Enable Jumbo Frames for VMware vSphere ESXi 4.x

Enable Jumbo Frames for VMware vSphere ESXi 4.x

Credit goes to Marc Kean:


1.    Logon to the vSphere client > Inventory > Configuration > Networking > You will most likely have one Virtual Switch already configured. The aim here is to add Jumbo Frames to a new VMkernel Port by adding a new VMkernel port with Jumbo Frames.

HyperV and Windows Backup

There's a registry hack that will also enable windows backup...

From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662:

To register the Hyper-V VSS writer with Windows Server Backup, follow these steps:

1.    Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

2.    Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\

Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Make VMware Virtual NICs part of an "identified network" to avoid firewall issues on running VMs

Make VMware Virtual NICs part of an "identified network" to avoid firewall issues on running VMs

When you add VMware workstation or viewer to a Windows 7 machine you will notice that this causes extra information to be carried in the "bubble" that appears when you over over the network icon.

You can make the extra virtual network cards part of an "identified network" to avoid this issue.

Using a Netgear ReadyNAS as a datastore for ESX/I

Using a Netgear ReadyNAS as a datastore for ESX/I

There are two methods of connecting the ReadyNAS via ESX to use as a datastore. First, we are going to show how-to using the NFS protocol. Then, will we show connecting via iSCSI as well.

Method 1 : ReadyNAS NFS share as a Datastore
Method 2 : ReadyNAS iSCSI target as a Datastore

Folder redirection and Group Policy for Server 2003

This article discusses the Folder Redirection feature and how it can be used, particularly by administrators.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server have a feature that can redirect specific user folders to server locations by using a Group Policy extension called Folder Redirection. By default, the Folder Redirection feature enables the user to have exclusive access to the redirected folder.

Many administrators want the Folder Redirection feature to enable a user's folders to be automatically redirected to a newly created folder for each user, but, at the same time, to have the Administrators group automatically added to the NTFS file system's access control list (ACL).