Access Console in Linux Guest
Have you ever had the issue of wanting to go into the console of a Linux Virtual Machine that is running at RUNLEVEL 5 (GUI) - because you are one of those Linux geeks who think that GUI is for the …
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I have been waiting for this ever since it was announced at VMWorld 2009. Carter Shanklin just announced tonight! Been waiting to try “Project Onyx” the PowerCLI script generator for …
How To Bring Down A Single NIC In ESX?
I was installing a new ESX Host today, and before putting it into Production, I wanted to test that the Network Failover was working correctly. Now instead of going over to the server and pulling out …
Patching your ESXi Host – Without vCenter
VMware Update Manager is the Enterprise tool for Patching your ESX Hosts and for some also the tool used to patch your Windows / Linux Guests as well. This is all fine and dandy, but what is you do …
vSphere Client for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
VMware have released an official KB regarding the problem that we have all known about for ummm… how long is it already :) ? Cannot launch vSphere Client after installing in Windows 7 or …
A useful statistics tool
This is not a ESX or a virtualization tool but for those who are interested in tracking their blogging traffic. First thing is to install Google Analytics on your blog. I will not go into the details …
How VMware helps combat Viruses
I am not talking about a new Anti-virus solution or a new product, even though VMware does offer VMsafe for this exact purpose. Today I was hit with a very clever phishing attack. Details can be found …
How to create an exe package in Windows
A colleague (thanks Natan) of mine reminded me of a simple but not very well know feature that exists in Windows. We all download software from the Internet or install applications off a CD or some …
Veeam Monitor 4.5
Veeam have released a new version of their Free Monitoring product The following is a list of new features in the Veeam Monitor 4.5: Full Veeam Business View integration for business‐centric …
And I do use memory over-commit
One of the most ridiculous things that Microsoft are saying as of late is that the feature in vSphere that allows you to over commit memory, is not such a big thing and that most people do not use it …