Most users use TCP/IP, but what is it really… And what do you do when it breaks. (includes steps to reset TCP/IP back to its orginal state) TCP/IP is described by Margaret Rouse, Webopedia, with a sprinkle of Rob, as follows: TCP/IP, pronounced as separate letters “T-C-P-I-P” (not TaaKaaPaaa eipp) is short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TCP/IP [...]
NIC teaming for ESX can be configured for both network load balancing and for failover. This is an ideal configuration for production environments in which you have more than one NIC(s) installed in the ESX host machine In case of a failover configuration, the NICs are configured in active-passive mode. In case of load balancing, [...]
Dave, Drop a load on em’ DHCP how can I explain it. I’ll Take you Frame by Frame it. To have y’all jumpin’ shall we singin’ it I recently came across the need to migrate a DHCP server from windows 2003 to a new Windows 2008 server. Shocking 2K3 servers are still out there, [...]
Before the medics come rushing to your rescue, there is a quick and simple way to roll back an ESXi “image” to a previous version. No resuscitation needed! Just take a deep couple of breaths and follow the steps outlined below.. Note: In the example below, it assumes system stability and reliability ceased after upgrading [...]
Have you ever been working inside a Virtual Machine inside of VMware using the vSphere Client and needed to copy/paste out of the VM and found you could not? Starting with vSphere 4.1, this feature is disabled by default for security reasons. However it can easily be enabled by a few quick settings. Of course [...]