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Hard drive crash during P2V conversion ends happily, eventually.

mike — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:59:25 +0000

I was doing a P2V conversion of my laptop many months ago, a Dell D800, into an ESX 3.5 virtual machine. The drive was 60GB was partitioned into two logical drives and all seemed to be going...

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How to install VMware tools for Turnkey Linux Ubuntu Appliances like Drupal

mike — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:13:43 +0000

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 an article on...

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST

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

Virtual Lefthand cluster within a physical vSphere 4 SANMelody cluster

mike — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:44:39 +0000

I set up a test environment way back to be able to test the higher-end features of VMware vSphere 4 as well as ESX 3.5. By setting up a physical level cluster for the ESX hosts themselves, I was...

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Hardware and firmware requirements for 64bit guest operating systems

mike — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:24:22 +0000

Originally posted on the VMware site here.

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vSphere Client RDP Plug-in

mike — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:13:28 +0000

I like to find useful tools to help in the vSphere 4 world and one such tool is the vSphere Client RDP Plug-in from the guys over at xtravirt: ...

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VMware Partner Exchange

mike — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:21:09 +0000

Looking forward to the PartnerExchange at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas Feb 8 - 11, 2010! Register and Info

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

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

Windows 2008 Clustering validation test fails IP config

mike — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:53:14 +0000

While setting up 2008 Clustering on vSphere I 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...

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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.
ESX4 host won't update using vSphere Update Manager
Why it happens and how to solve it.

ESX4 host won't update using vSphere Update Manager

mike — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:57:44 +0000

I orignally posted this to VMWare communites at: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1401012#1401012 I'm trying to do the initial updates on an ESX4 host using Update Manger.

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Multi-threaded or virtual? Press any key to continue

mike — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:38:38 +0000

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 becoming multi-threaded creatures in a virtual...

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Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Perfection
Perfection from the final episode of Battlestar Galactica Its about those moments when you can feel the perfection of creation.

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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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.

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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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

Generate a Visio map of your VMWare network using PowerGUI automatically

mike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:48:52 +0000

*Updated* 16 Oct 2009 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...

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

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