Let’s say you have your vCloud Director cells behind a load balancer. You try to upload your files (.iso and .ovf images for either a vApp or media and receive an error message like: Error: Transferring files On page 98 of the vdc_15_admin_guide.pdf you will find a paragraph pointing out that you need to fill in the API field for uploads […]
According to the install documentation, VMware vSphere 4 ESX and ESXi 4.1 update 1 are supported. Install or upgrade to vCloud Director 1.5 will fail with the following error when trying to add the provider vDC: Could not retrieve state for sequence: seq_os This is easily fixed by editing the database table [os_id] and inserting the relevant information.
Isilon – makers of what look to be a very cool scale-out NAS solution just sent me an email. Now, I was expecting their email, so this isn’t an issue of spam at all (in fact, when they scanned my badge at VMware Forum I commented that I would be watching for their email, and to be honest, I said […]
Over at troll-haven Tech-Seeker, the author posted a completely incorrect comparison between buying a PC and a Mac Pro without any real apples to apples comparisons in the hardware. Besides the complete failure to match up the systems, the hardware chosen is woefully out of date. Apple hasn’t sold a 24″ display in a long time, nor are 512MB video […]
So awesome! The Internet delivers. Quite a few to stream. My kids are getting much enjoyment watching movies I watched when I was a kid. Thanks, Netflix!
vCloud Director – the VMware solution to building on-demand infrastructure for the enterprise and cloud computing…works. But there are some trials you must encounter and complete before things work smoothly. TL;DR: I failed at first but found the problem with the issue being firewall services blocking inter-cell communications. This post is about the log entry and how it isn’t very […]
This is just a rant and should never be read.
The basics of what I learned using MySQL and how to take live monolithic tables and convert them into partitioned tables without downtime or service interruption, with examples.
Just a little while ago, I had posted a message with some negative feelings towards the newest expansion for World of Warcraft. I take it all back, so far things are quite smooth, the combo-lock for 10 and 25 person raids works just fine, and I love that tanks and healers are important again. It is challenging and not a […]