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I try not to use the word legend too often, but Carter Shanklin my friend you are a legend.  Powershell is great, Excel is great and VMware is even greater, put them all together and you have something special.

Carter has written a number of Powershell cmdlets that have been given fantastic Excel frontends for completing VMware configuration tasks.

From the mundane to the curious Carter has created a group of spreadsheets that have made my life a whole lot easier:

• Create Virtual Switches - Multi-sheet spreadsheet for highly configurable cmdlet
• Reconnecting ESX Hosts in Virtual Center - Perfect after connecting to a different VC
• Creating lots of VMs at once - Does exactly what it says on the tin

Carter, thank you and I mean that!

Oh Yay, Oh Yay, Oh Yay! VMReference have updated their indispensable ESX3 guide!

Download it here, print it out and treasure it, because it will be your friend forever.

Forbes Guthrie you are a king among men!

Just a quick note to point out that VMware have posted a new white paper on performance enhancements in VirtualCenter 2.5 database.

The white paper discusses sizing of the database server, test results of performance test and much more.

The document can be found here.

The simply awesome VMware Reference sheet has been updated again.

I have no idea how Forbes Guthrie finds the time to so diligently update his reference card, but I am thankful he does, because it is invaluable.

Check it out here.

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!!

Vinternals have discovered that it is possible to execute the VIClient with parameters that allow for passthrough authentication.

Very cool feature and on by default in VC2.5. Read all about it here.

Simply adding -passthroughAuth -s vchostname to the end of the shortcut path will enable this feature.