Training Lab simulator for vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT)
Nice little flash simulator for setting up a FT pair of VMs from the VMware Training Class. Enjoy…
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All Sorts of issues with VMware and Window 7 RC
Of course I run Windows 7 on my laptop and of course I want to run my vSphere Client. Of course, it is not supported yet. :( Where’s…
What’s the deal with the new PVSCSI drivers?
New in vSphere are ParaVirtualized SCSI drivers. From what I have read at various places, 12% performance throughput increase with 18% decrease on guest CPU loads! Sounds great…
Quick Look : View Client Installation
Here are some quick screenshots detailing this process of installing the View Client for Windows. Installing View Client Clients accessing the View Desktops can either access the client…
Quick Look : View Manager 3.1 Installation
Just some quick screenshots of the installation. Nothing too exciting. :) VMware View Connection Server 3.1 The Connection server will act as the broker between client requests and…
No Windows 7 support for VMware View yet. :(
Either as a Client or a Source. I found a workaround for running a Windows 7 Desktop VM here though : https://blog.virtualarchitect.nl/2009/03/how-to-add-windows-7-to-vmware-view/ It involves switching the VM type…
VMware View 3.1 Released – New Flash Settings
VMware has released a new version of their VDI product, View 3.1. The release notes are here. Numerous improvements but the one that caught my eye was the…
Does your Farm support the new Fault Tolerance feature in vSphere?
Today, I am researching ways to figure out if VMware Farms are going to be FT capable. RUN-VIRTUAL has a great Host-CPU feature utility that you can point…
SysPrep Reboot Loop [Fixed]
Ran into an interesting (read: Annoying) issue at a client the other day. While deploying a fairly generic XP SP3 template with vCenter’s integrated SysPrep, the resulting machine…