Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Indianapolis VMUG Demo Days 4 PowerCLI Lab

Last week the Indianapolis VMware User Group hosted the 4th annual Demo Days event. I had the privilege of working with Ryan Birk (@rlbindy) and Jake Robinson (@jakerobinson) on the PowerCLI self paced lab. The purpose of this lab was … Continue reading

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Make PowerCLI run faster

I came across this article: http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2011/06/how-to-speed-up-the-execution-of-the-first-powercli-cmdlet.html and decided to test the steps out myself: [cc lang=”dos”] REM View the following link for details: http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2011/06/how-to-speed-up-the-execution-of-the-first-powercli-cmdlet.html C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ngen.exe install “VimService41.XmlSerializers, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=10980b081e887e9f” C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ngen.exe install “VimService40.XmlSerializers, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=10980b081e887e9f” C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ngen.exe install “VimService25.XmlSerializers, Version=2.5.0.0, … Continue reading

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Virtual Sound in Windows 2003 Server

As a VMware admin, I try to keep tabs on customer requests, especially when multiple issues are reported for similar problems. Recently I noticed two requests come through for virtual machine sound issues — within a day of each other. … Continue reading

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Weird issue with disk management in Windows 2008

I have ran into this issue several times and thought it would be worth sharing. The issue appears to be related Windows 2008 Server (the version without R2) and applies to both Standard and Enterprise editions. When extending the disk, … Continue reading

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VMware View Android Client Tech Preview

Today VMware released the View for Android – Tech Preview client application. It is available for download in the market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vmware.view.client.android&feature=search_result Just like the View Client for iPad, this client requires View 4.6 and supports PCoIP. When I first heard … Continue reading

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