Changing A Mislaid ESX Root Password
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008The Desktop Virtualization blog have posted a handy article on how to change the root password if you have forgotten/lost/mislaid it.
Check it out here.
The Desktop Virtualization blog have posted a handy article on how to change the root password if you have forgotten/lost/mislaid it.
Check it out here.
One of the great new bits of functionality in ESX 3.5 Update is the ability to hot extend non-boot virtual disks without shutting down the VM.
I decided to give it a go with a Windows 2003 Standard VM and thought I’d provide a How To for anyone that might need/want it.
You can download the pdf here. It is the first version of the document so please feel free to comment and let me know how to improve it.
I’m working on a Linux equivalent, but to be honest, I have never tried this before in Linux so it might be a while until the Tech Note appears ![]()
VMware have recently announced an update to 3.5 & ESXi. Normally VMware slip a few cool features into interim releases, but nothing as major as the inclusions in Update 2. Here’s an overview of some of the major functionality additions.
All of these features have a massive impact on the way VMs are used and administered and take another leap away from Microsoft in terms of functionality.
I can’t wait to see what will be included in ESX4.
VMware recently published an article on the Virtual Reality blog that raises some interesting points as to why VMware is better than Xen & Hyper-V.
Some of the areas that get particular analysis are:
More interesting still are some of the comments to post, have clearly been made by Citrix & Microsoft employees or people with a vested interest.
I find some of the points amusing, but my 2 penneth worth is thus:
I think that this in itself is a good enough reason to use VMware over anything else. There are a multitude of other reasons, that hundreds of posts discuss, but this is the one for me. Even after all these years, the ability to transfer one running VM from one host to another amazes me.
It’d be interesting to see what people think, so please do comment and see if we can get a debate going.
VMware have released a Best Practice guide for DMZ implementations in a VMware ESX infrastructure.
It outlines the three main implementation routes and discusses the advantages and disadvantages below: (more…)