Change the default port if needed when sharing VMs in VMware Workstation 8 You might run into an issue. A possible conflict when using VMware Workstation on the same computer as Microsoft’s IIS, where IIS might be not starting properly in case configured to run https on port 443. This port is by default used […]
Install Linux Mint in VMware Workstation – easy way to test other OSs on your desktop
How-to install Linux Mint in VMware Workstation. VMware Workstation 8 which has been released recently has brought many improvements the way of working with VMs. With the direct ESXi/vCenter connection is now possible with a single pane glass manage your datacenter VMs and at the same time prepare/install another system on your desktop. I have published […]
Start-up several VMs one after another – VMware Workstation Tip
Want to start-up several VMs one after another? Read on. The new version of VMware Workstation has dropped Teams functionality. By using the Teams, one could configure the delay, when each VM in that team started after the previous one. I posted about the teams functionality in my article here. But the feature of powering on […]
VMware Workstation 8.0.1 Released
VMware Workstation 8.0.1 update has been released. In the new Free update for VMware Workstation 8.0 users, there are some enhancements and performance improvements. I reported on some detailed new features in the VMware Workstation 8 in my post here. In case you’re interested in testing other Hypervisors, like Hyper-V, you can follow this post where […]
How to activate the battery reporting level inside of a VM while working in Full Screen Mode
VMware Workstation 8 enables you to report the battery level inside of your VM while working in Full Screen Mode. VMware Workstation 8 is a piece of software I can’t stop working with. In fact since the release of the version 8 of the software, the tool has changed and gives the possibilities to manage […]
How-to Convert Teams created in earlier version of VMware Workstation
How to Convert VMware Workstation Teams from earlier version of Workstation. I just stumbled on this by browsing the Online documentation of VMware Workstation 8. For those of you who were using Teams (or still using), it’s good to know that it’s possible to convert them into new version of VMware Workstation after you upgrade […]
How to install Hyper-V in VMware Workstation
How I’m using VMware Workstation 8 to accomplish my daily tasks. VMware Workstation 8 went live few weeks ago. Since then I haven’t stopped to play with the software. I already wrote about the new features in detail in this article: VMware Workstation 8 – new features detailed. Update: you might want to check my […]
VMware Workstation 8 new features detailed
New Features of VMware Workstation 8 detailed. VMware Workstation 8 has been installed on my laptop the day it went out and since then, I find that I need to less juggle between the VMware vSphere client and VMware Workstation 8, since I’m connecting directly to my lab datacenter or at the datacenter at work directly […]
Installation of VMware ESXi 5 inside of VMware Workstation 8
My video showing the installation steps on how to install VMware ESXi 5 inside of VMware Workstation 8. Why would one want to run nested ESXi 5? Because of the flexibility of such a solution. You can add more NICs to your “virtual ESXi”, more storage (just add another hard disk…), and more. For testing this […]
Playing with Workstation 8 and Windows 8 tech preview
I installed a new VM of Windows 8 inside of my VMware Workstation 8 I thought that I’d share my experience of running Windows 8 (tech preview release) as a VM in my freshly installed VMware Workstation 8. In fact no tweaks are necessary. I just selected Windows 7 as a model and pointed it […]