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ESX VLAN to SonicWALL DMZ
I have an ESX server on my LAN and I want to connect it to the DMZ on my SonicWALL using a VLAN as the ESX server only has one network adaptor. The SonicWALL is a TZ 205w which is connected to Fibre. This in itself was a challenge and is described in the post… read more…
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Cloning an ESXi USB boot flash drive
I have a couple of ESXi servers at home that I boot from USB keys – see the post Running ESXi 5.1 from a USB key. The problem is that using a USB imaging tool doesn’t seem to work. When I boot up ESX I get an error: BANK5: invalid configuration. BANK6: not a VMware boot… read more…
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VMware vmci.sys error
When starting up a VM in VMware player you get the following popup: The solution to this is posted in numerous places but look for the *.vmx file associated with the VM you are running and look for the string: vmci0.present = “TRUE” You need to change this to: vmci0.present = “FALSE” read more…
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Running ESXi 5.1 from a USB key
Overview There are quite a lot of postings on the web about upgrading to ESXi 5.1 and running from a USB key but this post is more about my experience and basically a note to myself about what I did so if I have to do it again I know what I did. Who knows… read more…
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