VMWare

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Open sesame – getting console on VMware ESXi 3.5 – and getting ssh up

This entry was posted in Tips Virtualisation and tagged ESXI SSH VMWare on December 11, 2008 by HAL

It seems that esxi administrators get itchy fingers when they start working with ESXi and the lure of the console is just too strong. I have to say I think my first action on installing an esxi box was to look to get access to a command line….. So two problems here – one getting […]

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Vmware is coming

This entry was posted in Review Virtualisation and tagged VMWare on December 10, 2008 by HAL

Blogging has been quite difficult with work demands recently – partly due to the increased time spent on training and other courses relating to Vmware. As virtualisation grows in popularity and functionality it is increasingly hard to manage, maintain and monitor the various Virtual Machines VMs that have been created both to test software – […]

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VM Boot screen too quick in VMware Workstation ? – change bios.bootDelay

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged BIOS VMWare on October 22, 2008 by HAL

If you’ve used any of VMware’s products you’ve probably been frustrated by trying to boot a VM from CD. Not when you install the OS, but after the VM has been operating. For example when you need to grow the size of the virtual disk and you try to boot the VM from the GParted […]

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Error 1718. File was rejected by digital signature policy – problem installing VMware server

This entry was posted in Software Tips Virtualisation and tagged VMWare on October 5, 2008 by HAL

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Fedora 9 in a VM (not booting) – its selinux again

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Fedora Selinux VMWare on September 22, 2008 by HAL

The scenario is that I created a VM using VMware workstation 6 – allocated 30GB of space and then allowed the installation to complete. All looked well until I rebooted the VM. During the boot sequence it stopped at the /etc/fstab stage and would not respond. The solution lead to wonder why more people hadn’t […]

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