1. Create a folder anywhere and name it:GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}2. Click on the control panel looking icon that the folder turns into.3. Have fun!You can also rename a new folder as well and paste in the string above.
A couple of weeks after taking and passing the VCP 4.0 exam I took the 3.5 exam today. Passed! It was funny..several of the questions on this exam carried over nearly word for word on the vSphere exam. The project I support at work is exclusively vSphere based, but I...
Whoohoo! Passed my VMware vSphere VCP exam today. I guess all that studying was worth it after all! Scored 419. Note, if you have a VCP 3.0 VMware just extended the deadline to January 31, 2010 to take the VCP 4.0 exam without the upgrade class. The original deadline was...
If you use HP Proliant servers and want the HP-ized version of ESXi 4.0 update 1 you can now download it from here. The ISO image is about 380MB. The only difference between the HP download and the vanilla VMware ESXi 4.0 U1 ISO image is the inclusion of Proliant...
The free 'non-production use' EMC Celerra VSA (virtual iSCSI appliance) is a great way to test iSCSI and SRM in a lab or evaluation environment. A few days ago EMC released a new version of the virtual appliance (5.6.47.11), based on the latest physical EMC Celerra product. You can find...
Cisco has released a minor update to the Nexus 1000v. They have a video showing some new features. Most of them are security related, and are summarized below. It appears to me VDS is designed to interoperate with the vShields Zones technology in vSphere. Layer 3 control A VSM can...
Ars Technica has a really excellent summary of the major new features in Windows Server 2008 R2. Some of the new features that jumped out at me are: Full Aero Glass with RDP. Great for virtual desktops. Remote server management tool now is network enabled so you can manage remote...
Today I was reading a whitepaper by 3PAR regarding SQL 2008 performance on their storage arrays. It's an interesting comparison of wide striping, RAID levels, mixed workloads, and number of disks. While browsing through the document I stumbled upon a SQL 2005/2008 feature which I was unaware of, but is...
Wow and Exchange 2010 was just recently released and now there's rollup 1. You can download it here. Fairly short list of bug fixes, but involves the crashing of some Exchange services so probably best to install the patch.
*Shocked* to see that Adobe has major security problems with Flash Player and Air. Be sure to download the latest versions, released on December 8th, here. You can read the related security bulletin here.
I was very disappointed when I was looking over the vSphere 4.0 Update 1 compatibility matrix. I was hoping for wide spread Server 2008 R2 support for all roles. When in fact, the only support for Server 2008 R2 is as a guest VM. The matrix doesn't even show vSphere...
You can check out the improved, and officially supported method here. This works for vCenter 4.0 and 4.1. -- After a significant effort of research and trial and error, it appears I have gotten VMware Update Manager (VUM) 4.0 Update 1 to use SSL certificates generated from an internal Microsoft...