Fix resolution for VMware Fusion Unity This is for VMware Fusion version 7.1 however it might work *not tested with other versions. I’m just doing a quick write up about how to fix the annoying resolution problem when running applications in Unity on VMware Fusion. This issue just keeps coming back (after installing VMware Fusion)… Read more »
VMware Creating RDMs from Locally Attached SATA Disks
I recently had to connect two 4TB sata disks to a server to provide some raw storage to the network. Going on past experiences I didn’t want to virtualise the disks but rather present them to the virtual machine guest as a raw device mapping (RDM). You will need a separate datastore that is separate… Read more »
Enable SNMP Traps on a VMware ESX 5.1 + Physical Host
I reinstalled my VMware ESX servers the other month and haven’t got around to setting the SNMP traps back up for Observium to use so I thought I’d make a quick article to show how it is done (as I had to look it up again). 1. Log into the console or shell to the… Read more »
Automatically Reboot VMware ESX Host after Purple Screen of Death (PSOD)
The default and recommended setting is to leave the purple screen of death up to help you notice that the host has died and also leave the PSOD up to help troubleshoot the issue because on reboot you can loose your logs. 1. Shell (SSH) into the physical host or access the host directly… Read more »
Install VMTools for Ubuntu or Debian using Bash Scripts
If you are looking to install VMware VMTools on multiple Ubuntu or Debian Linux servers and don’t feel like typing commands all day then you can run this bash script to install it automatically so long as you are willing to accept all defaults. 1. Mount VMtools 2. Create script folder mkdir -p /scripts 3…. Read more »