November 5, 2014

Increase VMware VM performance by placing the Swap file in an alternate location – ESX/ESXi 5.0

VMware,

In this post you will see how to Increase VMware VM performance by placing the Swap file. By default, a swap file is created when a virtual machine is powered ON under a ESXi host. Swap files normally are stored in the same location as in the VM’s configuration file, it could be a VMFS…

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May 19, 2014

Steps to be taken when a VM goes in Read-only mode

VMware,

Whenever there is a file system inconsistency involved, the system mounts in Read-only mode to prevent damage to the system. In Xen, if you come across such a situation you can try using the following methods to mount that back in write mode. Boot the VM in single user mode. One can get into single…

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September 4, 2013

SCSI event codes for VMware ESX/ESXi

VMware,

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is an ANSI standard used for attaching peripheral devices to computers. It ensures quick data transfer with a transmission rate of more than 40mbps. SCSI was standardized in 1986 and is still being used. The recent developments of SCSI are Serial Storage Architecture (SSA), SCSI-over-Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), Serial Attached…

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