VMware News, Views, and How-To's from vExpert Josh Townsend
While setting up a new 17" MacBook Pro today I found that an update to VMware Fusion has been released. The update, version 2.0.5, has a release date of June 23. According to the release notes, the update includes: Support for Mac OS X Server … [Continue reading] about VMware Fusion Updated to 2.0.5
The VMworld 2009 Content Catalog was released on Friday night according to a post on the VMworld.com blog. I have only started to browse the many breakout sessions, instructor-led labs, self-paced labs, and panel sessions that are currently planned … [Continue reading] about VMworld Content Catalog Released
Today is the last day for VMworld early-bird registration, and I got in just under the wire. Here's to hoping that VMworld 2009 is as informative, fun and valuable as last years. I remember sitting in Vegas last year as the first of the big … [Continue reading] about VMworld Here I Come
I have been pulling my hair out with a small VI3 implementation running against an IBM DS3300 iSCSI array. Performance, for lack of a better term, sucked. Granted, the DS3300 is not an enterprise level workhorse of a storage system, but it fit the … [Continue reading] about IBM DS3300 iSCSI Write Performance Solved
Here's the scenario: After performing maintenance on an ESX server (patches, storage re-scan, reboot), VMFS volumes are no longer visible, even though the hosting LUN can be seen on the Storage Adapters page of the ESX Configuration tab. Most … [Continue reading] about VMFS Volumes Missing!?!?!
