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ESXi Going Forward, Is It Really All Doom and Gloom?

Clement DeLarge — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:27:03 +0000

ESXi vs. ESX – warning, this is a rant! I recently participated in a discussion thread on LinkedIn in the VMware Certified Professionals group that got to be a little lively. In this discussion, outside of the original poster’s question, a side discussion began on ESXi vs. ESX and all the trouble that it [...]

Windows Home Server “Vail” Public Preview Installation Failure on vSphere

Clement DeLarge — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:14:25 +0000

I decided to sign up for Microsoft Connect and download the Windows Home Server “Vail” public preview and install it in my lab vSphere lab. I recently picked up an Iomega ix4-200 and had some extra space so I wanted to try to streaming media and backup functionality. After Windows (Server 2008 R2) installed, and the [...]

Enable Jumbo Frame Support in vSphere Using PowerCLI in 30 Seconds. :)

Clement DeLarge — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:12:20 +0000

This applies to virtual switches that have already been created. I was trying to do this earlier this evening and found a few articles that talked about various methods to enable jumbo frame support on a vSwitch. After reading some of the ‘hacks’ that are being used, I decided to dig into PowerCLI. Amazingly enough, the [...]

Creating an Activated Windows Server 2008 R2 VMware Template using Microsoft Sysprep

Clement DeLarge — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:28:47 +0000

I’ve been experimenting with creating a good Windows Server 2008 R2 template for VMware vSphere 4 and wondered just how many times Microsoft would allow an activation on the same MSDN license key (Multiple Activation) for the OS. I often deploy multiple servers at a time and am always fearful of activating since I don’t [...]

SSL Sniffing – How Safe Is Your Information?

Clement DeLarge — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:21:53 +0000

Some firewalls now have a new feature (or not so new), unbeknownst to most web users: The little lock in your browser that shows that you are using a secure connection is not what it used to be. When you make a secure connection to a web site, your bank for example, and you see the [...]

Team Foundation Server 2010 Installation Experiences and Lessons Learned

Clement DeLarge — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:01:38 +0000

Do it right the first time! There’s quite a few posts on Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) and how to install and configure it, as well as a really good CHM file from Microsoft on the same topics, so I won’t go through duplicating what everyone else has done and will link to one [...]

Creating and Managing a DNS Zone Using Windows Server + Quick DNS Primer

Clement DeLarge — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:01:49 +0000

This is a quick post, or maybe not so quick, just to illustrate how to create and add records to a DNS zone on your own Windows Server with the DNS role configured. This server can be a domain controller with DNS installed or just a DNS server, it doesn’t make any difference. A quick primer [...]

SQL Server 2008 Installer Fails on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Clement DeLarge — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:12:53 +0000

Have you tried rebooting? I ran across an issue on Windows Server 2008 R2 but also found the issue to happen on Windows 7 installations. Apparently this will be fixed in the R2 releases of SQL but since those aren’t available yet for the enterprise and similar versions, there’s a pretty simple fix. I found an article [...]

The iPad, to wreak havoc on current tech?

Clement DeLarge — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:24:17 +0000

Havoc \Hav"oc\, v. t. To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste. [1913 Webster] I’ve seen some really negative reviews on the iPad and it’s potential and feature set. I’ve talked to some friends about it, mostly PC users, that are less than thrilled with what the iPad has to offer. I can understand people potentially not [...]

VMware Tools Fail During Upgrade / Uninstall

Clement DeLarge — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:56:40 +0000

As I’ve upgraded my lab environment to vSphere over the weekend, I’ve been running across the occasional VM that fails to allow me to upgrade it’s VMware Tools. This seems to be predominantly happening with my Windows Server 2008 VMs. I’ve received various error messages including ‘can’t find vmware tools.msi’ looking at c:\windows\installers, and messages [...]