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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Subscribe via RSS →ONYX - Go forth and PowerCLI'ze!
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 …
Yep I passed! - My VCDX Admin Exam
On October 26th, I sat the VCDX Administration Exam. Today I received notification that I passed. Now if you were following me on Twitter then you would have seen that I was not at all happy with the …
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 …
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 …
VCP 410 Second Shot
VMware will allow for those who have failed their first attempt at the VCP 410 exam to go for a second shot - FREE OF CHARGE! It is a two part process. Enroll in the 2nd Shot Upgrade Program You …
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 …
How To Manage VMware Server 2.0.x ?
When VMware released the free product VMware Server 2.0.0 version, they decided to get rid of the Console client application. Was this a good thing? Some say no, some say that it was, personally - I …
Nehalem Processors Are Great
A client came to me a few months ago requesting help with a problem they had. They have a system that does some (I guess you can call it) grid computing. They were using 20 desktops with XP to compute …