Moving a VM from local storage to the SAN

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This is a way to move the VMDKs for a VM from local storage to the SAN. First you need to get your SAN hooked in, once you do this, SSH onto the box, under your vmfs directory you’ll find the directories (links) to the LUNs presented from your SAN. To move from /vmfs/volumes/storage1 to … Read more

Jerky Mouse Performance on VMWare Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2

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We are running on Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Standard R2, after installing VMWare Tools, the mouse performance is still annoyingly jerky. In Windows 2003 or XP just installing the VMWare Tools and setting the Troubleshooting “Hardware Acceleration” to “Full” fixes the problem. However in Windows 2008 Server R2 the driver picked up doesn’t seem to … Read more

Enable Jumbo Frames on Hardware ISCSI HBA vmhba

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If you need to use jumbo frames on your ISCSI you need to run this command from the command line of the ESX host: e.g. You’ll need to reboot to let the changes take effect. To verify run the below, which lists the current settings. http://www.vi-tips.com/2009/04/configuration-of-iscsi-in-vmware-vi3.html

Oracle TNS Listener Errors

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I recently had to resolve some TNS listener errors on a Oracle database server. It was Oracle 11g running on Microsoft Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2 32bit. Basically the problem was that the memory Oracle was using was hitting the 2gb ram limit in the 32bit user space. Adding the /3GB switch to the end … Read more