Linux CPU Hotplug in VMware

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Linux Memory Hotplug in VMware

Prerequisites: Memory Hotplugging is activated for the VM: VMware: Edit Settings -> Options -> Memory/CPU Hotplug -> Memory Hot Add Kernel module acpi_memhotplug is loaded Memory expansion: Raise assigned memory in the VM settings RAM has to be taken online in the VM. For this execute the script below cd /sys/devices/system/memory for i in memory*…

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Two days after release of vSphere 5.5 i have tried the upgrade of our vCenter and it was not a “Next-Next-Finish” thing. During the upgrade of the SSO service a rollback happens and the only thing i found in the logfiles was a cryptic error 1603. After a longer search i found a thread in…

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Ein Teilprojekt von Homeserver 2.0 war die Virtualisierung meines bestehenden Routers. Das externe Interface wollte ich direkt an die VM durchreichen, damit der Hauptrechner keinen externen Traffic sieht. Gut und schön, virt-manager gestartet und folgende Schritte durchgeführt: Beim Reboot der VM bekam ich dann einen Fehler: Connection reset by peer und auch der qemu Prozess…