Another year is almost in the books. Love it, or hate it, 2016 has been an interesting year. The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, Britain voted to leave the EU, a real estate developer with… Continue Reading
VMware introduced version 9 of the VMware Remote Console (VMRC) last month and what’s exciting about this release is that the VMRC finally supports Linux!! And it’s pretty damn good too! VMRC was re-introduced back in 2014 in response to… Continue Reading
Hot swapping is nothing new in the IT world. We’ve been able to replace hard drives and power supplies for years. And yet hot swapping within a single host has only really been possible in the realm of hardware. Reboot-less… Continue Reading
Let’s face it, the vSphere C# client has been on life support since vSphere 5.5 and we’re reminded every time we open the console. Therefore it shouldn’t be a surprise that VMware announced on its blog today that the vSphere C# client will… Continue Reading
Aw, snap! Chrome is at it again and finding new ways to break the spirits of vSphere Web Client users. If you remember, Chrome 42 shipped with NPAPI plugin support disabled which was a nuisance. Now, Chrome 43 won’t even load the… Continue Reading
Update provided below! Google has been threatening to remove NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) support for some time now and they’ve tested the waters with version 42 by disabling it. Since the VMware Client Integration Plugin requires NPAPI, administrators now… Continue Reading
One of the many great features of vSphere 6 is the new support for multiprocessor fault tolerance (SMP-FT). I’ve been playing around with SMP-FT since vSphere 6 was in Beta and I’m real excited by the possibilities. Many of the… Continue Reading
Fat client users rejoice! The VMware Remote Console (VMRC) 7.0 is now available for download! VMware brought VMRC back in response to Google’s announcement that they would drop NPAPI (Netscape Plugin API) support in Chrome by the end of 2014. The new… Continue Reading
UPDATE: VMRC is now available! One of the reasons I keep holding on to the C# client is the fact that I can do so many common functions from within the VM console. The web console leaves me wanting more than just ctrl +… Continue Reading