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Comment on MACMALL – Quite possibly the worst reseller ever. by Steve

Steve — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:59:18 +0000

Here’s the update… MACMALL is shady. They ended up calling me the next day, offering me a $50 “credit” for my troubles, and then claimed the laptop was in stock again. After dealing with all of their BS, I told them to keep their $50 and I bought the MBP a few weeks later direct from Apple. I got a better price on a refurb i5 MBP, and didn’t have to deal with these idiots. I’d do a review on my MBP, but there’s tons out there. It’s a sweet machine.

Comment on MACMALL – Quite possibly the worst reseller ever. by Stacy

Stacy — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:28:06 +0000

Still waiting for an update on this.

Comment on ESX – Tips for running Citrix on VM by Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:48:52 +0000

Hey Mike.. No updated on my end, I follow these basic rules for all of our Citrix VMs (my team also manages Citrix). Do you know what version of presentation server they are running? Is the web interface virtualized as well? What are they indicating is “slow”?

At my day job we are running all of our presentation servers, and 2 load balanced web servers completely on VM. We haven’t had any issues at all with Citrix on VM, especially since we started using ESX 4.X when it was released. The main thing I suggest for Citrix VMs is to almost always use 1vCPU.

Comment on ESX – Tips for running Citrix on VM by Mike Way

Mike Way — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:52:30 +0000

Steve,

Do you have any updates for this procedure or suggestions? Our Citrix administrators complain about Citrix being virtualized…etc.

I just don’t want them to say “we can’t virtualize Citrix because it is slow, bad…etc”

Thanks!

Comment on vCenter 4.0 Update 2 breaks EMC Virtual Storage Integrator by Pam

Pam — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:36:33 +0000

What are the pros and cons of using VCenter for SAN administration of luns vs. using EMC Control Center 6.0?

Comment on vCenter 4.0 Update 2 breaks EMC Virtual Storage Integrator by Steve

Steve — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:34:22 +0000

This issue has been fixed. There is a hotfix available for EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (3.0.0 build 32) on Powerlink.

VSI 3.0.0.32 Hotfix is now posted in Powerlink at Home > Support > Software Downloads and Licensing > Downloads T-Z > Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI).

This will not work on vCenter 4.1, however. An update should be out later this year.

Comment on vCenter 4.0 Update 2 breaks EMC Virtual Storage Integrator by Silver

Silver — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:37:26 +0000

Same issue happened to me with U2 version.
I have downloaded the latest version of EMC virtual Storage Integrator v3.0.0.31_hotfix.
My client and server is using build 258672.
Reinstall EMC VSI doesn’t solve problem.
Any ideas?

Comment on ESX vs Hyper-V…VMware vs Microsoft by ESX vs Hyper-V VMware vs Microsoft - SYSVOLT Technologies

ESX vs Hyper-V VMware vs Microsoft - SYSVOLT Technologies — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:47:04 +0000

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Comment on ESX 4.0u1 Intel Quad NIC issue by Jim

Jim — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:56:56 +0000

I have been going crazy trying to get the Intel Pro/1000 GT quad port adapter recognized for esxi 4.0. I have tried everything but the quad port is not recognized. One possible issue is that i'm using a new dell 580 desktop. Dell 2009-11-17T19:07:23 ESX Vib ESXi400-200911203-UG 2010-03-15T13:19:56 VI Client update for 4.0 U1 release ESXi400-Update01 2010-03-15T13:19:56 VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1 ESXi400-201002402-BG 2010-03-15T13:20:30 Updates VMware Tools INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12.1 2010-03-17T23:02:20 igb: Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver for VMware ESX ESXi400-201003401-BG 2010-05-01T22:55:20 Updates Firmware

Comment on ESX 4.0u1 Intel Quad NIC issue by Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:52:29 +0000

Tim,

The instrucstions are the same. The direct link is here:
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/drivercd/esx-net-igb_400.1.3.19.12.1.html

- Patrick