Category: vmware

Generating a new SID in windows server 2008 R2

Dale ScrivenLeave a Comment on Generating a new SID in windows server 2008 R2

A lot of people use the newsid tool to generate new sids for servers this unfortunately does not work so well with server 2008 and can produce some stunning results if you try and use it in R2 (hint it wont boot afterwards). However you can create a newsid with sysprep, which is installed by default with server 2k8. Click Start/Run
Type sysprep into the box and hit enter
it will direct you to thRead More…

Minimum partition size requirements for ESX ESXi 4.1

Dale ScrivenLeave a Comment on Minimum partition size requirements for ESX ESXi 4.1

Hello.   I thought I’d whip up a quick table to show the minimum recommended partition sizes for ESX/i 4.1 and just a brief overview of what each is about. /Boot
Ext3
1100MB /
Ext3
5GB None
Swap
600MB None
VMFS-3
Variable None
VMFS-3
1.2GB None
VMKCORE
100MB /Var/Log
Ext3
2GB the /Boot location is where all the files are stored in order for it to (your way ahead of me hereRead More…