My thoughts on Piper - or Piper Update #4

Hello all, I have been tracking this for a while and thought I would share it out.  I hope that someone thinking of buying Piper, or the Piper Product Managers see this and find it helpful. General Th0ughts I really like the Dashboard organization and the Vitals area. Rules are easy and clear, and seem … Continue reading My thoughts on Piper - or Piper Update #4

Great vSphere Templates make better Virtual Machines!

Hi everyone, It was in this I started thinking about templates and how I might help people get the most from them.  I found some useful help on the Internet. The links below are quite useful but it is important to pick from what they do and only pick what you need.  Don't blindly follow … Continue reading Great vSphere Templates make better Virtual Machines!

Invalid product ID key causes Win2K8 to reboot repeatedly during deployment

Hello all, I had to do a test last night, and I had some problems deploying a new virtual machine from my template.  The error was during the sysprep phase and was Windows could not parse or process the unattended answer file for pass [specialize].  The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied.  … Continue reading Invalid product ID key causes Win2K8 to reboot repeatedly during deployment