November 4, 2010 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Permissions,
VMwareSo after I upgraded from VMware's vSphere 4.0 to 4.1 I ran across an awesome "feature". Apparently for security purposes VMware's vSphere decided that after the upgrade no one can log into the server except for root, and the vpxuser (the account that the vCenter server uses to log into the...
September 30, 2010 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
VMwareJust after upgrading our hosts from VMware 4.0 to 4.1 I ran across a little problem. None of the guest machines could get the VMware tools upgraded automatically. I had to log into each machine and upgrade the tools (ok I only did 2 or 3 manually). It turns out that if the VMware tools had...
August 23, 2010 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
vCenter,
VMwareSo I recently upgraded by VMware vCenter server from 4.0 U1 to 4.0 U2 and ran across a little problem. After I upgraded I couldn't attach any hosts to the vCenter server. It kept telling me that vCenter couldn't talk to the host even though it could.
After digging into the logs we saw that...
August 16, 2010 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
Service Broker,
SQL Saturday,
SQL Server,
VirtualizationOver the weekend I went to SQL Saturday 28 over in Baton Rouge, LA. I gave two sessions this weekend. The first was "Getting SQL Service Broker Up and Running" and the second was "
August 10, 2010 7:18 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
Storage,
VirtualizationIn case you missed the dozen blog posts and Twitter messages about it over the last couple of weeks yesterday was a dry run of the Storage and Virtualization session that I'll be presenting at the SQL PASS summit in Seattle this November. We had a pretty good turn out, and I'd like to thank...
August 5, 2010 9:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Emulex,
In Person Events,
Quest Software,
SQL Server,
Storage,
VirtualizationOK, so the odds are getting an XBox and a Windows 7 license are basically zero, but you could win one of them. How can you win some of this fantastic stuff? Well that's the easy part, all you have to do is come and attend my free day of training on "
August 3, 2010 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
Storage,
VirtualizationTime is running out to register for a free full day of Storage and Virtulization training. If you'll be in the Irvine, CA area on August 9th and you've got a free day be sure to come check out this free training event. This will be...