highball.se » vmware http://highball.se Out of Clutter, Find Simplicity Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How I ThinApp:ed Office 2007 for both Windows XP and Windows 7 http://highball.se/2009/11/how-i-thinapped-office-2007-for-both-windows-xp-and-windows-7/ http://highball.se/2009/11/how-i-thinapped-office-2007-for-both-windows-xp-and-windows-7/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:42:59 +0000 Carl-Fredrik http://highball.se/?p=390 thinapp-diagram-deploy

This week I have played around quite a bit with the latest version of ThinApp from VMware (version 4.0.4). The goal have been to make a ThinApp package of Microsoft Office 2007.

The only problem have been to create a single working package for Windows XP and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).
Yesterday I finally made it!
Here’s how I did it…
  1. Install a clean install of Windows XP PRO
  2. Install .NET 2 and 3
  3. Run a complete Windows Update
  4. Install ThinApp 4.0.4
  5. ThinApp the Office installation by following [Step by Step Instructions on How to ThinApp Microsoft Office 2007] but during the Office 2007 installation choose to install the application to C:\Office2007 instead of the regular %Program Files%. This will fix the problem with 32-bit and 64-bit having different paths to %program files% (On 64-bit editions %Program FIles% points to Program Files and not Program Files (x86))

ThinApp is a wonderful application!


]]> http://highball.se/2009/11/how-i-thinapped-office-2007-for-both-windows-xp-and-windows-7/feed/ 2 New KB about the problem with VI-Client in Windows 7 http://highball.se/2009/11/new-kb-about-the-problem-with-vi-client-in-windows-7/ http://highball.se/2009/11/new-kb-about-the-problem-with-vi-client-in-windows-7/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:58 +0000 Carl-Fredrik http://highball.se/?p=382

Today I came across a KB article about the problem with VI-Client in Windows 7.

Link: Cannot launch vSphere Client after installing in Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2

]]> http://highball.se/2009/11/new-kb-about-the-problem-with-vi-client-in-windows-7/feed/ 0 How-to auto Login to Virtual Center with VI Client http://highball.se/2009/08/how-to-auto-login-to-virtual-center-with-vi-client/ http://highball.se/2009/08/how-to-auto-login-to-virtual-center-with-vi-client/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:00:39 +0000 Carl-Fredrik http://highball.se/?p=366 vladan.fr posted how you can create a auto login to your Virtual Center server.

via How-to auto Login to Virtual Center with VI Client.

]]> http://highball.se/2009/08/how-to-auto-login-to-virtual-center-with-vi-client/feed/ 0 Latest version of VMware converter is out! http://highball.se/2009/04/latest-version-of-vmware-converter-is-out/ http://highball.se/2009/04/latest-version-of-vmware-converter-is-out/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:05:30 +0000 Carl-Fredrik http://highball.se/2009/04/latest-version-of-vmware-converter-is-out/
Yesterday I tested the latest version of VMware converter. Or VMware vCenter Converter..

I really liked the new version!

I can’t wait for the new VMware suit to get released! :)

Download: http://vmware.com/download/converter/


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Luckily there is a quick fix. You can use the Virtual infrastructure client, the one that is used with the VI3 suit. All you have to point the client to the address used by the standard web-gui of the VMware 2.0 server.

Works like a charm.

Source:

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  1. At the console of the ESXi host, press ALT-F1 to access the console window.
  2. Enter unsupported in the console and then press Enter. You will not see the text you type in.
  3. If you typed in unsupported correctly, you will see the Tech Support Mode warning and a password prompt. Enter the password for the root login.
  4. You should then see the prompt of ~ #. Edit the file inetd.conf (enter the command vi /etc/inetd.conf).
  5. Find the line that begins with #ssh and remove the #. Then save the file. If you’re new to using vi, then move the cursor down to #ssh line and then press the Insert key. Move the cursor over one space and then hit backspace to delete the #. Then press ESC and type in :wq to save the file and exit vi. If you make a mistake, you can press the ESC key and then type it :q! to quit vi without saving the file.
  6. Once you’ve closed the vi editor, run the command /sbin/services.sh restart to restart the management services. You’ll now be able to connect to the ESXi host with a SSH client.

With Update 2 the service.sh command no longer restarts the inetd process which enables SSH access. You can either restart your host or run ps | grep inetd to determine the process ID for the inetd process. The output of the command will be something like 1299 1299 busybox      inetd, and the process ID is 1299. Then run kill -HUP <process_id> (kill -HUP 1299 in this example) and you’ll then be able to access the host via SSH.

Original post: http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_enable_SSH.php

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