Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

cloud

Workaround for: ESX(i) 4.1 Password Issue

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As many of you already know there is an issue with the encryption mechanism of ESX(i) 4.1. When passwords are used which are longer than 8 characters the password will be truncated after the 8th character. As such during authentication only the first 8 characters are used. In other words if you have  a 10 character password you will only need to type the first 8 characters correct and the rest can be completely random.

The KB article that was published yesterday contains a workaround to change this behaviour. I recommend everyone to read the article and implement this workaround when your password policy describes passwords longer than 8 characters.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs… we are still growing

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We just keep expanding… the amount of work is insane and we need help.

I guess the list never ends. Before we can fill this positions I bet more will be opened up.

About VMware’s TS Cloud Services Team:
As part of VMware’s strategic vCloud initiative, VMware is developing a new Cloud Services team that is 100% focused on deploying VMware-based “clouds” for our large customers. The Cloud Services team is organized centrally within the WW Technical Services Organization and brings specialized consulting expertise to support the worldwide VMware field PSO team as they help customers implement VMware-based clouds.

Tech Summit –> VMworld Self-paced labs

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This week all of VMware Technical Services gathered at the Hilton in San Francisco for the annual VMware TS Technical Summit. TS stands for Technical Services which basically means all field personnel of VMware, both pre- and post-sales. Besides all the great  deep-dive sessions there was also a gigantic lab. 200 seats powered by Cisco UCS and NetApp Storage. (As Vaughn has already shown you guys here.)

I was part of one of the Lab teams. Unfortunately I can’t tell much about our Lab as the product has still not been officially announced. However I can say that it rocked, our Lab was the most attended Lab during Tech Summit! These Labs were the trial for VMworld and I can honestly say I was impressed. The Lab Team, and I am talking about the TechOps and the infamous GETO Team, did an excellent job again and managed to provision over 2000 Lab sessions in just four days… Although I am dead tired, I can’t wait for VMworld to start and help you guys with these labs I can promise you it will rock.

May the Force be with you

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Over the last couple of days a lot of info has been floating around about VMforce. VMforce is a coalition between Salesforce.com and VMware.  Combine VMware virtualization and cloud technology with Springsource TCServer and managed /hosted by one of the industryleaders in SaaS Salesforce.com and you will have one powerful enterprise ready cloud. To prevent any misunderstandings: Springsource is the framework that enables the Java apps to be uploaded directly to the Cloud and run the app.

VMforce will be the first enterprise cloud for Java developers . With VMforce, Java developers can build apps that are instantly social and available on mobile devices in real time. And it’s all in the cloud, so there’s no hardware to manage and no software stack to install, patch, tune, or upgrade. Building Java apps on VMforce is easy!

  • Use the standard Spring Eclipse-based IDE
  • Code your app with standard Java, including POJOs, JSPs, and Servlets
  • Deploy your app to VMforce with 1 click

With VMforce, every Java developer is now a cloud developer.

I received the following links to several videos on youtube which are worth watching if you want to get familiar with what VMforce has to offer”

  1. What is VMforce?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpO6whOCAmQ
  2. VMforce Customer testimonials
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7haezCV9mc
  3. Paul Maritz (VMware)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnFZFbwGoT4
  4. Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8nLx1CPRA
  5. Parker Harris(Salesforce.com) and Rod Johnson(VMware)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWe6Zdvz4Q4
  6. Dave Smoley CIO of Flextronics
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wex5bChEsAc