A new version of the open source virtualization software Proxmox VE was released! Change log: New 2.6.32 kernel including OpenVZ support, based on latest Debian Squeeze Kernel Removed KSM (OpenVZ does not support KSM) DRBD tools: update to drbd 8.3.7 New KVM user-space tools (0.12.5) New OpenVZ user-space tools (vzctl …

We found the root cause for our PSOD. VMs with a VRAM setting higher then 30MB. VMware KB: 1011971 Workaround: – find all virtual machines with VRAM settings higher then 30MB – shutdown these VMs and reconfigure the VRAM settings (<30MB) - start VMs

Connect-VIServer -server VCENTER -User USER -Password PASSWORD $vms = Get-VM foreach ($vm in $vms) { $vmview = $vm | Get-View foreach ($device in $vmview.config.hardware.device) { if ($device.Key -eq 500){ $test = $device.DeviceInfo.Summary $result = $device.videoRamSizeInKB if ($result -cgt 30000){ $mb = $result/1024 …

I found the following side about the vCO. They have created a very good tutorial to create a simple self service workflow. I’m going to setup a vCO in the next days. After this I will create a self service workflow to request virtual reverse proxy appliances. www.vcoteam.info

I found a very good iphone app to manage a vmware environment. This app is called vmanage and is available for 2.39€ which is quite cheap. You have to configure your vCenter or ESXi server in the following way. Start testing … if you need a VPN connection start this first and after you have successfully opened the …

My HP Dl115 G5 is now running Proxmox VE. My first impression is that this is a quite good virtualisation plattform. I have created some virtual machines (OpenVZ using the templates and KVM using a Ubuntu 10.04 iso) which was really easy! In the next days I’m going to run some tests with different configurations. In …

Today I found the following link Proxmox. In the next days I’m going to install my HP ML115 G5 with Proxmox VE.