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Posted on June 13th, 2010 by by Steve

vCenter 4.0 Update 2 breaks EMC Virtual Storage Integrator

After upgrading to vCenter 4.0 Update 2, the EMC Virtual Storage Integrator plugin is not working. Upon launching vCenter, I received several errors:
“Method not found: ‘VMware.CustomControls.LabelEx VpxVlient.Common.Util.Helper.AddLabel(System,Windows,Forms,Control, Int32, Int32, ……”
This same issue occured when upgrading to U1. A subsequent reinstall fixed it, but that does not appear to be working for U2. I have since [...]

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Posted on April 26th, 2010 by by Steve

MACMALL – Quite possibly the worst reseller ever.

It’s not often that I feel the need to write something that calls out a vendor like this. This weekend, and into today (Monday), I had quite possibly the worst purchasing experience I’ve ever had.
I’ve been mulling over the purchase of a new MacBook Pro for quite some time. I’m a big time Windows user, [...]

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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by by Steve

VCB End of Life announced

Received this a few minutes ago.. will have to see what’s up next with Legato Networker in terms of utilizing the new vSphere API’s!

Dear Valued Customer,
The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our vSphere backup product strategy, ongoing enhancements, and end of availability plans for VMware Consolidated Backup.
VMware Backup Product Strategy
VMware released [...]

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by by Steve

vSphere Mini Monitor – Cool Tool!

Since the primary objective of this blog is centered around tips and tricks I come across during my day to day work, I will from time to time give props to a tool out there that really changes how I do things. There are so many folks out there working on these types of tools/apps, [...]

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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by by Steve

Windows System Properties – Manufacturer

When P2V’ing a server to ESX or vSphere, there is a small list of “clean-up” items that must be done to the new virtual image. I have added an additional item to my list that will modify the custom text and images that computer manufacturers add to the system properties dialogue box. Often when running [...]

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Posted on June 6th, 2009 by by Steve

My new blog…

Welcome to virtublog. I’ve been saying for months and months that I was going to start myself a blog based around virtualization, but considering there are so many of these types of blogs, I’ve been hesitant. Today I realized that with all of the new virtually related technologies I’ve been evaluating lately (vSphere, SRM, etc.), [...]

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