VMware made on the PowerCLI booth, and during the PowerCLI labs and Sessions at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco this poster available. (now all you need is a big printer/plotter )
I had to do some quick new tests with VMware ThinApp 4.6, and WOW this is really firework! As a test I “thinnapp-ed” VMware vSphere client 4.1 so I could put that on a USB stick and start it easy on every PC(!) In just a few easy steps steps this process is fully “packaged”
It took me a while to realise why this happened, but from vSphere 4.1, the Copy and Paste options are, by default, disabled for security reasons. To be able to copy and paste between the guest operating system and the remote console, you must enable the Copy and Paste options using the vSphere Client. To
perfect for (home) test environments on ESX(i) or any hypervisor is Starwind. they even offer a free iSCSI Target (to 2 TB). This is very simpel and powerfull (windows) software, that you can run easily in a VM. This way you can setup an iSCSI Target, so you can run a (iSCSI) shared storage device
this link allows you to receive automatic alerts by email from VMware when new Patches or Maintenance alerts are available. auto update link source:VMware
One of the best and easiest way to start with VMware ESXi is to install it on a USB stick. This way you do not need to install ESXi on a harddrive and can you use hardware to boot from the stick. In this tutorial I use VMware Workstation to create the USB stick. (please
TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner’s PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. This is a very handy tool to deliver remote help/support on a Windows system. (also available for Linux, Apple and iPhone, see their website)
• You cannot power off an ESXi hosted virtual machine. • A virtual machine is not responsive and cannot be stopped or killed. please see VMwareKB 1014165 source: VMwareKB
