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Windows 8 Say Hello to VMware Player 4.0.2 build-591240

In a previous post I went over using Virtual Box because I was unable to run Windows 8 (* preview) in a VMware Player and it required me to have Workstation 8.   Well my wait is over and now the latest version of VMware player will run Win8. Oh happy day… About:VMware Player With […]

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Windows 8 on vSphere 5

So I have had this desire to run Windows 8 in VMware  vSphere 5 for a long time now.   Knowing I could run it in Workstation 8; I wanted to also run this on my ESXi 5 host, but could not… So I waiting waited for an update.  I wasn’t going to hack my way to […]

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Importing Virtual Machine Templates: vCenter

Note: In most cases, only system administrators can import virtual machines from vCenter To import a virtual machine template from vCenter In the left pane, select VM Templates. Click Import VM Template. Type a name. (Optional) Type a description. Select vCenter and select a virtual machine that is not managed by Lab Manager. Click Next. […]

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ESXi 4 – Tech Support Mode

Tech Support Mode (TSM) provides a command-line interface that can be used by the administrator to troubleshoot and correct abnormal conditions on VMware ESXi hosts. TSM can be accessed in two ways: Logging in directly on the console of the ESXi server Logging in remotely via SSH Both of these methods can be disabled, and […]

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How-To: install VMware .bundle on Ubuntu

By now many I have come accustom to installing programs using the apt-get method in Ubuntu, but there comes a time where we need to remember those other commands to install things.  For example when attempting to install software packaged in .bundle file format. It all started when I downloaded VMware player and went to […]

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Purging old data from the database used by VirtualCenter 2.x (a repost)

VirtualCenter stores tasks, event, and performance data in the VirtualCenter database. Over time, data collection results in growth of the database files and a mechanism is needed to shrink these files. VirtualCenter 2.x does not have a feature to purge or shrink old records from the database. For more information on shrinking databases after running the scripts provided in this […]