vSphere Enterprise. Want Plus with that?
So there were a bunch of unconfirmed plans last year (2009!) that VMware might be getting rid of the Enterprise edition of vSphere in favor of the more…
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The SVGA II driver can Freeze Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7.
Chris Hahn sent me over this note. The SVGA II driver installed by VMware Tools doesn't work with 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Console sessions will randomly lockup.…
Verifying Microsoft Exchange 2010 Support in VMware vSphere.
I recently had to find some support documentation for a colleague that verified if Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server running on Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 server would be a…
Scratching the Surface with VMware Data Recovery (vDR)
Finally got a chance to play with the vDR appliance a little more in depth at my last engagement. I have to say that I am pretty impressed. …
Do you have any Unmanaged VMware tools?
I’m used to seeing OK, Not Running and even {GASP} Out of Date but after upgrading to vSphere and trying out the vDR appliance, I was surprised to…
VCB and PowerPath compatibility Matrix
Recently a customer asked if VMware Consolidated Backup worked with PowerPath. After Googling around a bit, I came across this VMware KB article.https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007479It has a great matrix of…
vCenter Hardware Status Error – You do not have permission for this command. ; Broken Search
Ran into a Web Services error this week at a client that seems to be caused by the update to vCenter 4. After resolving the issue with Tech…
ESX 4.0 Agent Upgrade Check Overview
Due to a bug in the upgrade process for ESX4, (http://vcloudinfo.com/2009/11/alert-esx-40-to-40-update-1-can-cause.html), it is a good practice to verify if you have any 3rd party agents running in the…
Job Opportunity : Senior VMware/Citrix Engineer : 120k Base + 18% – 20% Bonus : NYC Area.
If the coming New Year is signaling a time for a new change and you're in the NYC area, you might want to check out this position. This…