Some new patches released for version 4.0 of ESX and ESXi 1019834 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-201003001 1019833 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-201003001 1019497 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201003401-BG: Updates Firmware 1019496 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003405-SG: Updates samba-client and samba-common 1019495 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003404-BG: Updates lpfc820 driver 1019494 VMware ESX [...]

Some new patches released for version 3.5 of ESX and ESXi 1018703 VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201003402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools 1018702 VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201003403-SG: Updates VMware-webCenter-esx 1017683 VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201003401-I-BG: Updates firmware 1017464 VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201003402-BG: Updates SCSI driver for Qlogic Fibre Channel HBA 1017457 VMware ESX 3.5, Patch [...]

Someone asked me what the impact would be if a VM is installed with the wrong OS type. My first thought was that this probably would introduce some performance issues, but then it hit me that this would cause the incorrect VMware Tools to get installed in the VM, leading to all sorts of unintended [...]