Disclaimer: I work as a Solutions Architect for Alliance Technologies, a Compellent partner servicing the Midwest. I was invited to attend a private briefing for the launch of Fluid Storage with Compellent Storage Center 5. You can find the new stuff at that announcement page, but I feel it’s more important to hammer the message [...]
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Got 64bit guests on ESX AND untrusted users? Fire up Update Manager
Was just alerted to a security alert about VMWare that came out last week, by colleague Josh More. If you have 64 bit Windows or BSD running in a VM on ESX 3.5 or ESXi 3.5, AND you have untrusted users with program execute privileges on these guests you should the following alerts:
VMware Security Announcement
And
Derek [...]
Connecting Exabyte VXA Packet Loader to VM on ESX 3.5
Just thought I would share with the world what I just ran into. I was following these instructions in this VMware KB about configuring tape drives and media changers within VMs. I have a customer with a Exabyte VXA-3 Packetloader that we have connected to an Adaptec SCSI card (dedicated only to the backup VM). [...]
VI3 Book – Impressions from the Advanced Technical Design Guide
Back on August 1st I blogged about receiving my copy of the “VI3 Book“. This Sunday morning, I finally finished book 1 of 2 which is the “Advanced Technical Design Guide”. I thought I would post a few notes about my experience.
First off, if you are beginning your first adventure with VMware or [...]
My mind meld with Ron and Scott begins……..now.
It’s here! The VI3 book arrived today. I thought I was excited about my first ESX3i install last night, but I must tell you that I’m stoked now. I’m counting on this book being very integral to my VCDX study the remainder of the summer. You can be sure to [...]
