I recently got a new PC with a fresh install of Visual Studio 2008. When I attempted to install the new vSphere client (4.0 Update 1) I received this:
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VMware vSphere Client 4.0
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The Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Second Edition installer returned error code ‘4113′.
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OK
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Solution: Uninstall the Visual J# that comes with Visual Studio. After doing so, [...]
Today was the long awaited release of VMware’s Fusion 3.0 for everyone who has upgraded to Mac. It would seem that things are off to a good (?) start… VMware posted this on their Facebook feed this afternoon:
“Too much demand making it hard for everyone to get their VMware Fusion 3 upgrade. While we make [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In these days of readily available virtualization technology, I like to install new operating systems in virtual machines before I commit it to my machine. I do this all the time with Linux and Windows. So, with the release of Snow Leopard, I decided to give it a shot, and I thought VMware Fusion supported [...]
In addition to having a name that doesn’t fit nicely in the context of a TLA (Three Letter Acronym), there are some other potential frusterations that you may run into during the install of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 if you don’t do some upfront planning.
I will start of by disclaiming that this [...]
Matt Asay just posted an interesting article about how virtualization products such as Microsoft’s Hyper-V could potentially make VMware turn out like Novell. His article has a point. While VMware is widely known as one of the best virtualization products out there, it could change in the future because of products like Hyper-V, and it’s [...]