Date Start Time Stop Time Title
1/12/2011 9:00 10:00 Hardware Installation
1/12/2011 10:00 11:30 Software Installation
1/17/2011 9:10 11:00 Hypervisor test install
1/17/2011 12:00 13:30 vCenter
1/19/2011 8:45 9:15 First Meeting
1/19/2011 9:30 11:00 Second Workstation
1/24/2011 12:00 13:00 Software Installation
Software Installation
1/24/2011 13:00 14:00 /
Hardware Upgrade
1/24/2011 14:00 15:00 Software Configuration
1/26/2011 8:00 10:00 Vmware Research
1/26/2011 10:00 11:00 vCenter Server Reinstallation
1/31/2011 12:00 1:30 Server diagnostics
1/31/2011 1:30 2:50 vCenter Server Configuration
2/2/2011 8:00 9:30 Hardware Upgrade
2/2/2011 9:30 10:50 Server diagnostics
7/2/2011 8:00 10:50 User access Testing
9/2/2011 12:00 2:50 Sponsor Meeting
14/2/2011 8:00 10:50 ESX virtual machine configuration
Continued ESX Virtual Machine
16/2/2011 12:00 2:50
Configuration
28/2/2011 8:00 10:50 Virtual machine importing
2/3/2011 12:00 2:50 Manual
Second ESX Server Planning and
7/3/2011 8:00 10:50
installation attempt
Router problems and ESX
9/3/2011 12:00 2:50
installation
Drafted a Physical Configuration
14/3/2011 8:00 2:50
Diagram and ESX installation
16/3/2011 12:00 2:50 Raid Card and SSD Installation
21/3/2011 8:00 2:50 Installed Openfiler
23/3/2011 12:00 2:50 Network Diagram
27/3/2011 12:00 1:30 Software Router attempted install
28/3/2011 8:00 10:50 Group meeting
Description Lessons Learned Assisted
Installed physical hardware: Hp DL385 Server, 1 Dell Vostro 220
workstation, 4 port KVM switch, 8 plug 1500wa UPS, 8 port gigabit N/A N/A
switch, monitor, peripherals
Installed windows 7 on workstation, installed updates, etc.
Installed LogMeIn Remote Management software N/A N/A
Installed Dropbox Cloud storage software
Configured raid 5 through raid controller BIOS
Installed VMWARE ESX vSphere on hp server ESX is linux based N/A
Installed the Vmware vCenter client on the Dell workstation Static IP
Connected to ESX server and configured. unavailable in Bryan
Helped Bryan configure iLo on HP server. room
Met with Colin and Jason, Discussed state of project and
Meeting Etiquette
state of journals. N/A
is important
Signed out and installed second identical Dell Vostro
Workstation. Installed Windows 7 on second dell workstation. N/A N/A
Reinstalled Vmware ESXI on HP Server. Installed server 2008 on
Sukhdeep
second workstation. Helped Bryan install Vmware workstation and a N/A
Bryan
server 2008 VM on First workstation.
Added 500gb sata drive to second workstation. Helped
Sukhdeep install Xen Server on second workstation & hyper-v on N/A Sukhdeep
second workstation.
Tweaked chkconfig in ESX server to enable the ESX Webaccess
Sukhdeep
vmware-webAccess service in the hypervisor. Helped Bryan not enabled by
Bryan
and Sukhdeep install vCenter server in the server 2k8 VM. default
Read first 2 chapters of INSERT NAME HERE. Layed out a feature list Vsphere and
so that we can compare required features to client Vcenter server are N/A
requests. one suite
Installed Server 2K8 VM on first workstation with a valid enterprise SQL requires fully
key from MSDN. Installed vCenter server and vmware tools on newly liscenced and N/A
installed VM. activated S2k8
Attempted to fix hang on boot problem with hp diagnostic CD by re-
seating the ram (as per Dylan Saunder's reccomendation). No N/A N/A
improvement. Will contact Dylan.
Installed vCenter Server and MS SQL server 2005 on S2k8 VM using vCenter Server
the default settings. Set up a new datacenter and connected to the Requires a SQL N/A
ESX server. database
Received 4x2gb ram modules from Colin. Installed and
troubleshooted ram installation. Ran built in hardware diagnostic on RAM Port 2 is faulty N/A
system ram. Total ram now 16GB.
Successfully diagnosed that the installed dvd drive in the server was
Built-in dvd drive is
faulty. Managed to boot the HP startsmart software off of a USB N/A
faulty
CD/DVD drive. Started hardware burn-in.
Tried testing user access using vcenter server, didn’t recognise added
vCenter user access
windows users, need to set up proper AD. N/A
requires AD users
Sponsor meeting with Colin and Jason. Continued User access testing Meeting minutes
Sukhdeep
using linux users in the ESX server service console. need to be
Bryan
submitted quickly
Attempled to install windows 7 virtual machine on ESX server from Drive needs to be
laptop using vsphere client. Unable due to drive mounting confusion. mounted in a N/A
specific way
Discovered the proper procedure for mounting a dvd iso from
Provided vram
another computer. Successfully installed windows 7. installed N/A
(4mb) inadequate
Vmware tools and set video settings for smooth operation.
READING WEEK
Imported and tested several virtual machines from local storage on Importing functions
laptops. Machines included xp, ubuntu, and windows 7 through Sukhdeep
workstation
Created manual on how to install/upload a virtual machine into ESX.
Began work on ESX installation manual. N/A N/A
Planned a second ESX server in order to facilitate vMotion and fault Mobo NIC
talerance. Tried installing ESX on secondary Workstation with no incompatable with N/A
luck. ESX
Consumer router no longer functioning properly. Bypassing in favour
Consumer Routers
of direct access to sait network. Ordered a compatable NIC for N/A
are unreliable
workstation.
Drafted a diagram describing the proposed final physical
Sukhdeep
configuration of the project. As well as Installed the New NIC and N/A
Bryan
completed the ESX installation.
Signed out and installed a third workstation with 3 64 gb SSD's for
SSD's in raid 0 are
use as a SAN raid, then installed server 2008r2 as an ISCSI target. N/A
fast!
Decided that 2008 was incompatable with the plans, successfully
Openfiler is widely
installed linux Openfiler as a SAN with a software raid array. N/A
compatable
Configured an iscsi target to talk with ESX.
Created a network diagram describing the proposed layout of the
Sukhdeep
networking components in the project. Also completed iscsi N/A
Bryan
connection between the SAN and ESX.
Attempted to install Vyatta, a software based ios-like router for an
Hardware still beats
ESX virtual machine. Unsuccessful N/A
software
Group meeting discussing project direction and priorities. Assigned do not try to
Sukhdeep
TCO calculations to me. Attempted to set static Ips to all devices on manually configure
Bryan
network, failed with ESX server 2, had to reset. vswif
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