HP vPV YouTube videos

Virtualization Performance Viewer (vPV) Overview | HP	http://youtu.be/YDb5_bNwhms
HP vPV - Quickly identify performance bottlenecks in virtualized environment	http://youtu.be/fnBK7VMLjd8
HP vPV - One tool; Many environments - Vendor neutral design	http://youtu.be/fu7_Wlq3BdM
HP vPV - Perform rapid triage analysis and troubleshoot problems in virtualized environment using the workbench	http://youtu.be/hSAtSHGUfgY
HP vPV - Advanced performance troubleshooting using Real Time Guest OS Drilldown	http://youtu.be/xnuOb07A3Sk
HP vPV - Discover means to optimize & right size the virtualized environment	http://youtu.be/G56oafzOr9o
HP vPV - VM placement recommendations for new virtual machines	http://youtu.be/0rEKal0H870
HP vPV - Using vPV to resolve performance problems in OpenStack environment	http://youtu.be/Mdne06aABp8
HP vPV - An overview of out-of-the-box reports offered by vPV	http://youtu.be/UCjtSIFshAI
HP vPV - Getting started with vPV	http://youtu.be/wYnmA_DuBKk
HP vPV - Detect and resolve performance anomalies using alerts	http://youtu.be/IMEpeIVaIbg
HP vPV - Capacity planning made easy with utilization forecast	http://youtu.be/wg-_zeKTP6I
HP vPV - Integrated capacity planning and provisioning in virtual datacenters	http://youtu.be/qodmrrKVua8
HP vPV - Improve the operational efficiency of the virtual infrastructure in the cloud	http://youtu.be/v3MKOiI8B7E
HP vPV - Capacity planning through what-if modelling and analysis	http://youtu.be/TpCa_K3we6s

Note: All vPV videos are now listed in this YouTube Playlist.

Using VMware vSphere Client to connect to VMware Server

In Jan 2009 I created an article on How to use the Virtual Infrastructure Client to connect to VMware Server 2.0

Today, I hade another challenge where I want to use the latest client tool which is VMware vSphere Client to connect to an VMware Server it will give you the error below

 

"The required client support files cannot be retrieved from the server"
"The login process will now exit"
"Details: The server could not interpret the client's request. (404 not found)"

Solution was found in this link http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/accessing-vmware-server-2-with-vsphere-client-the-unsupported-way.html and simply download a rar file Here's a link expand the contents in the “Virtual Infrastructure Client” folder in Program files folder and rerun the tool it will work perfectly.

Note: This is not supported by VMware.

Merge 2GB VMDK files to one single VMDK file

sometimes when we create Virtual machine inside vmware application we might select create the split virtual disk to multiple files in 2 GB files, this is to enhance the copying process and mainly for storing the VM in File systems that does not support creating larger files.

If we need to convert it back to be a single file; there is a tool called vmware-vdiskmanager.exe can be used to manipulate virtual disk, this tool can be used to convert theses file to be single file by using the below command.

vmware-vdiskmanager.exe –r thefirstfile.vmdk –t 0 singlefile.vmdk

• Source file thefirstfile.vmdk is the selected in the image below

screenshot of the command: