VM-Aware

Ever found that FastSCP (the best file copying tool around for ESX!!) times out when trying to copy files to your ESX box? Do you get the following error:

Transfer timeout. No data transferred in the last 20 seconds
Operation canceled

I did and I worked out what the problem was!

It’s all to do with the ESX firewall. FastSCP uses a range of ports from 2000 - 2500 by default. These ports are not open by default in ESX so you either open them, fairly easy to do using the command line, or you do what I did and used the GUI to do it for me. (more…)

The Internet is a wonderful thing. I had a problem ‘VI Client doesn’t install on Vista x64′ and the Internet solved it.

Well to be more specific somebody over at DABCC solved my problem with a fantastic walkthrough document that can be found here.

It provides links to a couple of useful MSI editing tools and gives in depth how to references for each point.

Great!!