Why Tiggers DO NOT like Safari :).

So I finally got some gear for the lab at work and it's really taking shape. I then used safari to download the latest Celerra VSA from Sakac's blog and it comes down in a .ova.tar extension. No problem I have winrar and I can bust it out into a new format. So I do that and attempt an import but no go. Work with the un-tarballed ovf file thinking that was a problem. Spent a couple of hours on it and then went home frustrated as all heck. I get home and think myabe both work downloads were corrupt. So I pull it down through my favortie browser Chrome. It comes down as a straight OVA and I just was like "No WAY". After a big forehead slap I came into the office and renamed the file. DOH!

That is why Tiggers DO NOT like Safari :).

It's Magic, It's wonderous . . . It's an iPhone that can't make calls.

Welcome to the iPad:

http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Looks nice and it's cool but it's just missing some key things.

Nope not going to get one. Now add bluetooth and the option to make calls. Along with a touch more ooomph in the processor department, then we'll talk.

-OUT

Nice reasonable laptop workstation w/o the unreasonable cost.

This Asus G73JH laptop comes with 4 DIMM slots and a core i7 proc. Connect it to some iSCSI storage and BAM! Nice VM homelab.

Details via Engadget! - Link is here - http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/asus-rog-g73jh-launches-with-core-i7-radeon-hd-5870-bragging-r/

It's gotta a new cooling design so that your reproductive parts don't need to be iced down during heavy usage. Don't lie you know what I'm talking about.

Thinking that something this nice must cost the same as a DELL M6500? I checked and it's going to retail for less than $2000. AWESOME!!!

VMware Player creates VM's ... WHAT?!!

So I admit it I have been out of the loop on VMware player for the good bit of 2 years. I have been using workstation for all my VM creation and testing stuff. Then I check out the www.yellow-bricks.com post on creating an ESXi thumbdrive install with VM player and I was like "hold, on, wait a minute.". So it's not new to all you smart people but I guess that you can now create VM's with VMware player. So here is to all you people smarter than myself :).

Here is the link to the post : http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/1/10/vsphere-esxi-4-0-on-a-usb-memory-stick/!

Cool Stuff to know no doubt. :)

Talk to you guys again soon.

OH - P.S. Check out Sakac's post at virtual geek if you want to work at EMC! :P

edit ... spelling errors. Fast typing 4tl.

Dell Certs.

My employer needed me to tag some certs from Dell so that we can get better discounts ... etc. Not a problem you know anything that I can do. Fine ... Fine.

I was going through the VMware and PS series storage information and the test that they had posted is WRONG.

They have the answers for HA and DRS flipped.

Dell please inform your training people that VMware HA is NOT a global resource scheduler.

Also please let them know that VMware DRS does not provide automatic rehosting of VM's from a failed server.

Had to guess what Dell thought the answer was through trial and error. Goodness.

Please feel free to contact me for the links to the VMware documentation.

K' thanks.

Desktop Virtualization.

OK. So I know that we should avoid being protocol passionistas, but DEAR GOD. I loaded Sun's Virtual Box to provide an XP vm instead of my stand-by of many years VMware Workstation. I have configured everything per the instructions and made multipe tweaks but the VM just hogs every resoure and it shouldn't ... this never happened with Virtual Server 1.0, 2.0 or even workstation 6.0-7.0. Going to head back to my old stand-by as I bid adieu to an obviously inferior product.

I can only imagine how bad Sun's enterprise hypervisor would be if their desktop porduct is this poor.

Craiggo out.

VCP 4.

So I had Pneumonia for the last 2 weeks or so. UGH NOT FUN!

On Saturday the 19th, I had a fever of 102 and had to go in and take my VCP 4 Exam. Thinking that I TOTALLY flubbed it, I was pleasantly suprised when I got a score high enough to be a VCI.

Just in case you didn't know the upgrade period for VI3 VCPs has been extended until Jan. 31st.

Now before you get all flamey on me check the certification portion of VMware's web site as this was updated to reflect the change recently.

Where did all my SPARK posts go? I'll try to find those talk to you soon.