Archive for December, 2008
root == Bad
I’ve been reading a bunch of posts that have been covering the idea of “making another root account”. I read this KB article from VMware when it first came out and said “how dumb, no thanks”. I didn’t realize it would cause such a stir.
When I design new systems and deploy new applications and processes [...]
In: VMware · Tagged with: root, VMware
vSphere here we come
Ever since VMworld 2008 I’ve been waiting on the official words on what the new VI4 version name will be. I figured it’d be changed from VMware VI4 which was the latest name. Just wasn’t sure what it would change to.
Du Du DAAHAHAAAAA
VMware vSphere
This according to vmblog.com
Makes sense. Just curious when the official announcement will [...]
In: VMware · Tagged with: ESX, VI, VMware, vSphere
Powershell speed – Get-VM vs. Get-Type -ViewType
I’ve been starting to look at using the VI Toolkit which uses Powershell. In doing this many of the command formats tend to be “Get-VM | Get-View” or “Get-VMHost | Get-View“. So I’m off and figuring this out and I run a small script and say “Geez that took a long time to run”. I’m [...]
In: VMware · Tagged with: Get-View, Get-VM, Powershell, VI Toolkit, VMware
Citrix vs VDI/View – Round 1
Recently my company has gone through this huge architectural discussion/debate around using Citrix versus using VDI. It has been rather entertaining to say the least. I’ve met with the architect that’s attempting to put together a comparision document on a direction to go.
Some background… We’ve worked to get Citrix to run our critical home grown [...]