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James Dyson on Learning from failure
James Dyson gives his take on learning from failure. I actually came across one of these machines at Universal Studios.
Generate a Visio map of your VMWare network using PowerGUI
Mapping your network manually using Visio can be a time consuming affair on all but the smallest of networks. After going in-depth into many different articles already on the web, I decided to pull together the pieces I found and drop it into a list to make it easier for you to find and install also.Step 1: Download and install the
VMware tools for Turnkey Linux Ubuntu Appliances like Drupal
I'd been frustrated by the fact that I could never seem to get the VMware tools to install in my Turnkey Linux -Ubuntu based Drupal Appliance running on ESX. I finally came across this article on how to do it. By substituting a few key commands was able to make it work.I tested it successfully on both ESX 3.5u4 and ESXi
Windows 2008 Clustering validation test fails IP config
While setting up 2008 Clustering on vSphere came across an annoying error saying that I had a duplicate IP on what seemed to be an unknown Ethernet interface.After some poking around I managed to find a few articles that pointed me in the right direction. The problem is related to Teredo, which is an IPv6 Tunneling Protocol. It
ESX4 host won't update using vSphere Update Manager
Why it happens and how to solve it.
Multi-threaded or virtual? Press any key to continue
I've been aware of the trend of super multi-tasking for many years now, but today for some reason it just really begged for attention. We are ourselves are becoming multi-threaded creatures in a virtual world.When I was a kid it would drive my parents crazy for me to attempt to watch more than one TV show at a time.
Perfection
Perfection from the final episode of Battlestar Galactica Its about those moments when you can feel the perfection of creation.
Enable SSH on VMWare ESXi 4
I'm sure they had a good reason to bury this one :/My Veeam root access tool didn't work either. It was actively refused.1. Press ALT-F1 to access the main console.2. Type the word: unsupported (it won't echo so you can't see it)You will get the nice message:You have activated Tech Support Mode.The time and date of this activation
Update: Support for guest OS paravirtualization using VMware
Update: Support for guest OS paravirtualization using VMware VMI to be retired from new products in 2010-2011 - Update: Support for guest OS paravirtualization using VMware VMI to be retired from new products in 2010-2011
Dell Equal Logic SANs meet VMWare VSphere
I took two 2-day Dell Equal Logic courses last week. One was Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery/Auto-Snapshot Manager,the other was Integrating Dell Equal-Logic PS Series in VMWare Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 Workshop.
Recent blog posts
- How to install VMware tools for Turnkey Linux Ubuntu Appliances like Drupal
- Virtual Lefthand cluster within a physical vSphere 4 SANMelody cluster
- Hardware and firmware requirements for 64bit guest operating systems
- vSphere Client RDP Plug-in
- VMware Partner Exchange
- Windows 2008 Clustering validation test fails IP config
- ESX4 host won't update using vSphere Update Manager
- Multi-threaded or virtual? Press any key to continue
- Generate a Visio map of your VMWare network using PowerGUI automatically
- Enable SSH Root on VMWare ESXi 4

