Well, as time permits I have been slowly upgrading my VMs to the latest virtual hardware. When I started this process, it was before VMware instituted a warning within the Upgrade Virtual Hardware that you first need to upgrade VMware Tools. This problem bit me twice and it was enough that I put in my own policy to always upgrade VMware Tools BEFORE upgrading the Virtual Hardware.
Edward L. Haletky, aka Texiwill, is an author, analyst, developer, technologist, and business owner. Edward owns AstroArch Consulting, Inc., providing virtualization, security, network consulting and development and TVP Strategy where he is also an Analyst. Edward is the Moderator and Host of the Virtualization Security Podcast as well as a guru and moderator for the VMware Communities Forums, providing answers to security and configuration questions. Edward is working on new books on Virtualization.
Installing Games into CrossOver Games — Games VDI? — Updated
I like to play Windows based games on my Linux based Quad Core computer. To do this I use Codeweaver’s Cross Over Games. In general, it meets all my gaming needs. So far I have been able to install and play the following games.
Home Lab
I actually have two home labs in use for Virtualization testing. The first is the traditional hardware lab, and the second is a lab built using one system. One stays at home and the other travels with me every where I go.
Upgrading to vSphere – Use Hostprofiles Temporarily at least!
In my continuing story on upgrading to VMware vSphere it is possible to use Host Profiles even without an Enterprise Plus license, at least for a short period of time. Check out my Blue Gears blog on Network World for the complete story.
Upgrade to vSphere – VMware vCenter Upgrade
Read the ongoing saga of the next phase of the upgrade on the Network World Blue Gears site.
Upgrading to vSphere – The Saga Starts
I have been trying to upgrade from VMware VI3 to VMware vSphere 4, but it is not as simple as that. First you have to upgrade VMware vCenter then upgrade ESX 3 to ESX 4. That all sounds wonderful, but I have one little issue. I am running VMware vCenter with MS SQL 2000, which is no longer supported.