VMWare Archive
VMware ESXi: Shared Disk Between VMs
In some cases (as a rule in clustering scenarios) it may be necessary to share the same disk (vmdk or RMD) between 2 (or more) virtual machines (VMs) on VMWare ESXi. The most optimal way is to use the vmdk disk physically located on the shared storage or locally...
Configure Autostart of VM on VMware ESXi
By default, virtual machines located on VMWare ESXi (Free Hypervisor) or VMWare Workstation is not starting automatically at the host boot. This means that after the ESXi/ Workstation host reboot (planned restart or crash, for example, caused by a power failure), Administrator have to manually start all the virtual...
Time Configuration for a Virtualized Domain Controllers
Today we will talk about some of the features of time configuration on a virtualized domain controllers. Typically, the time synchronization scheme in the Active Directory domain is as follows: The PDC emulator is the main time source on the domain and must be configured to synchronize time with...
Converting Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed Disk to Thin on VMware ESXi
The reason why Administrator can start to look for solution on disk conversion from Thick to Thin on VMware ESXi is the low speed of the disk subsystem when writing files. By default, the type of the newly created virtual disk is Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed format, which is...
How to Install Windows 10 on VMWare ESXi 6.0?
This installation guide will explain each phase step by step and guide you through Windows 10 operating system installation on a virtual machine (VM) running in the VMware ESXi environment. In our example, we will create a virtual machine on the ESXi 6.0 host. Official support for WIndows 10...
How to Mount Windows Folder into VMware ESXi?
In this article we will take a look on how to connect a network folder from Windows 2012 R2 Server as a datastore on the VMware ESXi host and use it to store files of your virtual machines (VMs) or ISO images. VMWare ESXi cannot work directly with Windows...
