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Re: vCenter Update Manager to lose it’s fat

Gcballard — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:49:46 -0000

VUM had the ability to take a snapshot before the patch. I don't see that in WSUS. maybe w/ the vstorage API (VAAI) someday...

Re: Where in the world is VMware Server?

Bob — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:03:22 -0000

of course they might drop it but it wont stop working!!!!

Re: Where in the world is VMware Server?

Christian Mohn — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:53:05 -0000

I'm not sure I see where Ubuntu and Samba comes into the equation here, but as I mentioned in my original post I dont think VMware is abandoning the use case for VMware Server, just the VMware Server product itself.

Perhaps something fun will be announced at VMworld?

Re: Where in the world is VMware Server?

Guest — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:49 -0000

C'mon, what about Fakeraid, domain controller, shared disk space and firewalling u get with Ubuntu and Samba as a host for vm machines for a tiny office ?

It's a very bad move from vmWare that will frustrate many users, but they are too big to care.Hopefully a competitor will use that open door and hurt them in 5 years....

Re: vCenter Update Manager to lose it’s fat

Christian Mohn — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:21:01 -0000

@Chris Dearden: Better reporting would be very welcome, yes.

@Mike: I agree, and why should VMware care about patching other vendors OS'? I don't see why they should spend the extra effort, and obviously VMware agrees.

Re: vCenter Update Manager to lose it’s fat

Mike — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:25:41 -0000

Another point - VUM would only patch *virtual* Windows servers. Those who still had physical Windows servers in their environments would still have to use another solution, like WSUS, to get patching done.

So why have two different ways to patch? Either VUM had to start supporting physical machines or it had to give way to established tools like WSUS which can handle both physical and virtual. Obviously, VMWare decided it wasn't worth the extra effort.

Re: vCenter Update Manager to lose it’s fat

Chris Dearden — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:01:43 -0000

I hope they are going to put some decent reporting in the next version for a start :)

Re: Using USB Pass-through in vSphere 4.1

Christian Mohn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:35:37 -0000

@Mike: Thanks for letting me know, thats what I get for posting at 01am, eh? I've replaced the screenshot with the right one one.

Re: Using USB Pass-through in vSphere 4.1

Mike — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:52:09 -0000

Note that you have a screenshot that is not like the others - it's of SQL Server backup scripting (3rd to last screenshot).

I like this. I wonder though what the overhead on performance of a USB hard drive would be. But yeah, I can see using this for those pesky USB dongles for licensing.

Re: Using USB Pass-through in vSphere 4.1

Barrie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:52:19 -0000

It's a great feature - have tested it myself as well, looks promising.

http://vstorage.wordpress.com/...

Re: Using USB Pass-through in vSphere 4.1

Rod M — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:51:13 -0000

Software that uses USB dongles for licensing is one use case I have seen customers waiting for

Re: Using USB Pass-through in vSphere 4.1

Christian Mohn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:40:55 -0000

@Rod M: While I would hope that most vendors move away from such devices for licensing, I see that a lot still uses it. That is definitely one of the use cases I'm seeing as well.

@Barrie: Nice article! I had not read it before I posted mine, I promise! :)

Re: Scheduling vCenter Backups

Christian Mohn — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:51:06 -0000

@monderick: Glad you found this useful!

Re: Scheduling vCenter Backups

monderick — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:02:24 -0000

nice guide, thanks.
will look into implementing this.