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Tag Archive: vmware
Jul 08
Fun with ESXi and HP issues. Learning Lessons
Been a heckuva week with some some server and software issues. I’m on the downhill side of it now though so thought I’d share the tale and some lessons learned. I’ve been comfortable with ESXi for a while now, but nothing like things going bad to provide the opportunity to learn so much more! Our …
Oct 29
VMware Player 3.0 and Network Configuration
I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features. I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up. I ran into a snag pretty quickly though. Seemed that …
Aug 18
Tip on vmnetcfg
Tip: vmnetcfg is a really handy tool to tweak VMware network configs. Just don’t forget to run it as admin if on Vista or Win 7 (I always do…).
Mar 04
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 …




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