Archive for the ‘VMware’ Category

VMware Server 2 on CentOS 5.4

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Well, I'm sure that there are many people that are running VMware Server 2 on CentOS 5. After all, it's one of the major Host OSes that VMware recognizes. Popularity notwithstanding, there is a major bug that can bring your VM screamer to a hault. CentOS 5.4 has a new glibc ...

VMware vSphere Client not working on Windows 7

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

UPDATE: vSphere Client supports Windows 7 as of vSphere 4.0 Update 1. If you aren't running vSphere 4 Update 1 or later, following the below will allow you to function until you are able to upgrade. Well, I finally took the plunge on my workstation and installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. ...

Guest VM Settings Migrator 1.0

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

If you have used VMware for any length of time, you have probably done a P2V(Physical to Virtual) conversion on a Windows server, to migrate that system into a virtualized environment. If you've got specific NIC settings - such as Static IP, DNS, etc. - those have to be ...

VMware Server 2 on Linux Host with Parallel Port Passthrough

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Not being too familiar with linux printing, I blindly assumed that as long as the parallel port worked in the Linux host OS, that parallel port passthrough would work just fine. So, I proceeded to add a virtual parallel port to my Windows VM running on VMware Server 2.0.1 under ...

VMware View Implementation Goes Well

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

It's nice when you get to finally see a lot of project pieces come together. I have been working with an insurance company for about three weeks now finishing up on a VMware View install and setup. Nice beefy intel servers, world-class Isilon storage, and a lot of planning in order ...

Ubuntu 8.10 and VMware Workstation 6.5 – Virtual Unity

Monday, November 17th, 2008

UPDATE: Read full post for the edit containing a much better alternative! I am loving the new VMware Workstation 6.5 with Unity mode(among other features) I hope to be rid of the need for a dedicated boot entry for Windows. If you haven't checked it out yet, Unity mode alows you ...

VMware Training in Raleigh

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Just flew in to Raleigh, NC today for the VMware Fast Track Training this week. I'm pretty excited to be able to participate in some 'official' education from VMware, and this will hopefully be a good week with plenty of valuable information to take home. My biggest fear is...