Quick issue for you today. I was attempting to clone a RHEL 5 VM with a guest customization and the operation kept failing with: fault.CustomizationPending.summary.…
vCenter Server and MAC address conflicts
As I am sure you have heard by now, VMware recently released some updates including ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 1, vCenter Server 4.1 Update 1 and…
invalid request: domain is not configured for preauth
I was recently playing around with my Zimbra installation and was specifically trying to figure out how to configure administrator accounts. By default, a single…
Cannot complete the configuration of the HA agent on the host
I enabled HA on a new cluster the other day and one of the hosts came back with the following error: Cannot complete the configuration…
Bug in PowerCLI 4.1.1: Set-VIRole
I was trying to set up some permissions on vCenter Server using PowerCLI. Here is an example of a command I was running: foreach ($role…
vShield Manager 4.1 – First Impressions
My group is in the process of deploying multiple vCloud Director instances and as such I thought it would be a good idea to download…
Permanently enabling SSH on ESXi via PowerShell
As you all know by now, ESXi comes with SSH, which VMware now refers to as Tech Support Mode, disabled. The reasons behind this include…
VMworld 2010 Backpack
I have made the transition from my old Dell shoulder strap laptop case to the VMworld 2010 backpack. I have to admit that the backpack…
VMworld 2010: Day 2 Keynote
Here are some of my takeaways from the Day 2 Keynote at VMworld 2010: It is clear that Paul Maritz is betting on the cloud…
VMworld 2010: Day 4 Keynote
The Keynote general session this morning had several presenters talking about the future of computing. Topics included: Interacting with the virtual world in the physical…