Tip: Adding pre-existing storage to VMWare ESXi

Posted on by David Vassallo

Scenario VMWare ESXi is being used in conjunction with external storage (IBM SAN). We needed to upload VMWare images and virtual disks from one ESXi server to the external storage. Then, we needed to “mount” the same storage without losing the pre-existing data. Maybe counter-intuitively, using the “add storage” option in the vmware configuration page … Continue reading Tip: Adding pre-existing storage to VMWare ESXi

IBM Systems Director : Lessons Learned

Posted on by David Vassallo

Two points regarding installing IBM Systems director: 1. On a fresh install of windows server 2008, the IBM systems director will ask to upgrade the windows installer version, and will prompt you to manually run an upgrade program from the install directory. However when attempting to run the program, we were presented with the error: … Continue reading IBM Systems Director : Lessons Learned