If you’ve watched an ESXi 5 host boot, you’ve probably seen the bottom right corner that shows <SHIFT+R: Recovery Mode>. I did a bit of looking in the vSphere 5 documentation, the VMware KB, and Google, and still haven’t found a clear answer as to its purpose. It appears that it offers the ability to […]
Archives for September 2011
My thoughts on VMware Workstation 8
There hasn’t been much hoopla about it yet, but VMware released Workstation 8 (and Fusion 4, but I don’t own a Mac) today. If you have Workstation 7 currently, the checking for software updates from within Workstation will not find the new release. You’ll need to head over to VMware’s website to get it. One […]
Simon Long’s VCP5 Practice Exams
Just a quick post to highlight some great work being done by a fellow member of the VMware community, Simon Long (web/twitter). When I was studying for the VCP4 exam last year, I used Simon’s VCP4 practice exams quite a bit. I found it to be complementary to the official VMware practice exams, but also […]
VMware: Upgrading ESXi 4.1 U1 to ESXi 5 with Update Manager
VMware’s Update Manager (included with vCenter 5 download) has a nice, new feature for help in upgrading your hosts from ESXi 4.1 U1 to ESXi 5. The feature, Figure 1, is found in the Admin View and is simply called “ESXi Images”. It allows you to upload ESXi images in to the Upgrade Manager Repository […]
ProfessionalVMware.com Brownbags & Schedule
At VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas, I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time — that is, having a beer with a number of fellow vExperts such as Cody Bunch (web/twitter), Sean Crookston (web/twitter), Bill Hill (web/twitter), and Kanuj Behl (web/twitter). During our conversation, Cody mentioned that he needed to […]