Random bits of knowledge gathered over the years. Mostly IT related, but recipes etc will do, too. https://dynamic.bubbakraut.com/virtualization 2021-01-14T10:19:48+01:00 BubbaKraut.com admin@bubbakraut.com Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2011-11-09T10:14:55+01:00 2011-11-09T10:14:55+01:00 https://dynamic.bubbakraut.com/virtualization/28-vmware-paravirtual-scsi-pvscsi-adapter-on-windows-7 Sven Jambor admin@bubbakraut.com

<p>Great stuff: utilize the power of your SAN and have ESX(i) churn a lot less at the same time when your VDI boxes use their disks. Sounds good? It is. But: Microsoft doesn't provide us with a driver for the VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter when booting from the install DVD. So - what now?</p>

<p>Great stuff: utilize the power of your SAN and have ESX(i) churn a lot less at the same time when your VDI boxes use their disks. Sounds good? It is. But: Microsoft doesn't provide us with a driver for the VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter when booting from the install DVD. So - what now?</p> 2011-10-05T11:08:43+02:00 2011-10-05T11:08:43+02:00 https://dynamic.bubbakraut.com/virtualization/24-adding-a-virtual-disk-to-a-linux-guest-vm Sven Jambor admin@bubbakraut.com

<p>Most modern virtualization software lets you add a disk (and hence: disk space!) to your virtual machines while the machine is powered on. That's great - but then the VM's operating system needs to be able to do something with it.</p> <p>In Linux, that can be quite a chore. Especially if the disk running out of space is your / partition.... In this article, I'll show you what to do about that. And no, it's not scary. Almost.</p>

<p>Most modern virtualization software lets you add a disk (and hence: disk space!) to your virtual machines while the machine is powered on. That's great - but then the VM's operating system needs to be able to do something with it.</p> <p>In Linux, that can be quite a chore. Especially if the disk running out of space is your / partition.... In this article, I'll show you what to do about that. And no, it's not scary. Almost.</p> 2011-06-02T21:19:06+02:00 2011-06-02T21:19:06+02:00 https://dynamic.bubbakraut.com/virtualization/21-shrinking-a-vmdk Sven Jambor admin@bubbakraut.com

<p>Resizing a disk in VMWare vSphere (or ESX 4i, for that matter) is a piece of cake - at least, when it comes to increasing diskspace for a VM. All you do is change the VM's settings, run a tool like Diskpart (if you're using Windows in your VM) - and you're set.</p> <p>But - what about shrinking it? Now that's a whole different ballgame. Especially if the VM is running Windows Server 2008 R2 - and you want to resize its boot disk... with it's "interesting" disk layout...<br />

<p>Resizing a disk in VMWare vSphere (or ESX 4i, for that matter) is a piece of cake - at least, when it comes to increasing diskspace for a VM. All you do is change the VM's settings, run a tool like Diskpart (if you're using Windows in your VM) - and you're set.</p> <p>But - what about shrinking it? Now that's a whole different ballgame. Especially if the VM is running Windows Server 2008 R2 - and you want to resize its boot disk... with it's "interesting" disk layout...<br /> 2011-06-02T20:49:30+02:00 2011-06-02T20:49:30+02:00 https://dynamic.bubbakraut.com/virtualization/20-oops-my-vm-is-stuck Sven Jambor admin@bubbakraut.com

<p>One of the drawbacks of a virtual machine is... that it does not have a power plug! So you can't, after all else failed, pull the plug to get it to turn off.</p> <p>So what do you do if you "Reset" a virtual machine in VMWare ESXi and it gets stuck at 95% of doing so? Wait - right? But what if it's still sitting there being stuck a few hours later? Then you begin to panic. Especially if said VM is the one running your vCenter...

<p>One of the drawbacks of a virtual machine is... that it does not have a power plug! So you can't, after all else failed, pull the plug to get it to turn off.</p> <p>So what do you do if you "Reset" a virtual machine in VMWare ESXi and it gets stuck at 95% of doing so? Wait - right? But what if it's still sitting there being stuck a few hours later? Then you begin to panic. Especially if said VM is the one running your vCenter...