Month: May 2012

VMware View 5.1 Installation Part 2 – View Composer

This series includes:VMware View 5.1 Installation Part 1 - View Connection ServerThis is the second installment in the VMware View 5.1 installation and configuration series. The first part covered the installation of View connection server and its SSL certificate. This post covers the optional component, View Composer 3.0. Composer is...

VMware VCAP5-DCD Exam Registration Open!

For those of you wishing to take the VMware Certified Advanced Professional  - Datacenter Design (VCAP5-DCD) for vSphere 5.0, the wait is now over! Registration is live for the VCAP5-DCD exam. This is a tough exam....not your granny's VCP5 exam! You must currently hold a VCP5 certification, or be a...

VMware View 5.1 client enhancements

Along with the release of the server components of VMware View 5.1, VMware also updated all of their clients. You can download the clients here. Clients include: Mac, iPad, Ubuntu Linux, Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), and Android. On a security related note, the View 4.6.0.4914 client has a security vulnerability,...

VMware View 5.1 Installation Part 1 – View Connection Server

Update: Slightly changed the discussing regarding the required certificate template type. The key to creating a certificate that will work with View is enabling the "allow private key export" option on the certificate. A "computer" or "web server" certificate will work, IF this option is enabled when the certificate is...

VMware View 5.1 is now downloadable!

Yesterday, May 16, 2012 VMware released View 5.1, which has many nice improvements over View 5.0. You can find a link to all the latest documentation here. If you are licensed for View, you can download the bits here. The most exciting feature to me is CBRC, which can help...

Create Custom HP ESXi 5.0 ISO Media

Similar to my post on how to create custom Cisco UCS ESXi 5.0 installation media, I thought I would tackle the same problem for HP ProLiant servers. Yes, HP does provide regularly updated ESXi installation media that bundles in their drivers, but it doesn't always have the latest security patches....

VMware Releases Critical ESX(i) 3.5, 4.x and 5.0 Patches

On May 3rd, 2012 VMware released some very critical security patches for many versions of ESX/ESXi, (3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0), Workstation and Player. This updates bring the ESXi 4.1 build up to 702113 and ESXi 5.0 up to 702118. Given that you can potentially cause mayhem from inside a guest...