Archive for the ‘Virtualization’ Category

This is just a quick blog post to show you how to install VMware ESXi5 under VMware Workstation.  Being able to do this makes a great learning environment as you can create and destroy as many virtual machines as you like.  In my lab i have 2 permanent hosts running ESXi 5 but if i [...]

I recently installed 2 ESXi 5 servers into my lab to assist with my ESXi 5 certification update. In my home lab i do not have a spare monitor so each time i have to display the console i have to unplug the monitor from my main PC and plug it in which is a [...]

Installing and configuring PowerCLI

Posted: 21st September 2011 by neil in Powershell, VCAP-DCA

In this article i am going to go over the steps to install and configure PowerCLI to run on my virtual center server. This will enable me to interrogate all the virtual machines and VMware environment by using Powershell. 1) The first step is to download Powershell v2.0 from Microsoft. Note this is only applicable [...]