Category Archives: Virtualization

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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Raising the Bar, Part V – vSphere 5.0 and other updates announced

Today VMware unveiled several major improvements in Cloud computing. This was a good webcast, and it appears a link is available here http://www.vmware.com/cloud-infrastructure/business-critical-applications.html to watch the re-run if you are interested. CEO Paul Maritz and CTO Steve Herrod shared some … Continue reading

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July 2011 – Busy couple of weeks

The following several weeks will be very busy for VMware enthusiasts — especially in the Indianapolis area. Here is a run down of the upcoming events: Raising the Bar, Part V Tuesday July 12th 2011 at Noon ET Live webcast … Continue reading

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vExpert 2011: Thank you!

I woke up this morning to find a shocking email from @jtroyer…it started like this: We’re pleased to designate you as a vExpert 2011 as recognition of your contributions to the VMware, virtualization, and cloud computing communities. This is very … Continue reading

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VMware ESXi Purple Screen of Death (PSOD) on Dell Server

Last week I was informed of a customer who had a Purple Screen of Death on a Dell PowerEdge R810 running ESXi 4.1 Update 1. The stop screen showed the following reason: LINT1 motherboard interrupt. This is a hardware problem: … Continue reading

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