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The KB article says that routed ICMP requests will be responded to from the same VMKernel that received them. There isn't anything by default in ESXi 6's Security profile to block ICMP. Since imsuchageek has said that blocking ICMP on the routers between the subnets isn't an option due to...

If you have tech support that can't identify a host a VM is running on you either haven't given them the right permissions, or the right training. Or failing those two, you don't have the right tech support.

+1 for KeePass

Id suggest finding out the exact reason why WSUS is an issue? I've got it running between 5 sites, one of which is heavily fire-walled, and 3 of the sites or on slow links, and it just works. As cyclone says, it's free.

In case it helps, this is VMware's update process guide for vSphere 6 : http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2109760

VMWare Converter can be used to "convert" VMs as well as physical servers

Don't forget that it only does those stages if VMTools is installed on the VM. If it doesn't, then the hypervisor goes straight for "I own your RAM"

Because..... Did adding the DNS forwarders fix the issue for you? If not, you mention you have multiple sites, are they all connecting through the same gateway to the internet, or do they have their own gateways?

Have you checked for any Group Policy's that are pushing WSUS settings out? I'd suggest getting the Windows update issue fixed before worrying about a random DNS glitch...

I had a similar issue at the start of last year (Literally New Years Day 2014) with E1000 and ESXi 5.5. My fix was to go with VMXNET3s. Not quite the same as the issue you are experiencing, but it's worth considering that VMXNETs are designed for VMs whereas the E1000 are emulating legacy...

You shouldn't need to install them. I believe they were rolled up as part of 5.5 U1c.

Have you tried limiting the age of records kept by vCenter from vCenter? Administration > vCenter Server Settings > Database Retention Policy, and turn on the retention limits

RAID 1 with Hot Spare would be three disks - Depends how paranoid you are about disk failure really

It's designed to be a replacement for the shared storage requirement for VMs. It's not a full blown SAN.

You can script vSwitch creation using PowerCLI - I do it to automate the set up of new ESXi hosts - With the more recent versions of PowerCLI you can setup DVS too

Short of hacking the crap of out windows, or installing something that buggers about with Windows session concurrency, Microsoft desktop class OS's dont support concurrent user sessions. After all, why would you want some one else using your desktop or laptop at the same time you are? That's...

Happy, The vast majority of home routers do not allow the type of exploit you are describing. For this to work, the admin interface of the router would have to be on the WAN (Internet for simplicitys sakes) side, and frankly, no one makes routers configured like that by default. Yes, there are...

Full Disk Encryption - Instead of encrypting just a single file or folder, you encrypt the entire drive. You then have to authenticate via passphrase or token of some kind at boot time to unlock the drive.

It didn't encrypt if you said you didn't want others to see your stuff - just applied permissions so that you or a system admin could get to your stuff To enable the delayed recycle bin....sorry... Encrypted File System you have make a few positive actions to turn it on

Hubs send all received out of all ports. Switches only do that on broadcast, and then only rarely, unless you have something screwed up or multi-casting the internet....

Jay, Seriously, Talk to HR or Quit - Your "manager" is going to drive you nuts!!

Hi All, I've ended up going with pfSense and installing the postfix forwarder package - Only got it installed last night, so not had a chance to play fully yet Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions! :)

Now that I like! It makes a valid point and I do accept it! If this was a production system, then yeah everything that's been said is completly valid and I would be taking a totally different path... However, this is my home network, and my personal email domains, so im just taking to...

Yeah, hmailserver has been mentioned already, and I have used it in the past and like it, and I apreciate it being pointed out again - but I wanted to try a different angle that utilised the hardware that I have with out drinking watts of power by running my VM lab 24/7

Yeah, it's not Exchange - It's basically smtp on Synology boxes. It's not the synology im concerned with directly, Im looking for someway to split the mail as it hits the network (preferably at the main firewall so i don't have to bring up any additional boxes (vm or otherwise), again that's...

Cool, thank you guys - Ill go and have a look at endian and untagle

Ok, cool, that looks like its hosting two separate mail domains on the same box using alias - However I want to use two separate boxes to do this. From what you guys are saying i would need to have some kind of spam appliance to do this; mail relay from one box to another; host both domains on...

Yeah, I've used hmailserver before, and I like it - But im trying to keep my power usage down (My VM lab isn't particularly energy efficient), and since I have these synology devices i want to use them really

I'll have a look and see if the mail servers support that - but they are fairly simple devices (Synology boxes) Assuming that they don't support it, what other options do I have? Taking in mind that I don't have a spam appliance. I'm looking, hopefully, for a firewall appliance that can do...

Afternoon All (Well it's afternoon to me anyway) I've been doing some googling and just can't find the answer that im looking for. Basically my problem is this: I have multiple email domains (eg domain1.co.uk, domain2.co.uk), but only one internet connection. What I am wanting to do is...

Looks like Openfire and Spark is what i'm going to be leaning towards. Thanks for the suggestions :)

Hi peeps, I'm looking to try and implement a LAN instant message system at my place of work to replace the current incarnation. I'm looking to try and avoid the whole Microsoft LCS thing, and was hoping that some peeps could give me a direction to look in that doesn't involve $$$$$$ (or at...

I was looking for something a little quicker then just leaving Windows to its own thing ;)

Here's a odd request for you peeps. I'm looking at doing some testing that involves login and logout times in comparision to various states of file fragmentation on a harddrive. The OS in question is Windows XP. Now my question is this: Does anyone know of a tool that allows you to...

Does your Wireless router support Wireless Isolation? If so that may be a option consider...

Another solution would be to RDP to 1 machine in the network and then bouce to the others from that machine. I little slower, but somewhat more secure then having all your machines internet facing all of a sudden

I would suggest that you speak to your Campus IT staff for advice on this one...

Is there a reason you need to use the USB Key if you have a working boot floppy? Or another possibility would be a boot cd? Is the SATA drive already formatted with some form of partition and filesystem? if it is and has C: allocated already, the USB Key might be overruling those settings as...

Click Start > Run. Type CMD and press enter In the command prompt window, type ping www.google.com -n 100 and press enter Pay attention to the number of dropped packets you get and the ping response time Also, If you can get to some websites and not others, your DNS cache might be corrupt -...

LOL - Thought it might be - I hate wireless bridge's - Suppose I had better do some more reading on the subject...;)