Using ISOs to transfer files to Virtual Machines. [The EASY way!]
I love being able to use ISOs with my Virtual Machines. In addition to that, I love using LOCALLY stored ISOs from my laptop with Virtual Machines at…
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Annoying Security Warnings – Importing certificates in Vista
So you have connected to your VirtualCenter server or ESX host and got a big fat annoying Security Warning. Once or twice is fine but after a while…
Quick overview of a XenDesktop installation
Here are some screenshots compiled by Chris Hahn for a typical no nonsense installation of XenDesktop 2.1. Desktop Delivery Controller prerequisites: MS XML 6.0, Visual J# 2.0, .Net…
Is my Server 64 Bit Compatible?
While doing some recent beta testing (shhh), I realized that my lab is NOT 64 bit compatible. :( I will have to do some searching around to find…
Uploading and installing patches with the VI Client
Although most ESX patches are now done through VMware's Update Manager but occasionally we will need up manually patch an ESX host. Here is a quick way to…
Missing Health Status
Timely posting by Duncan over @ Yellow-Bricks.com saved me some time at a client today when after upgrading to Update 2, the Heath Status was MISSING! Read about…
Basic Hyper-V installation Screenshots
Here are some quick and dirty notes on installing Hyper-V on your Windows 2008 Server. In case you want to see it and haven't had the time to…
Upgrading ESX without Update Manager
Once in a while, you have to do a BIG update to ESX and Update Manager (as cool as it is) just won't help. You have to go…
P2V Linux boxes to VMware Virtual Machines
Here is a great write up by Chris Hahn. I also found some additional information on https://conshell.net/wiki/index.php/Linux_P2V Linux P2V procedure Required Software Red Hat / Fedora Linux CD1…