There is no support for serial and parallel ports on ESXi 4 host. I was trying to connect a modem device which communicates via serial port on one of ESXi hosts at customer sites the other day. But every time when I wanted to add a serial port to my VM, which was an Windows […]
VMware VMA – how to change default english keyboard
When you need to change the default keyboard language. VMware vMA is a Redhat entreprise Linux 5 prepackaged virtual appliance which helps you manage ESXi 4 installations. ESXi 4 is the hypervizor without the classic Service Console. VMware is trying to push more and more to this direction since the Sevice console is a potential […]
Maximum vSphere – a new book from Top Bloggers
In August probably there will be a new book available which from Eric Siebert. Eric, but also Simon Seagrave and Rich Brambley who participated on the book, will bring the best how-to tips on managing, installing, administering or making backups of your virtual infrastructure running under VMware vSphere 4. The book is entitled “Maximum vSphere: […]
Online storage, share, backup with Dropbox
Use Dropbox for syncing files between computers. There is a very popular online storage application called DropBox. What is it? It’s an online storage place, which provides you with 2 gigs of storage space for free where you can store your PDF documents, spreadsheets, RTF or jpegs… If you’re using several computers you can synchronise […]
Free For MAC users – WinX DVD ripper software to download
Another Freebie to download and use. This time for MAC. Even if I’m not a MAC user, at least not yet, one of my partners had informed me about this giveaway. I have a few friends with MAC, but for now I’m PC, especially that because in my professional career I have to deal the […]
My VCP welcome kit has finally arrived
Today I received long awaited VCP welcome kit. After several months of wait and doubt I finally received VMware VCP welcome kit. Inside of the envelope I found a VCP 4 certificate and a letter congrats signed from Paul Maritz. I went to South Africa for the VCP class and exam in November last year, […]
VMware Thinapp 4.5 with relink functionnality
New utility: Relink – upgrade packages in seconds without repackaging or rebuilding With a recent release of vmware Thinapps 4.5 there is a new functionality called relink. What is it? Using this utility, it is very easy to update all your ThinApp apps and (or) games to the latest ThinApp version. And so they work […]
Static MAC address set in VMware
How to maintain a the same MAC address all the time within your vSphere 4 installation. In VMware vSphere 4 environement, when you move your VM to another host or the VM has different path on the same host, the MAC adress of the VM is changed. If you want to guarantee that the same […]
VMware Patch process step by step video
VMware KB video showing patching of ESX Host. vSphere 4 Update Manager in action. If you never used VMware vSphere 4 update manager before, this video shows you how to get started and how to successfully apply a necessary security patches to your ESX host. The GUI interface seems to be difficult to understand, but […]
Rename VMDKs to avoid Backup conflicts
What if you end up with the same vmdk file name on different datastores? A simple case scenario that can happens: A single VM has several hard disk attached to it. The hard disk VMDK files are located on different datastores. When creating a new hard disk which location is on different datastore to a […]
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