Posted in VMware on May 19th, 2008 3 Comments »
While looking for an OS X alternative to the ESX Virtual Infrastructure CLient for accessing the console of a virtual machine hosted on ESX, I found this article. An example configuration for accessing the console for a client on the ESX server using VNC port 5901 using a password of “secret” would require adding the […]
Posted in IT Architecture, VMware, Technical on February 12th, 2008 No Comments »
The typical method employed for migrating existing workloads to ESX from physical machines involves instrumentation of the workload in the current environment, coupled with technical and business analysis to determine:
Workload suitability for virtualization ESX resource requirements to support the workload
The technical resource sizing method most often used leverages the VMware Capacity Planner. VMware capacity planner employs an […]
Posted in IT Architecture, Rails, VMware, Technical on November 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
The OMG Model Driven Architecture (MDA) explores the formal concept of transforming and instantiating models. “In the MDA, models are first-class artifacts, integrated into the development process through the chain of transformations from Platform Independent Model (PIM) through Platform Specific Model (PSM) to coded application.” The “coded application” terminology is bit unfortunate, since the MDA concepts, […]
Posted in IT Architecture, Solaris 10, Solaris 11, VMware on November 2nd, 2007 2 Comments »
An intriguing aspect of ITIL change expected in a virtualization project is CMDB. I missed this on my recent post on ITIL and virtualization. It’s a funny slip, in the sense I’ve been pondering this subject quite a bit lately. Virtualization concepts are increasingly realized in all the classic components of infrastructure: compute, storage, and networking. […]
Posted in IT Architecture, VMware on October 31st, 2007 5 Comments »
Consolidation invariably results in running more workloads on fewer machines. For most customers, this implies going from one workload or major application per machine to many workloads or applications per machine. This may imply more than one business unit or portfolio of applications sharing individual machine hardware in order to obtain the desired, cost-effective compression […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Solaris 11, VMware on August 7th, 2007 No Comments »
The production release of VMware Fusion 1.0 released yesterday resolves the issues with the VMware tools install inter-operation with xorg 7.2 distributed with current versions of Nevada. I’ve tested the tools install with Fusion 1.0 (51348) and Solaris Nevada build 69 (SunOS solaris-devx 5.11 snv_69 i86pc i386 i86pc).
fusion, nevada, solaris, xorg
Posted in Solaris 11, VMware on June 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
One of the recent Nevada builds introduces xorg 7.2 which breaks the VMware tools installation. Use these instructions to work around the issue. You may want to enable root logins in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (”PermitRootLogin yes”) or create another login via in case you can’t get back in through the graphical console after these steps. You […]