Dump the VMware Server Web Management

If you use VMware Server 2.x, you probably love the web based management console about as much as I do. In other words, not very much.

I like the product well enough (and the price!) that I’ve just been dealing with it up to this point. I mean seriously, it’s not like you have to spend

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Connect to VMware clients with VNC

Sub-titled: “Don’t Suffer from Guy Eyes When Reading Documentation”

I built a few VMware clients at work yesterday and then headed home to service pack and configure them in the evening. It wasn’t long before I recalled one of my biggest pet peeves about VMware server.

The VMware client console stinks over a slow network / VPN

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VMware Server Bridging Problem (fixed)

Sometimes you just have to give credit…

Earlier today I installed VMware Server on a machine at work and then built a client Windows 2003 server on it. The install went smoothly, but once it was up and running I found I couldn’t get it on the network. In fact, I couldn’t even ping the gateway

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VMware Converter Doesn’t Like x64?

I’m having a heck of a time with VMware Converter on my Windows 2003 x64 VMware Server machine. Before I built this particular x64 box, I used to run Converter all the time on a 32bit server with no issues. But for some reason, it gets wonky on the new one.

Heck, I even upgraded to

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VMware ESXi Goes Free — Hmmm…

VMware announced today that ESXi is now free.

Virtualize processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines with VMware ESXi, an enterprise-class hypervisor with a thin 32 MB footprint for added security and reliability.

My current (also free) VMware Server machine at work is running Windows Server 2003 x64. You can bet it has a

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