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Month: February 2012

Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview in VMware Workstation 8

Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview in VMware Workstation 8

Today Microsoft released the new Windows 8 Preview which can be downloaded here. I decided to download it and test if it runs in VMware Workstation 8 and it does! Below are the easy steps to do so. First go to File -> New Virtual Machine Click Next. Choose “Workstation 8.0” as Hardware compatibility. Click Next. Choose “Installer disc image file (iso) and point the path out to the Windows ISO (either 32 or 64bit). Click Next. Choose “Microsoft Windows”…

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Configuration issues: vmodl.fault.HostCommunication

Configuration issues: vmodl.fault.HostCommunication

While adding an ESX host to a vCenter I received the following warning: Configuration Issues Virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve VM creation options from the host (vmodl.fault.HostCommunication). First make sure you can successfully ping the specific ESX host FQDN from your vCenter server. Second log on to your ESX host via SSH and make sure you can ping the vCenter server FQDN. If any of the above fails the main problem is a DNS…

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New Fling: vBenchmark by VMware Labs

New Fling: vBenchmark by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called vBenchmark. The download is available as OVA (or OVF) and the total size is about 457MB. vBenchmark is packaged as a virtual appliance with the following configuration: vCPUs: 1 vRAM: 1.5 GB vHDD: 5 GB (thick), 1.1 GB (thin) Quote taken from the Fling page: Have you ever wondered how to quantify the benefits of virtualization to your management? If so, please consider using vBenchmark. vBenchmark measures the performance of a VMware virtualized…

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Securing vCenter Mobile Access using fail2ban

Securing vCenter Mobile Access using fail2ban

This is a small post which explains how you can secure vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA). For the people who don’t know what vCenter Mobile Access is I suggest you check out the Flings page. People who use the iPad vSphere Client will probably have this Fling running in their environment or lab. The Fling itself is a CentOS install which has a few ports open to the outside by default. The following commands will help you install Fail2ban and give…

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vExpert 2012 nominations are open!

vExpert 2012 nominations are open!

Today VMware announced they have opened the vExpert 2012 applications. You can now submit your application and invite other people. This year VMware offers 3 different paths. Evangelist Path
 The Evangelist Path includes book authors, bloggers, tool builders, public speakers, and other IT professionals who share their knowledge and passion with others with the leverage of a personal public platform to reach many people. Employees of VMware can also apply via the Evangelist path. Customer Path
 The Customer Path is…

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