Archive for October 2nd, 2009

Conversion: Device ‘USB’ is not supported

Posted by Ryan on October 2nd, 2009 under Solutions, VMware
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Recently I ran into an interesting scenario in which I used the VMware Converter 4.0 to P2V (Physical to Virtual) machines on a stand-alone training network to VMware Workstation/Player images on a removable harddrive.   I then took those images and used Converter to put them on ESX 4.0.  Everything went smoothly.  When I attempted to [...]

VMware Windows 7 Oblivious?

Posted by Ryan on October 2nd, 2009 under Headlines, Hyper-V, Microsoft, VMware
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Dear VMware,
In case you hadn’t heard, I wanted to formerly notify you that Microsoft will be releasing its next generation operating system: Windows 7 this month on October 22, 2009.  I hope you will be able to make it a supported Guest platform sometime in the near future.
Sincerely,
Ryan
 
Ok, seriously…  I was told by VMware in [...]