Category: VMware

So I had typed up this epic intro into this pre-review, but then deleted for the sake of brevity. I received in the mail today, via USPS shipment from Amazon.com, my copy of VMware Infrastructure 3 Advanced Technical Design Guide & Advanced Operations Guide (VI3ATG). The book weighs in at about 2-2.5lbs, and is about
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So, this is a bit of old news, and you have likely heard it from no fewer than thirty other places so far, but I feel I need to chime in too. ESX 3.5 update 3 is now available! The release notes mention a pretty cool feature that’s been added, that will help make life
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One of the great things about VM’s is how quickly they boot. This however can be a problem when you need to access a bios setting, say to have it boot a cd drive first. In your favorite editor, open your vmx file, and add the following line if it is not already there: bios.bootDelay
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Welcome indeed. My hope here is to build a running log(blog) of ideas, best practices, and other useful VMWare information, that can be used both at home for practice, and at work in a professional context.