Patching ESXi with vMA
Today I had to set up some ESXi servers that required additional hardware drivers to recognize the 10GB NICs we purchased for them. I’ve done this easily before…
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No more Windows Patching via VMware Update Manager 5.
Messing around the new VMware Update Manager and I noticed this little piece of information. Update Manager 5.0 does not support VM patching. Prior versions of Update Manager…
New Office Patch to Avoid : KB2501584
Chris Hahn over this quick warning to admins with users running Office 2003 and 2007. This patch comes down via automatic updates, and can generate warning messages…
Patch Tuesday causes issue with VMware View Windows 7 connections.
Looks like a recent patch from Microsoft has caused some view clients to stop connecting. VMware is aware of the newly discovered issue and is advising customers to…
Final release and End of Support for VMware ESX 3.0.2
If you are still running ESX 3.0.2, You’re patching schedule just got a little easier. :) No more patches will be released for 3.0.2 from this point on. …
Citrix Provisioning Services 5.1 Released.
Citrix has released a new update to Provisioning Server (now known as Provisioning Services). The release notes can be found here : https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121336 Lots of new enhancements and…
New Citrix Provisioning 5.0 Server Post SP2 HotFix for Platinum Licenses
If you own XenApp Platinum licenses and your Provisioning Server is complaining about licensing, you need this patch. If you are streaming to a target device and then…
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…
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 Goodies
Here are some other little niceties I have found after upgrading to VMware's ESX 3.5 Update 2. More little hardware facts : Service Tags are displayed in the…