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 behaviors. [...]

Who is affected:
Customers who are using VMware vSphere ESX 4.0 and are wanting to install update 1, via VMware Update Manager (VUM).
Problem description:
Upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 U1 using VUM fails or times out. Rebooting host results in a PSOD and the host has to be re-installed.
Workaround:
Please disable any 3rd party hardware monitoring agents running [...]

Companies running VMware have already achieved enormous gains through virtualization. The next wave of benefits will come when they reduce the time and effort required to run and manage VMware platforms. The VMware Infrastructure Software Development Kit (VI SDK) includes application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow developers and administrators to do just that.
Until now, [...]

Wow.
Did you see this press release from VMware today?
In the first half of this year, VMware has added 21,000 new customers!  That’s 121 every day. Not only that, but the new flagship product, vSphere 4.0 has been downloaded over 350,000 in just twelve weeks. That works out to 140 downloads every hour!
Makes me feel [...]

I’ve been Social Media Specialist at VMware now for just a couple of weeks but I’m already seeing this pay off hugely for customers.
There have been some frustrations I have been able to spot in the SM space where I have jumped in, helped get the customer what he needed and helped VMware retain a [...]