A virtual machine with disk sized 256 GB stored on VMFS with 1MB block size fails to snapshot because of the additional overhead required for the delta files. Though the maximum file size for a 1MB block size is 256GB – 512, creating a vmfsSparse (delta) disk requires additional overhead space about 2GB. The resulting delta has potential to grow beyond the file system limit
Veeam Backup & Replication 4.0 is the first enterprise-ready solution that combines backup and replication in a single product for fast recovery of your VMware ESX servers. Backup is easy, but recovery can be hard and thats when the clock is ticking loudest. But with Veeam Backup & Replication, fast recovery is easier than you ever thought possible
Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4.0 Data Protection Platform (DPP) is the market-leading backup, recovery and backup management solution for virtual environments. The 4.0 release is the next generation of vRanger Pro which features a completely redesigned architecture, including plug-n-play modularity and a service-based architecture
VMware Go is a free web-based service that will enable SMB customers to fly through the ESXi setup process with just a few mouse clicks
VMware Studio 2.0 helps author, configure, deploy and customize vApps and virtual appliances. vApps support the industry standard Open Virtualization Format (OVF). vApps can be deployed on VMware vSphere 4.0 or in the cloud. vCenter Server 4.0 now supports creating and running vApps, as well as importing and exporting them in compliance with OVF 1.0 standard
If you have implemented HA in VC 4.0 and your Service Console Port(s) or Management Network IP address(s) utilize Class A addresses ( for example IP@ 91.0.0.0 ), please check KB 1013013. A patch for this issue is available on this site
If you are planning to use ESX/ESXi 4.0 with RAID controllers using aacraid, megaraid2 and megaraid_sas drivers with attached local storage, we highly recommend that you install the patch recommended in KB 1012794 to avoid possible data corruption
To enable SSH on vSphere 4i is always important and helpful when you require to troubleshoot any problem. The way to get this done should similar as esx 3i
1. First, you press Alt + F1 then type unsupported and press enter
2. You will see the prompt for password after this. Key in the root password you had previously configure, and you will be able to log in to the service console
3. Follow by that, do a vi /etc/inetd.conf and look for #ssh. Remove the # and save the file after this
4.Go to /sbin, and run this command ./services.sh restart
the largest LUN that should be presented to an VMware vSphere 4 host is 2TB – 512B = 4294967295 blocks ( 512B per block ) because 4294967295 is 0xFFFFFFFF in a 32bit field
