VMware News, Views, and How-To's from vExpert Josh Townsend
I've been rebuilding my home VMware lab environment recently. I decided to jump right into vSphere 5.1 with the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance instead of the traditional Windows SQL combo. Deploying a vApp is much faster and cheaper from a … [Continue reading] about Failed to connect to VMware Lookup Service on VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance
I was doing a vSphere 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade in my home lab tonight and ran into a small issue with upgrading VMware Tools on a Linux VM. During the install I received an error message 'Unable to create symlink … [Continue reading] about VMware Tools Upgrade Execution Aborted
One of my most popular posts to date has been 'vSphere 5 Networking Bug Affects Software iSCSI' with some 20,000 page views and a bunch of comments. The problem is a bug that causes vmkernel traffic (including iSCSI) to be sent out the … [Continue reading] about iSCSI Bug – Traffic Routed Out Wrong Interface – Update
I live blogged at VMworld about VMware giving a free upgrade (technically a $1 upgrade, but what's a buck amongst friends) to the newly announced VMware vCloud Stuite Standard Edition for all current customers with VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus … [Continue reading] about vCloud Suite Upgrade Notes
I'm presenting this week at the Boston VMware User Group (VMUG) conference on 'What You Didn't Know That You Needed To Know Before Implementing VMware View'. If you are in the Boston area I hope to see you there! My session abstract is as … [Continue reading] about VMware View Persona on DFS – Replication Considerations and Issue
