vCloud Director 1.5 database creation using Transact-SQL

In the past few weeks I have had to reinstall and clean up the vCloud Director 1.5 database on SQL Server 2008 R2. After a few times doing it using the SQL Server Management Studio GUI, I decided to automated it using four simple Transact-SQL scripts, so it would save...

VMware View 3.1 & VMware View Open Client 3.1

VMware has released VMware View 3.1 on the 27th May 2009 and VMware View Open Client 3.1 on June 5th. The only part that the open source client is missing is the USB redirection part. This missing USB features will be available for Linux clients only thru the...

VMware View Open Client 2.1.1 (Test Build 153227) released

The team writing the VMware View Open Client has released a new test version of the 2.1.1 client. This client fixes a few issues about library linking and some other fixes. The team announced that the client should build fine on Linux 64-bit systems as well as Mac OS...

Cisco, EMC and VMware, a menage a trois ?

This is my own speculation, because I’m not privy to any information from either companies, but only based on blog conjecture and various infos… Will Cisco buy EMC (who owns a majority of the VMware stock), or will Cisco buy VMware of EMC . With...

Running VMware ESX 3.0.1 inside a VMware Workstation 6.0

It is now possible to run VMware ESX 3.0.1 servers inside a VMware Workstation6.0 (Build 45731) if you have specific processors in your system. These processors need to have the new x86 virtualization capabilities (Intel VT or the AMD-V). The guys are xtravirt.com...