15Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

How to Install IBM x3850 X5 Intel 82576 and 82580 Gigabit Ethernet Controller on VMware ESXi 4x and ESX 4x

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The IBM x3850 X5 server is a nice machine. This particular IBM x3850 X5 came with IBM I340-T4 Network Adapters, however they weren't being detected by VMware ESXi 4x. The NICs are supported by vmware but drivers aren't included by default on the ESXi media. You need to manually download the driver packages from VMWare, and inject the driver into ESXi/ESX in order to utilize the NICs. These NICs can be ordered with any IBM System x Server, so you can run into this issue on anything from an IBM x3250 through to an IBM x3950. Driver Install Process: 1- Download the ESX/ESXi 4.x Driver CD for Intel 82576 and 82580 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Then, mount the ISO, extract the driver bundle from the " offline-bundle " folder. 2- Upload " INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-2.1.10.2-offline_bundle-268793.zip…
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08Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

How to Install VMware vCenter Server 5.1 U1 with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2012

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it’s possible to install vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012. Also a Microsoft SQL 2012 is supported as an external database. Since the vSphere 5.1, the architecture of vCenter has changed and another database is present – SSO (single sign on database). So there are three databases for vCenter: VMware vSphere 5.1 Single Sign-On VMware vSphere vCenter server VMware Update Manager All those database can be installed on a separate Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (this post) or on the same VM as vCenter server. SQL 2008R2 Express is still the database which is bundled with the VMware vSphere. VMware vCenter Server VM requirements: 64-bit system DSN to connect to its database I recommend getting the latest patches from Microsoft before going further.
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