Lately I’ve been testing scripted builds of ESX hosts and several other tools like RDA. Because of this I had to reinstall my ESX hosts several times. Sometimes I actually had to completely delete them before I could start over again. You can consider this blog posting as a note to myself, this way I can do a simple search [...]

I’ve been trying to get Unity working for VMware Workstation on Ubuntu. I had one PC working and one that wasn’t working. Both ran Ubuntu 8.10, but one with 32bits and the other with the 64bits version. So I expected this to be the problem. After a close examination of the VMware Workstation setup I noticed that the one that [...]

I just noticed that you can also use the coupon code “CyberMondayDeal” to buy VMware Workstation. Using the code today, and today only, will give you 25% reduction. In other words pick up VMware Workstation 6.5.1 for $141.75. And still a few hours left on this deal, so be sure to either pick up Fusion and/or Workstation while you still [...]

Sanbarrow.com just posted a comparison between monolithic and split disks for VMware Workstation. Read the post for the complete comparison, but in short: split disks rule. Personally I always use sparse split disks, just to save disk space. I’m always low on disk space and using sparse split disks saves me a lot and makes it better transportable.

VMware Workstation 6.5.1 has just been released, so start your engines and download: With this release of VMware Workstation, the following new features and support have been added: Japanese localization — A localized version of Workstation is now available in Japanese for Windows hosts. Note: Technical Support services for Workstation are currently delivered in English. Japanese-speaking support engineers are available [...]

I just noticed that when running a VM on VMware Workstation 6.5 and Ubuntu 8.10(but this problem probably also occurs on other non-Windows OS’es), you can’t use the arrow keys. But also ctrl-alt-ins isn’t working, which is annoying cause you would have to do it with the mouse. And no arrow keys also means that you can’t browse through your [...]

Join the VMware referral program and receive $ 10,- for every two valid referrals: We’re pleased to announce a new VMware Referral Program that gives you rewards when you recommend VMware products to others. You can participate even without a blog or website, as we give you the tools to send custom emails or bug your friends on social networks, [...]