Citrix XenClient in my home lab, part 2
May 14, 2010 Blogs
In my earlier post, I showed you some videos on installing and configuring XenClient but also some basic stuff about the options in Virtual Machine as well as the client-side interaction with the Synchroniser. I’ll dive deeper into both the virtual machines and the Synchroniser. Also, I’ll insert some of my semi-random thoughts about the whole package along the way. Read the rest of this entry »
Citrix XenClient in my home lab, part 1
May 14, 2010 Blogs
I just learned that Citrix released a Release Candidate of their Client Hypervisor. I noticed my laptop, a Dell Latitude E6500, is compatible with XenClient, and decided to set up a home lab.
VMware Workstation 7.1 RC, issues with Software Updates
May 9, 2010 Blogs
I found this in the community site of the latest release of VMware Workstation 7.1:
Many of our users are encountering issues with our Software Updates feature. We appreciate your patience and thank you for helping us iron out the bugs before we make the Workstation 7.1 release generally available.
We will be posting a second Release Candidate shortly to ensure that the issues that have been reported have been fixed.
In the meantime, if you are running Windows Vista or above on a non-English host operating system, and attempting to update your Beta fails after granting UAC access please try replacing vmUpdateLauncher.exe. A new version of this file and more details can be found here:
VMware Workstation 7 RC is out there
May 4, 2010 Blogs
I just started my copy of VMware Workstation for some vESX testing, and was greeted by this nice message:
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are using the current beta license key, you will want to enter the following license key in VMware Workstation via the Help -> Enter License Key menu: M148Z-H010J-H8T8C-0JAUK-ADM4C (expires on July 15, 2010).Key improvements since the VMware Workstation 7.1 Beta include:• Graphics Get Faster: Improved performance and better compatibility for both DirectX 9 and OpenGL 3D apps• OVFTool 2: New version of the OVF Tool to import and export OVF packaged virtual machines and upload to vSphere• Memory Management: New UI to handle increased virtual memory capacity• New Guests: Support for Ubuntu 10.04 and RHEL 5.5 added• Reported Issues: This release candidate also address many of the issues reported via the forumsSee the VMware Workstation release notes for more details.
You should try it for yourself, get it here! Here’s a guide to disable debug mode if you’re bugged by it (like me)… By the way, how cool is it this auto-updater in the new versions of Workstation!
