Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together
Monthly Archives: April 2008
VMWare Workstation 6.5 Beta – Run Multiple Copies of Outlook/Exchange via Unity
Posted by on April 30, 2008
I use a single laptop for my day-day use, it has all the stuff i need, I run Vista and Office 2007, for our corporate mail we use Exchange like everyone else and I use Outlook Cached Mode to work online/offline.. My own personal email is also an Exchange mailbox – provided by fasthosts [...]
VMWare Server Performance – A Practical Example
Posted by on April 19, 2008
The following screen dump is from an HP DL380G5 server that runs all the core infrastructure under VMWare Server (the free one) for a friend’s company which I admin sometimes. It is housed in some co-lo space and runs the average range of Windows servers used by a small but global business, Exchange SQL, [...]
HP Rapid Deployment Pack – PXE Settings for Deploying Windows OS
Posted by on April 17, 2008
The followign screens show a working configuration from the RDP 3.80 PXE Configuration Manager Have had lots of problems with this deploying Windows OS’es and VMWare ESX 3.5 onto an HP c7000 Blade chassis, still not resolved all the problems, but this definitely works for deploying Windows! The documentation reads like you should always [...]
How to Convert Virtual Center from Evaluation to Licensed Version
Posted by on April 10, 2008
or “How to convert virtual centre from evaluation to licenced version”… for us Brits… the “American English” is to help the international Googlers I can’t believe I missed this, on a couple of platforms I’ve built I’ve had to start with an eval licence and then move to a proper licence but could never find [...]
How does an HP Fibre Channel Virtual Connect Module Work?
Posted by on April 9, 2008
Techhead and I have spent a lot of time recently scratching our heads over how and where fibre channel SAN connections go in a c7000 blade chassis. If you don’t know, a FC-VC module looks like this, and you install them in redundant pairs in adjacent interconnect bays at the rear of the chassis. [...]
VMWare Fast Track VCP Course – Lights Out Edition
Posted by on April 9, 2008
I have been on a VMWare fast track course this week to complete my VCP cert; annoyingly the VCP is one of those vendor certifications where you need to prove you’ve sat the course as well as doing the exam to qualify as a “proper” VCP. I’ve been doing it at QA-IQ in central [...]
Opening a URL in Internet Explorer when Firefox is your default Web Browser
Posted by on April 3, 2008
I use Firefox for 99% of my Internet activities, however there are still some web sites and applications that won’t work fully (or at all) within Firefox. Normally I use the IETab extension to render particular tabs within Firefox using the IE render engine.. this allows all my browsing to stay within one tabbed [...]
VMWare Workstation 6.5 Beta Open Now
Posted by on April 2, 2008
As of 1st April (not an April fools joke!) you can register for, and download the VM Worksation 6.5 beta programme here.. Main new features are; Use Unity to integrate your guest apps with your host More Powerful VM Record and Replay Support for Smart Cards & Smart Card Readers Enhanced ACE Authoring Link [...]
New Microsoft Data Centre is Container Based
Posted by on April 2, 2008
Article here, it’s coming people! Some interesting discussions on how you can measure the productivity of a container and come up with some common metrics to compare and contrast and handle charge-back.
Installed Windows Vista SP1 and Have No Sound?
Posted by on April 2, 2008
There are probably a number of reasons for this, but I’ve come across a number of people recently that have installed Vista Service Pack 1 from the Microsoft Web site (note: not via Windows Update) following articles on the web about its availability (like mine) and have since had problems with sound or other [...]
