Creating a VMware ESXi environment on the cheap
Lately I’ve been wanting to build a VMware environment of my own so I can test various things without any worry. It’ll also give me the opportunity to setup a domain again, a vCenter server, my various...
View ArticleSlight improvements – Network and server upgrades
I’ve had my test/personal VMware ESXi setup running for a bit now on my Dell PowerEdge 2950 III with the upgraded Xeon 5450 CPUs (originally came with E5405) resulting in dual quad-core Xeons at...
View ArticleUpdate already for Windows 10 Server KB3001512
There’s already an update for Windows 10 Server Technical Preview: I’m trying to figure out specifically what they’ve updated already but I’ve seen it documented as a kernel update. It requires a...
View ArticleVMware tools in Windows 10 working on ESXi 5.5
Hey everyone – if you follow my blog you probably remember me mentioning the other day that I was unable to get the VMware tools to install for ESXi 5.5 in Windows 10 server. I was using the...
View ArticleDusty ol’ Pro/1000 VT
So in an effort to increase throughput on my ESXi hosts I’ve picked up a few of these Intel Pro/1000 VT quad port adapters. I am going to throw them in my desktop temporarily to make sure that they...
View ArticleLenovo TS140 as ESXi and NAS box – with a twist!
This is “Part I” – as a sort of “Part II” I’ve upgraded this server some – click this link to read more about that, otherwise continue on! Hey everyone – so for Christmas this year I wanted to build a...
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