VMware KB: Installing ESXi 5.x in VMware Workstation

VMware KB: Installing ESXi 5.x in VMware Workstation This article explains how to install VMware ESXi in a virtual machine. Installing ESXi in a virtual machine provides a way to try the product without dedicating hardware to it. A virtual ESXi machine may be useful if you are studying to become a VCP VMware Certified … Read more

Explaining Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch [Videos] | diTii.com – All About Technology

Microsoft’s Channel9 posted a couple of short videos on the “Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch,” series, aimed for architects, software engineers and developers who are designing and building extensions to the Hyper-V Extensible Switch. Explaining Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch [Videos] | diTii.com – All About Technology.

Deploying the vCenter Server appliance Back to Basics

Back to Basics: Deploying the vCenter Server appliance A excellent guide over on Yellow-Bricks.com on installing and setting up  the VMWare vCenter appliance – especially in a LAB environment. Deploying the vCenter Server appliance Back to Basics.

Getting Started with SCCM 2007 and Windows 7 OSD (Part 1) « windowsmasher

Getting Started with SCCM 2007 and Windows 7 OSD (Part 1) « windowsmasher A good simple to follow guide on how to deploy Windows 7 OS via SCCM 2007 over on the windowmasher blog site. Getting Started with SCCM 2007 and Windows 7 OSD (Part 1) « windowsmasher. Note: The above blog site is a … Read more

Uninstalling OfficeScan 10/10.5/10.6 clients

Uninstalling OfficeScan 10/10.5/10.6 clients Trend Micro knowledge base article on how to manually uninstall the Trend Officescan client – includes files with location and Registry Keys. The Registry keys are useful for scripting when checking to see if the client is installed.   http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-us/1039283.aspx  

Investigating virtual machine file locks on ESX/ESXi

Investigating virtual machine file locks on ESX/ESXi Interesting guide on how to troubleshoot VM Power on issues relating to locked files. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=10051

WordPress and Twitter fun

Well, thought that was going to be a simple process!  Using the WordPress Jetpack – worked once then got connection errors! Googled this error – hmm, seams a number of people are having this problem. After trying a workaround that did not work – decided to install a Twitter plugin – that was easy. Setup … Read more