March 24, 2009 6:14 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
AAM,
Edward L. Haletky,
FT_HOSTS,
High Availability,
VMap,
VMware,
VMware HAConsider yourself lucky if you've never gotten the VMware HA message: An error occurred during configuration of the HA Agent on the host. But if you have, you may know that the ways to fix the error are extremely limited. Here is a method that worked for me.
Current...
March 23, 2009 3:39 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
ESXi,
Tools,
Tripwire,
Veeam,
Vizioncore,
VMware,
VMware ToolboxWhat comprises a VMware vExpert's virtualization toolbox? I actually think there are several different layers of tools depending on the particular VMware virtualization administrators job role. Mine, for example, has a number of security tools that most people would not normally need, but I do. So...
February 26, 2009 5:54 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
Quest,
VMsafe,
VMware,
VMworldWhile I could not attend physically, I have been able to attend this year's VMworld Europe remotely. This has got to be one of the most connected conferences I have had the privilege to virtually attend. Blogs, tweets, chats, videos and emails have been flying around and because of it...
February 18, 2009 4:45 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
Expect,
Powershell,
SSH,
Texiwill,
VMwareI have had several major issues with PowerShell (and still do), but that was mainly due to lack of cmdlets rather than lack of PowerShell functionality. So am I now one of the converted, given VMware's integration with PowerShell? Yes and no.
Yes, because to me, PowerShell is just another...
February 9, 2009 9:23 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
ESXi,
Local Storage,
RAW,
RDM,
SCSI,
Texiwill,
VMware ESXVMTN Communities forum users have recently been asking how to make use of a LUN or partition on your local host within a virtual machine (VM) the same way you would if you had a SAN available. This is a more difficult task than some, and not every RAID controller allows this when using the VMware...
February 5, 2009 7:59 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
CISecurity,
ConfigCheck,
DISA,
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
Texiwill,
Tripwire,
Virtualization security,
VMware,
VMware ESX SecurityThere is a new vulnerability in VMware ESX v3.5 U3 with all the patches that has just come to light. VMware has been made aware of this issue, and will fix it sometime in the near future. This bug relates to world writable directories on the VMware ESX service console.
This is not a huge issue...
January 19, 2009 7:47 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
Texiwill,
vExpert Awards,
Virtualization,
VMwareLast week VMware announced its VMware vExpert Awards, which will be given to those people who have contributed to the VMware virtualization community through their efforts either virtually...
January 13, 2009 3:07 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
Podcasts,
Security,
Texiwill,
Virtualization security,
VMware CommunitiesThe VMware Communities roundtable podcast drew in a large crowd on Wednesday the 7th. In general, the show draws hundreds of listeners that download the recorded sessions available via Talkshoe and...
January 8, 2009 6:47 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Blue Gears,
Desktop virtualization,
Edward L. Haletky,
Exploit,
Security,
Texiwill,
VMware,
VMware PlayerThe gang at Milw0rm have posted one of the few exploits against VMware's desktop line of products, specifically VMware Player version 2.5.1. This exploits the vmwarebase.dll file when running VMware Player on Windows systems. There is no chance...
