Posted on November 1, 2009 by symbolik
NOTE: This is only an overview. Due to the detailed nature of this project, I will break it up over several more-focused articles over time for easier reference.
Well, despite my more negative impression of this year’s VMworld conference, it still really paid off. There I learned about stateless ESX deployment. Using this information, I was [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2009 by symbolik
Assuming you have already installed the 2.6 31 kernel, this link has a patch and script to modify the modules VMware compiles when you run the vmware-config.pl script. The script is for 2.6.30.4 and later kernels, and works fine for 2.6.31.
Run the vmware-install.sh script that came with VMware Server 2.0.1, but DO NOT run the [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2009 by symbolik
My first VMWorld was last year at Las Vegas. It blew my mind. Unfortunately, it seems to have set the bar rather high. Hearing stories about past conferences in San Francisco (renting out Universal Studios, etc.) did not help. As the foreshadowing may indicate, I was somewhat disappointed with this conference. Major sore points for [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2009 by symbolik
Went to a cool little party last night at the Thirsty Bear – many thanks to Theron Conrey for setting it up. Open bar, good food, lotsa laughs, and some pretty big brains were present (Scott Lowe, Theron, Laus Troen [drove in from Norway, apparently], etc.) Today, I have one lab in the afternoon, so [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2009 by symbolik
I am finally here, and it feels good. Nothing to do today, and I did not get all the sessions I wanted, but this will be a good conference regardless. The hotel is nearby, all walking, no cabbing, and everything is close together. Right now, I am in the Marriott where the labs are to [...]
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Posted on July 19, 2009 by symbolik
Ok, had to reset it. Here is what I did:
Searches led me to this site: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
Trial and error led me to this tool: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, Bootdisk / CD
I downloaded the cd080802.iso file.
As I was unable to boot from the iso file itself in the VMware Server 2 web console (don’t ask [...]
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Posted on July 19, 2009 by symbolik
I finally decided to get VMware Server running on my new kernel. Whenever the kernel is updated, there are some things you can count on having to reinstall, such as NVidia video drivers and VMware installations. I expected problems, so my methodology was to attempt a normal install, expect failure, and search on [...]
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