Category: VMWare

Fix: VMware vCenter System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness: Log almost full

Fix: VMware vCenter System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness: Log almost full

To get rid of the warning for “System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness: Log almost full”, you’ll need to clear the error/warning log.  This is a simple process. To clear it the warning from the hardware status tab: Go to Hardware Status tab and select the System event log view. Click Reset event log. Click Update. The error should now be [...]

How to find your server’s model and serial number in ESX

I was on the phone with IBM support the other day and I was entirely too lazy to walk into the data center to find the model and serial number one of my ESX blades.  So this is how I got both of them with ssh from the comfort of my office chair… For the [...]

How to install VMWare Tools in SUSE

How to install VMWare Tools in SUSE

Installing vmtools in openSUSE is not as simple as installing it in a Windows or Ubuntu VM, but once you know what to do it’s not too bad. To install VMWare Tools for openSUSE guest OS Once your OS is installed, you’ll now need to install the prerequisite software on the openSUSE virtual machine. ~> [...]

Strange keyboard behavior with VMWare Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10

I’ve been having some weird keyboard issues for Windows VMs running in VMWare Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10. I mean really weird. Primarily with the arrow keys. I press the up key and the VM thinks I’m pressing the Print Screen button. Pressing the down key and the VM thinks I’m pressing the windows key [...]

My ESX cluster can beat up your ESX cluster…

.That’s right. What do you get when you have 8 HS21 blades with two 3 ghz quad core xeons and 32 gb of ram each rocking ESXi? A whole lot of awesome, that’s what. 44 VMs running at total memory usage stays around a whopping 13%. Tweet

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