06 November 2009 02:13

My current situation sits as follows. We have zero rack space. Literally none. I can't even rack up our new IBM x3650 M2 servers or the NetApp FAS2020a SAN for the vSphere migration. Thus, I have to make space by virtualizing a few boxes first.

I thought about going ahead and unboxing the x3650 systems and setting those on the ground, wiring and firing them up, but then I realized I would have to spend a weekend unplugging all 10 cables out of each server to rack them up, then hoping I made sure to label my cables correctly. So my new plan goes as such: I have a HP DL380G5 w/ 2 Quad Core E5405, 16GB of RAM, 540GB of internal HDD, and only 2 NICs. This server will give me the ability to P2V a few servers to the local storage, then use SVmotion to move those VMs over to the SAN when it's added to vCenter. I already have my switch environment setup with VLANs configured and ready for deployment for my IBM servers. My logic follows as such:

Last Updated ( Friday, 06 November 2009 03:11 )
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The Top 100 VMware/Virtualization people to follow on twitter
Written by Kenny   
Thursday, 08 October 2009 20:50

I feel honored to have made the list that @ericsiebert created. He has put together the Top 100 VMware/Virtualization List to Follow on twitter.  There are alot of noteworthy folks on this list and I'm grateful to have been part of it. Thanks again Eric for creating the list, it's a great way to help build our VMware community. If you are connected to virtualization in any form, follow everyone on this list so you can stay up to date on the newest trends in virtualization.

 

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