Hi there, Hope all is well with everyone? Things very good here. Been out in the mountains and desert and having a great time. Taking a day out for laundry, dishes and shopping. So thought I should do a newsletter too as the info builds up! I updated a number of articles lately, including this … Continue reading Newsletter: February 24, 2016
Month: February 2016
Booting to a View Desktop White screen
Hi there, This happened to me the day before I headed out on PTO. And I really need my View desktop while I was out on the road. In case I wanted to play with something! My lab was in bad shape, so while I have been out of work I have been updating and … Continue reading Booting to a View Desktop White screen
After install of Support Assistant, trying to configure gets long red error
Hi there, Still working on bring back to life my home lab. I love the Support Assistant tool, and while I will not be able to use it to create / manage support incidents - as a vExpert we get licenses but not support, but it still does something very handy indeed. It allows me … Continue reading After install of Support Assistant, trying to configure gets long red error
Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file
Hi there, I was deploying a Win2K12 VM from my template and it did not work. I got the error seen in the screenshot below. And of course I was in a loop. So had to power off, and delete the VM. The problem was in the custom specification I was using. I did several … Continue reading Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file
Cannot load the users for the selected domain
Hi there, Still working in the lab and this issue has irritated me. So I am sharing. I upgraded my VCSA to 6.0 Update 1b and a short time later I could not log in. Not sure if it was related to the upgrade or not. I tried using the SSO account and I could … Continue reading Cannot load the users for the selected domain
Newsletter: February 12, 2016
Hello all, I hope that everyone has had a good week? I did - mostly in the lab, and got a lot of article updates done too. My home lab has suffered for a while. I left it untouched for a month or two for VMware to try and figure out a vSphere Web Client … Continue reading Newsletter: February 12, 2016
A very odd error - host configuration changes will not be saved
I upgraded to vSphere 6 a while back, and shortly after that I noticed an odd error. Everything still worked, and I was busy so .... I did nothing. I did an update yesterday using VUM. After it was done I saw that one host, the same one above, that was now compatible with critical … Continue reading A very odd error - host configuration changes will not be saved
Newsletter: February 6, 2016
Hi everyone, It has been a busy and difficult week for me. I will talk more about that in a different post. But I also passed my VCP6-DCV so that was good, and I got an interesting article out - vSphere Best Practices. I will keep it current and updated as necessary - and comments … Continue reading Newsletter: February 6, 2016
DataGravity and I, are no longer
Hello there, This is a little hard to write for me. I was laid off earlier this week. RIF'ed is the phrase I think. I feel very bad about this particular situation as I believe very strongly in DataGravity. I will continue to cheer for them from the sidelines. It is a bit hard I … Continue reading DataGravity and I, are no longer
My vSphere Best Practices
Hi all, I have been thinking of doing this for a while. I recently visited a customer who used VMware but not HA or DRS or VUM. When I showed him what they were like he was excited and he is now using them. But as I thought about that I thought of other things … Continue reading My vSphere Best Practices