Being that it is my job and my nature to keep systems running, I generally don’t upgrade OS’ quickly. Doing so introduces change which in turn breaks things. After performing an install of the latest version of Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 I found the performance to quite poor. After a quick Google search I found that … Read more
I have come across a few useful KB articles from VMware recently and thought I would stick them here for future reference. Installing ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 best practices If you are planning to or have recently deployed vCenter Server 4.1 or ESX(i) 4.1, this KB article from VMware may be of some … Read more
Starting seeing this on a few clients servers after a recent patch management cycle. It appears to be KB934525 that takes the blame here. After attempting a repair install on one of the systems I eventually found this buried at the bottom of some page that references KB934525. Your application event log will most likely … Read more
Attended my second VMware User Group Meeting (VMUG) today. The first meeting that I attended was held at the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s office a couple of month back. Today’s meeting was sponsored by Tech Data and held at their Clearwater, FL headquarters. First up was VMware which gave a presentation of upcoming features … Read more
See the following link for a more detailed understanding of ESXi 4.0 log directories and handling VMware ESXi 4 Log Files
For those that have never used crontab, it can be a daunting task to schedule a simple script. As with all things, I highly recommend that you learn the meanings of CLI programs and their usage etcetera. With that said, I wanted to check my crontab job against a generator of sorts just to be … Read more
The VDI marketplace has been heating up. VMware’s recent launch of View 4 seems to have sparked more interest overall. Microsoft has further cemented its partnership with Citrix to provide virtual desktops. Microsoft has also simplified (and reduced pricing) on using desktop OS in a virtual environment. Recent promotions by Citrix (and Microsoft) are geared … Read more
This falls under the category of Fun Apps. I recently installed GuessMyOS by Hyper9 (who make several virtualization management apps). This is a plugin for VI3 and vSphere4 client. GuessMyOS replaces the generic VM icons with OS-specific for Linux and Windows. Personally I like seeing the penguin. This is tied to the client so must … Read more