Archive for April, 2007

VMware Record and Play

VMware has just added a feature to its Workstation product that will forever change the way software companies fix bugs in their products. Called “VM Record/Replay”, developers can now replay the execution of software captured in a Virtual Machine. Having worked in Tech. Support for more than 12 years I can tell you the [...]

ESX Disconnected after Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.1

ESX Server 3.x Hosts Shown as Disconnected after Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Patch Releases
In some cases, after updating VirtualCenter to Patch 2 some or all of the ESX hosts are shown as disconnected. This happens because the VC agent (vpxa) update fails if /tmp/vmware-root is not present on the ESX host.
KnowlegeBase article 4478241 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/4478241 explains [...]